Manufacturing Engineer

Amcor; Swansea; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor Swansea seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to lead cost reductions, process improvements and capital projects across the site. Reporting to the Production Manager, you will focus on waste reduction and other productivity improvements to deliver annual targets.

You will work with maintenance and operations to deploy AFPS standards, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with central teams on transformation initiatives and KPI tracking to sustain safe, efficient operations.

Qualifications

• 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, value stream mapping)
• Strong problem‑solving skills (containment & countermeasure).
• Ability to analyse data and communicate results clearly.
• Hands‑on technical skill.
• Project management and extremely high level of organisation.
• Communication, influencing, negotiating and assertiveness.
• Deep understanding of technical manufacturing.
• Decision making, sound business judgement.
• Report writing & presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Process optimization

Waste reduction

Capital project management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Degree in science/engineering

Tools

PFMEA

SPC

Value stream mapping

Plant layout

Job description

Department: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

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 everchanging 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.

Position Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

BG and BU: Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa (AFEMEA) / Meat, Fresh, Dairy & SA

Function: Operations

Line Manager’s Job Title: Production Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: Amcor Flexibles Swansea

Job Purpose

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.

Principal Accountabilities

• 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

MAJOR CHALLENGES & COMPLEXITIES

• 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

Qualifications/Requirements

• 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, value stream mapping)
• Specific Skills and Abilities
• Strong problem‑solving skills (containment & countermeasure)
• Ability to analyse data and communicate results clearly
• Hands‑on technical skill
• Project management and extremely high level of organisation
• Communication, influencing, negotiating and assertiveness
• Deep understanding of technical manufacturing
• Decision making, sound business judgement
• Report writing & presentation skills

The 3 Leadership competencies which will apply to all AFEMEA employees:

• Driving for Results
• Command Skills
• Customer Focus

The Leadership competencies which will apply to the Operations Function:

• Business Acumen
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Priority Setting

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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