Corporate Engineer - Thermoforming Focused

Job Description

Incumbents perform moderate to complex engineering tasks with limited supervision and lead routine engineering projects. This role has no direct reports.

This role will report within the Corporate Engineering structure and encompass all aspects in project management and engineering called out below. The focus of this role will reside in the Thermoforming aspects of Amcor Flexibles North America.

• Safety
  • Aligns with and actively supports Amcor values by putting safety first in all situations.
  • Serves as a role model to others by ensuring that all project work is completed in accordance with our safety policies.
• Integrity
  • Determines client's needs by identifying problems and safety concerns. Develops and evaluates solutions thereby defining project scope.
  • Coordinates, prepares and/or assembles the engineering package/project documentation for each assigned project based on direction provided from manager.
• Collaboration
  • Interfaces with people, departments, and/or companies to ensure that equipment is safe, made on schedule and to specification.
  • Provides the purchasing services for project materials required. This includes reviewing potential vendors, contacting vendors, coordinating with the Purchasing department, issuing purchase orders, some price negotiation, and expediting delivery.
• Accountability
  • Manages project costs, project scheduling, and communicates pertinent data to appropriate areas for engineering projects which may vary in terms of scope and responsibilities.
  • Completes Project Closeout and Postmortem Analysis for appropriate projects.
• Results and Out performance
  • Actively participates on continuous improvement / Kaizen teams and leads teams as requested.
  • Secures and maintains knowledge of current industry practices as they may apply to Amcor products and equipment.
  • Assists with installation, checkout, start-up and training as necessary.
• Talent
  • Supports projects and initiatives in designated technical area of expertise. Understands engineering function as a whole and recognizes how their works affects the outcome of projects.
• Commercial Excellence
  • Utilizes communication skills to effectively communicate with cross functional teams. Actively seeks to understand different communication styles and develop best practices for managing challenges and difficult situations that may involve multiple parties.
• Operational Leadership
  • Sets personal and supports team goals with the strategic direction of the business and helps communicate the message to others. Is a self-starter who initiates, supports, and implements a cross section of different projects.
• Innovation
  • Develops and implements solutions when a chosen course of action is not yielding effective results; not afraid to try a different approach and potentially re-redirect self to develop a more successful solution.
• Cash and Capital Discipline
  • Utilizes consistent and organized methodologies to manage projects and project spend. Able to understand where differences lie in final project savings number.
• Role Emphasis
  • Thermoforming
    • Understanding of the Thermoforming Process
    • Familiarity with thermoforming machine brands
    • Provide expertise and recommendations on manufacturing equipment needed to support the current business and enable capability for future growth.
    • Ability to optimize cycle time to reduce scrap and energy use.
    • Setup, troubleshooting, and quality inspection experience
  • Mechanical
    • Creates, and plans designs for mechanical machine systems.
    • Performs testing and validation of mechanical machine designs and systems.
    • Performs engineering calculations to support design and mechanical engineering work.
    • Creates and reviews technical drawings, plans, and specifications utilizing computer software.
  • Electrical
    • Creates, and plans designs for electrical machine systems.
    • Performs testing and validation of electrical machine designs and systems.
    • Performs engineering calculations to support design and electrical engineering work.
    • Creates and reviews technical drawings, plans, and specifications utilizing computer software.
  • Industrial
    • Conducts studies for small-scale projects pertaining to cost control, cost reduction, inventory control, and production record systems. Based on these studies, develops and implements optimized product flow.
    • Responsible for validating IE requirements for small-scale projects with multiple automation integrators and verifies that automation solution/proposals aligned with business strategies using Just-In-Time/Lean manufacturing tools and techniques.
    • Collects/Analyzes data for small-scale projects and works with the IPT to validate current state processes/flows to establish an accurate model of the operation of a system. Establishes Discrete Event Simulation (DES) baseline for small-scale projects and collaborates with the IPT to propose/validate future automation solutions that improve cycle time, WIP, bottlenecks, throughput, capacity, resource utilization, and production rate changes of complex production systems.

• Bachelor's…