Process Engineer

Amcor LLC; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible time off

Company-paid holidays

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Amcor, a global leader in packaging, seeks a Senior Process Engineer to drive technical and process engineering across our manufacturing operations. You will lead continuous improvement initiatives, support development of new products, and work with production planning, maintenance, quality, and R&D teams to optimize processes and ensure reliable production.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and cross-functional collaboration, with a path toward world-class operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field required.
• Five to seven years of experience in an engineering or process role in a flexible packaging converting operation.
• Lean manufacturing training and experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and process engineering services to support development and commercialization of new products.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and world-class operations management methodologies.
• Coordinate with Production Planning to align schedules with minimal customer impact.
• Troubleshoot production and process issues; implement corrective actions and document root causes.
• Develop and validate trials, scale-ups, and process validations for manufacturing.

Skills

Mechanical ability

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Process optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

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.

Job Description

Provides technical and process engineering services and guidance to the Technical/Manufacturing departments in support of projects including development and commercialization of new products. The Senior Process Engineer will also assist process development, operations and technical groups in developing and implementing process improvements, troubleshooting production/quality issues, and transferring process/troubleshooting knowledge to the organization. Provide technical support to sales, marketing, and customers as needed in troubleshooting existing products, enhancing existing products, and development of new products. Responsible for implementing and leading Continuous Improvement initiatives and facilitating world‑class operations management methodologies throughout the organization.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

• Support Environmental Health & Safety for the facility, following all current policies and procedures and making an effort to improve the Environmental Health and Safety performance of our facility.
• Coordinate project orders with Production Planning to best fit production schedule with minimal impact to customer orders.
• Provide technical guidance to Maintenance operations to make improvements and resolve issues based on process knowledge.
• Lead change for troubleshooting production and process problems; communicate with manufacturing, quality, and technical people regarding run problems; investigate root causes and recommend and help implement corrective actions.
• Review data and trial reports from technical for products being developed and report concerns and results to the appropriate department managers.
• Act as Production Trial owner, following and coordinating production trials and providing accurate and detailed feedback to Trial owners, Manufacturing, Technical Manager and Marketing.
• Analyze trial quality, output and waste data to determine trial effectiveness / specification commercialization.
• Monitor and improve product quality.
• Resolve quality issues and dispositions of quarantined product.
• Research assignable causes of customer complaints and work closely with customers to resolve and prevent quality issues.
• Regularly visit customers and coordinate operator visits to customers.
• Write, perform, analyze and report on trials, scale‑ups, and validations for the manufacturing processes.
• Make recommendations based on trials.
• Generate and gather ideas for product enhancements, cost savings, and new products from all sources (sales, vendors, customers, R&D, manufacturing, journals, and others); effectively communicate/interact with Sales, Marketing, and the Customer.
• Provide suggestions for product enhancements to R&D engineers to improve manufacturing results based on process experience.
• Operate as a “go‑to” for other Engineers, operations, and maintenance for solutions to process or quality issues.
• Assess current processes to look for areas of improvement in processes (including procedures, conditions, and equipment) and make those recommendations to management.
• Target/resolve repetitive customer claim issues by working with customers and manufacturing.
• Lead continuous improvement teams to deliver process and business improvements.
• Identify and resolve issues that impact data aspects through root cause analysis and corrective action management as it relates to specification impacts to all operation resources & departments.
• Develop and commercialize new and improved products.
• Develop specifications for new products and update existing specifications.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Strong mechanical and technical ability and aptitude
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong knowledge of processes used to manufacture flexible packaging
• Strong knowledge of raw materials to define better solutions
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to coach and mentor less senior members of the organization
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to communicate with all levels of resources and management, both internally and externally
• Ability to analyze, problem solve, and generate new ideas and be open minded to others’ ideas

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field
• Five to seven years experience in an engineering or process role in a flexible packaging converting operation
• Training and experience in Lean manufacturing methodologies

Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our values every day to enable the business to win.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" Poster. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. E-Verify We verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full‑time salaried employees
• Company‑paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&DD, short‑term & long‑term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)