Manufacturing Engineer

Department:
Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time:
Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

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.

And 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.

To provide leadership and active participation in the reduction of costs, improvement of process, management of capital projects and resources connected to process improvement at the site. Reporting directly to the Production Manager, the Manufacturing Engineer will focus heavily on waste improvement and other large opportunities to ensure delivery of the annual budget, with an aggressive cost take out agenda while deploying technical support to operations as required.

• Ensure OHSE policy adherence and drive improvement to enhance safe operations on site
• Provide daily technical support for all production areas as required for efficient operation, specific focus on waste and quality.
• Lead capital expense projects; opportunity identification, TRACE submission and project management through final installation and start-up
• Support function for maintenance and production teams
• Contractor control ensuring safe working procedures and adherence to Amcor policies
• Contribute to & implement to the strategic plan for the business
• Sustainably embed the Amcor Flexibles Production System (AFPS) including KPIs, standards and process best practices
• Coordination and collaboration activities with central teams on transformation work
• Diagnose key improvement opportunities and set aspirational improvement targets
• Establish annual targets and priorities around cost removal and plan
• Implement site production improvement programme; project selection, pillar development, daily control and all associated activities
• Report outs of savings associated with waste and cost removal to internal and external stakeholders

• Driving a change agenda which is new, in a new role, and which comes with high aspirations and expectations
• Shifting focus to large opportunity areas for cost out; such as extrusion waste, energy savings and other
• Balancing the diverse demands of Manufacturing Engineer, supporting production, project management and driving out cost; including local and central priorities
• Moving the needle fast in an environment where ways of working are established, and business performance is regarded as successful

• Formal Qualifications and Experience
• Degree in a science, technology or engineering subject required
• Experience in a fast-paced operations environment with a strong focus towards operational excellence
• 5+ years manufacturing, engineering, and process efforts
• 5+ years participation in process improvement / manufacturing engineering
• Large capital expense project management capabilities
• Manufacturing Engineering (Standard Operations, plant layout, waste elimination, continuous improvement, engineering change control, PFMEA, SPC, process capability,…