Machine Operator

Amcor; West Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Paid time off

Retirement Savings Plan

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Machine Operator to manage a specific production line, ensuring uptime, product quality, and process efficiency. You will monitor machines, troubleshoot issues, and uphold GMP and food-safety standards in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have at least three years of manufacturing leadership or operator experience, strong data-entry skills, and ability to read mechanical drawings. The role emphasizes training, housekeeping, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Three years manufacturing experience as a maintenance or production leader/operator.
• Ability to read precision measuring tools and basic schematics.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and accurate data entry.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment where safety, customer focus, effectiveness & efficiency can be seen in people and equipment performance.
• Maximize equipment effectiveness and productivity and eliminate all machine losses.
• Mentor, coach, and lead other personnel on the machine to run effectively.
• Oversee new hire training for respective machine.
• Practice good housekeeping and safety trainings.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Data analysis

Reading measuring tools

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Operator has overall responsibility for their respective machine and its numbers, including but not limited to uptime/downtime, product scrap, output, and efficiency through exercising good manufacturing practices and identifying areas of opportunity for continuous improvement, all while maintaining all safety standards and expectations relating to their job and machine. This person must always act within food safety and GMP guidelines.

Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Operator has overall responsibility for their respective machine and its numbers, including but not limited to uptime/downtime, product scrap, output, and efficiency through exercising good manufacturing practices and identifying areas of opportunity for continuous improvement, all while maintaining all safety standards and expectations relating to their job and machine. This person must always act within food safety and GMP guidelines.

What You Get To Do

• Create an environment where safety, customer focus, effectiveness & efficiency can be seen in people and equipment performance.
• Maximize equipment effectiveness and productivity and eliminate all machine losses.
• Create a sense of ownership with equipment and team members through respect, involvement, and training.
• Promote continuous improvement through small-group activities involving production, maintenance, engineering, 5S, inside and outside resources.
• Identify and troubleshoot machine issues as needed.
• Mentor, coach, and lead other personnel on the machine to run effectively.
• Train coworkers on proper operating techniques, knowledge, and practices
• Oversee new hire training for respective machine.
• Practice good housekeeping – including sweeping, dusting, wiping of tables, etc.
• Actively participate in all required trainings including but not limited to safety and technical trainings.
• Responsible for inspecting product at required frequency.
• Responsible for packaging all goods produced.
• Responsible for trimming and accuracy of all goods produced.
• Responsible for data accuracy of all transactions performed.

What We Value

• Exemplify Amcor Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability and Results and Outperformance.
• Demonstrated ability to work with numbers and analyze data.
• Ability to work well in a group setting.
• Ability to learn and take instruction.
• Ability to work at productive speeds.
• Quality Awareness
• Safety Awareness
• Autonomous Maintenance Awareness
• Ability to strategically solve problems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills coupled with tenacity.

What We Want From You

• High school diploma or equivalent, preferred.
• Trades achieved training is a plus.
• Three years manufacturing experience as a maintenance or production leader/operator
• Must be able to read precision measuring tools and read and interpret basic mechanical and pneumatics schematics.
• Must have experience using Microsoft Office and accurate data entry.
• Must understand how to analyze data and influence effective decision making.

This position requires an employee to stand, walk and sit, and work at a computer for extended periods of time. Frequent exposure to a manufacturing environment with moderate noise levels. Potential contact with chemicals and cleaning supplies, and ability to lift up to 50 pounds is a requirement. Operators are required to maneuver around and inside small areas to make machine adjustments during setups, changeovers, and troubleshooting.

Our Expectations

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

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.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location
• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing programs & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)