Senior Capital Projects Manager – Packaging Manufacturing

Amcor; Kentucky; On-site; USD 112,800 - 169,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Wellbeing program

HSA/FSA

Job summary

Amcor is leading the transformation of the packaging industry, driving safety, quality, and productivity across global operations. This role manages complex capital projects related to PET preforms and rigid containers, coordinating multiple sites from concept through qualification and implementation.

You will drive process improvements, cost reductions, and productivity gains while aligning with corporate safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Minimum of seven years professional engineering experience in the plastics packaging industry, including seven years of project management experience.
• Knowledge of plant layouts and infrastructure equipment.
• Proven experience managing multiple resources and complex projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate technical information and to 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 BOMs for new capital projects and support the CAPEX approval process.
• Ensure safety and environmental requirements are incorporated into the project scope and budget.
• Refine feasibility studies into an action plan with input from Regional Directors, Plant Managers and Plant resources.
• Review plant infrastructure, layout and equipment against project requirements.
• Analyze and evaluate performance and cost of equipment including tooling and vendors.
• Publish weekly project status reports outlining project status and issues.
• Create and maintain division-level technical specifications and documentation for Operations Engineering.
• Communicate with plants regularly to understand long-term project performance.
• Review CEAV requests for accuracy and compliance to standards.
• Travel ~60%.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

People management

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

SPC

Plant layouts

Infrastructure equipment

Job description

Amcor is leading the transformation of the packaging industry, driving safety, quality, and productivity across global operations. This role manages complex capital projects related to PET preforms and rigid containers, coordinating multiple sites from concept through qualification and implementation.

You will drive process improvements, cost reductions, and productivity gains while aligning with corporate safety and environmental standards.