Product Development Engineer

Job Description

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods.

We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

We invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

Operates primarily within existing and adjacent technologies with occasional connection to new to market or new to Amcor technologies. Understands and applies core principles and processes with semi-limited, yet regularly cadenced guidance. Impact spans short- and mid-term goals. Regularly sought after for technical/product support in a core market, technology and/or process area – may include key customers.

• Apply an understanding of customer needs and internal technology capabilities to recommend, design, develop and implement products and/or processes aligned to customer/market needs and business strategy.
• Represent the company’s technical voice with internal stakeholders and customers.
• Stay apprised of externally relevant technology changes and trends that may impact Amcor.
• Drive the critical to quality specifications.
• Leverage additional problem solving skills and methodologies.
  
  E.g Technical Research, Technical Library, Networking.
• Responsible for leading or supporting programs through stage gate.
• Plan, execute and analyze production trials with Design of Experiment, Lean Six Sigma, and statistical analysis methodology.
• Ensure proper documentation of work and contribute to knowledge library – don’t reinvent what has been invented elsewhere.
• Protect Amcor Intellectual Property while meeting stakeholder needs with proper information sharing.
• Develop and support training on standard procedures to advance company operation.
• Leverage an understanding of material / polymer properties and equipment capability in order to meet customer needs.
• Use understanding of cross‑functional connectivity of business processes to improve performance across the organization.
• Continuously learn and share knowledge in order to advance capability across the organization.
• Lead technical process developments and improvements in order to generate new technology and value to Amcor.
• Engage with a global technical community for information sharing relevant to assigned area(s).
• Collaborate with areas such as Engineering, Operations and Quality to resolve technical challenges, supporting sustained solutions. This may include inputs on machine installations, initiating vendor programs and participating on new capital project teams.
• Collaborate with others to generate new, workable ideas to contribute to filling the pipeline.
• Contribute to, present and follow up on research proposals.

• Alignment to and progressing embodiment of Amcor’s Leadership Framework:
  Drives Vision and Purpose, Strategic Mindset, Sets Priorities and Drives Results, Customer Focus, Cultivates Innovation, Attracts and Develops Talent, Engages People and Teams.
• R&D Capability Anchors Levelling:
  Business Acumen:
  Basic, Customer Impact:
  Proficient, Technical Expertise:
  Proficient,
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Basic, Value Creation:
  Basic, Innovation:
  Proficient.

• Undergraduate degree required (Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science preferred).
• 5‑8+ years technical experience, preferably in a manufacturing R&D or Process role…