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Operational Excellence Engineer

Job in Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10, England, UK
Listing for: Amcor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-07
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Operational Excellence Engineer

Overview

Location:

Remote (France, Germany, UK, Italy or Poland). Travel: ~75% across assigned European manufacturing sites. Department:
Operations/Production/Manufacturing. Job Type: Full-Time. Shift: Remote. This role sits within Amcor's Rigid Division and reports to the Rigid Quality & CI Director. You will work with plant leadership teams, department managers, and shopfloor teams across multiple European countries as a hands-on coach and structured change agent to deploy and embed a new group manufacturing system and drive a large-scale Lean transformation.

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. Amcor is a global leader in responsible packaging, with a focus on safety, innovation and sustainability. For more information, visit

Responsibilities
  • Deploy the new group manufacturing system (Level
    2) across 10 to 15 sites: lead preparation, deployment, and stabilization activities; ensure consistency and sustainability of practices across plants.
  • Train and coach teams at all levels of the organization: teach Lean and manufacturing system tools to plant leadership, department managers, and shopfloor teams; reinforce structured problem-solving, standard work, and daily management routines.
  • Drive change and adoption of continuous improvement: support sites with low CI maturity; guide teams through behavioral and operational change; address resistance through structured engagement and pragmatic change management.
  • Enable alignment and knowledge sharing across the plant network: capture and share best practices, lessons learned, and standards; provide clear progress updates to Quality, CI, and Operations stakeholders.
Requirements and Qualifications
  • Engineering degree or equivalent operational experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience in Lean and Continuous Improvement.
  • Advanced knowledge of Lean tools and methodologies;
    Lean Six Sigma Black Belt experience strongly preferred.
  • Solid change management capability, including experience deploying CI tools in low-maturity environments.
  • Strong experience in a manufacturing site production environment with deep shopfloor understanding.
  • Fluency in English mandatory; professional to fluent French or German strongly recommended.
  • Proven ability to teach, coach, and influence teams from plant management to shopfloor level.

About Amcor:
Amcor is the global leader in responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future, with safety as a core value. We employ over 75,000 people across more than 400 locations in more than 40 countries, generating about $23 billion in annualized sales.

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