Manufacturing Capital Projects Lead

Amcor Rigid Packaging; Wyoming (OH); On-site; USD 112,800 - 169,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible time off

Company-paid holidays

Wellbeing program

Retirement plan with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Amcor Rigid Packaging is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to manage complex capital projects for PET preforms and rigid containers. You will oversee multi-site initiatives from concept to qualification, driving productivity, timing and budget adherence while aligning with safety and environmental standards.

You will coordinate with regional directors and plant managers, refine feasibility studies, and implement action plans that optimize costs and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering required.
• Minimum of seven years professional engineering experience in the plastics packaging industry, including seven years of project management experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate technical information and complete project assignments.
• Strong management, communication and people skills required to influence and manage multiple resources, most of which do not report to the senior program manager.
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience in evaluating on-site manufacturing opportunities and managing on-site projects from concept to completion.
• Experience with SPC.

Responsibilities

• Create bills of materials for new capital projects and provide support for the capital appropriation process.
• Ensure that corporate safety and environmental requirements are incorporated into the project scope and budget.
• Upon approval, refine feasibility studies, with input from Regional Directors, Plant Managers and Plant resources, into a mutually acceptable action implementation plan, which meets cost and timing criteria.
• Review plant infrastructure, layout and equipment against project requirements. Develop and manage plans for upgrades and expansion requirements.
• Analyze and evaluate the performance and cost of new, proposed or existing equipment. Includes evaluation of machinery, tooling, work flow, and vendors.
• Communicate and resolve technical, timing and budgetary issues related to projects as they arise. Publish weekly project status reports outlining projects status and issues.
• Create and maintain division level technical specifications, standards and documentation for Operations Engineering department.
• Communicate with plants on a regular basis to understand long term project performance and support resolution of plant issues.
• Review and comment on plant CEAV requests to ensure accuracy and compliance to standards.
• Travel ~60%

Skills

Project management

Engineering

Leadership

Communication

SPC

Plant layouts

Budgeting

On-site management

Vendor evaluation

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

SPC

Job description

Amcor Rigid Packaging is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to manage complex capital projects for PET preforms and rigid containers. You will oversee multi-site initiatives from concept to qualification, driving productivity, timing and budget adherence while aligning with safety and environmental standards.

You will coordinate with regional directors and plant managers, refine feasibility studies, and implement action plans that optimize costs and performance.