Corporate Validations Engineering Manager

We are global, we are impacting the lives of millions every day, we are making a difference!  

At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.   

Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.  

Job Description

Position Overview:

This position serves as the crucial interface between Quality, Engineering, and Project Management. The role involves direct interaction with Process and Product Development, Process Engineering, Plant Quality Operations, Corporate Quality functions, and customers. The objective is to ensure that new products and processes are launched with accurate and consistent drawings, specifications, validations, capabilities, inspection plans, and process parameters. This position identifies functional capabilities of advanced metrology and inspection systems, evaluates their performance, validates their functional utility, implements them, and supports these systems over time. This role encompasses training and mentoring Plant Quality Managers and Quality Engineers across the business.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Design / Develop / Implement / Perform Equipment Validations.
• Develop, validate, implement, and support advanced metrology and inspection systems.
• Provide essential statistical and process support to stablish baseline operating parameters for all machine platforms. Analyze dimensional data from samples, mold qualifications, and in-plant production data and produce validation studies and report for customer acceptance.
• Develop Mold Qualification Protocols and Statistical Sampling Plans used at various manufacturing sites as the integral part of the mold acceptance and validation process.
• Provide corporate level, multi-plant, multi-product, multi-process analytical expertise and support to Quality Engineering Management support to our Mold, Process Development, Project Managers, Corporate Quality and our Manufacturing Sites.
• Establish strong working relationships with key customers for continuous improvement and advance quality planning.
• Identify and implement corrective actions to improve products and processes
• Coordinate and assure uniformity among Plant-level Quality Managers and Quality Engineers

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree at minimum, with professional accreditations
• Ten years or more of related experience including Pharmaceutical Packaging and Production Systems Validation
• Statistics / SPC, ISO 9000 experience, Six-Sigma Greenbelt principles and techniques preferred
• Professional level knowledge of polymers and processes, with strong expertise in plastic bottle and closure packaging
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop excellent working relationships with various technical disciplines, customers, and suppliers
• Proven and strong Project Management Skills
• Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking and leadership.
• Strong technical writing skills
• Travel:  40%, required, 80% or more, if remote, expected

Competencies:

Amcor Leadership Framework Competencies

Core Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Learning on the Fly
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Drive for Results

3-5 Applicable ALF Competencies:

Process Management

Managing & Measuring Work

Influencing Others

Functional/Technical Skills

Relationships:

• Plant leadership
• Corporate staff and leadership
• Regional leadership
• Direct reports
• External Customers

ADA Requirements:

Physical Requirements

Normal Vision

Distant Vision

Near Vision

Hearing/ Listening

Sitting

Talking/Speaking

Hand/Finger Dexterity

Walking

Standing

Stooping

Pushing/Pulling

Bending

Kneeling

Lifting (amount < 50 pounds)

Work Environment: Office Environment

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties, responsibilities, skills and/or abilities.

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Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• 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

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 links  "EEO is the and "EEO is the Law" Poster Supplement. 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.

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