Technologist

Join Amcor and you can be part of the team that makes the packaging of the future better for people and our planet.  

Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care. 

We are sustainability leaders in our industry. We are the first global packaging company to commit to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025.Our products are vital to support the lives of millions of people across the globe every day.

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 innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.

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JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Health, Safety, Environment & Compliance
•    Fully comply with and actively promote Amcor’s Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety (OHSE) policies.
•    Lead OHSE activities, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective actions within area of responsibility.
•    Ensure compliance with emergency plans, proper use of PPE, workplace cleanliness, and waste segregation.
•    Encourage safety awareness, reporting of near misses, and participation in improvement suggestions.
•    Act as a role model for Amcor Values and ethical principles in all activities.

New Product Introduction
•    Change management leader for production and participate in the new projects management as the focal point of production to collaborate with Product Development, Quality and Project Leads in the execution of NPIs/NPLs e.g. collaboration with Product Development (PD) through the project briefing including approval of new product launches and design changes. 
•    Lead in tooling development review and approval for NPL/NPI in coordination with PD, Production and other relevant functions and represent production team on any feasibility studies and evaluation for new products, new technology and capability 
•    Lead technology initiatives to support production performance on efficiencies, productivity and quality to drive continuous improvements 
•    Coordinate and monitor internally new product launches, raw material updates and changes, layouts, and transferred products from other manufacturing sites
•    Support machine trial activities, internal approvals, color matching, and technical tests; prepare report results, define and monitor follow-up actions
•    Prepare production guidelines and ensure stable performance of newly approved jobs during initial production runs (including film printing, HFS calculation, as applicable) and conduct period review/analysis to determine failure points and items for continuous improvements
•    Determine production and machinery requirements for new materials and applications
•    Update ink recipe based on actual consumption
•    Together with PD and Quality, make decision on Go/No Go for production

Production & Process Performance
•    Responsible for printing machine performance, including efficiency, waste, setup complexity, speed, and quality.
•    Lead continuous improvement and optimization initiatives to achieve KPI targets and budget assumptions.
•    Identify root causes of production and quality issues, define corrective actions, and ensure implementation.
•    Support and contribute to production investment and improvement projects.
•    Participate in the DDS meetings as support to operations 

Quality, Complaints & Technical Support
•    Collaborate with Quality and Production teams to analyze internal and external complaints and resolve non-conformities.
•    Support complaints related to cylinders, tools, board/paper, foil, and ink with PD and Quality providing support and inputs in the resolution 
•    Participate in customer complaint meetings related to printing technologies and ensure closure of agreed actions.
•    Communicate with material and technical suppliers when required.
•    Color matching report preparation 

Cross-Functional & Global Collaboration
•    Act as the technical interface between PD, Production, Quality, Maintenance, PMR, Procurement, and Global Manufacturing teams.
•    Coordinate communication between PD and Production, especially for new launches and technical changes.
•    Exchange best practices, issues, and solutions with technical counterparts in other Amcor factories.
•    Prepare and present reports related to product approvals, trials, and technical changes. If product is for the  for the first time, the report will be done together with PD

Training & Capability Development
•    Provide training to machine operators on new printing applications and technologies.
•    Support onboarding and continuous development of Technologists and machine personnel.
•    Ensure teams work efficiently, actively, and in line with best technical practices.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: 

Education and Certifications
•    Printing, polygraph or other relevant discipline degree

General Knowledge and Experience
•    Good knowledge in Project Management
•    Good level of written and spoken English
•    Good communication skills
•    Independency and accuracy in job execution
•    Problem solving

Printing Process & Machine Expertise
•    Gravure / Offset press setup & optimization
•    Registration, impression, ink transfer control
•    Speed vs quality trade-off management
•    Troubleshooting press defects (streaking, mottle, ghosting, misregister)
•    Start-up & changeover efficiency
•    Press capability during NPL / design changes

Color Matching & Print Quality (CM Ownership)
•    Ink formulation logic (pigment strength, transparency)
•    Color matching trial strategy
•    Delta E interpretation & acceptance
•    Trapping, overprint, layer logic
•    Approval of internal CM & trials
•    Handling customer color deviations

New Product Launch (NPL / NPI) & PD Interface
•    Reading PD Brief , job Bag  & drawings
•    Translating design intent into press settings
•    Trial planning (materials, cylinders, inks)
•    Managing changes during launch
•    Coordinating approvals with PD, QA, customer
•    Production readiness confirmation

Quality, Complaints & RCA
•    Defect classification (print vs material vs tooling)
•    Root Cause Analysis (5 Why, Fishbone)
•    NCCS complaint handling (ink, paper, cylinders)
•    Corrective & preventive action definition
•    KPI linkage (FPQ, scrap, complaints)

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.  

At Amcor we believe in talent through diversity and promote equal opportunity in the workplace and recognise that discrimination and harassment of co-workers based on race, creed, disability, gender, marital or maternity status, religious or political beliefs, age or sexual orientation is unlawful.