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:

Responsible for supervision in all aspects of plant production activities across all shifts.  Provides guidance    to front line supervisors in all operations including cross-over functions from Injection to Blow Mold to Downstream to Specialty This position is responsible for managing all plant production activities and safety, ensuring compliance with all company/plant policies; meeting production schedules and standards;  producing in accordance with applicable customer requirements, maintaining optimum production at the least possible cost, defining problem areas and other areas for improvement, conducting investigations and implementing solutions.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Responsible for reporting and controlling al safety, quality, and efficiency performance daily through written or verbal communication.
• Assures all plant safety and accident prevention policies are adhered to, including maintaining cleanliness in all production areas, a safe work environment and safe work practices and ensuring any outside contractors adhere to Amcor policies and procedures.
• Maintains standards of quality to meet customer and internal specifications.  Strives to continuous improvement in quality performance through proper training, good communication, effective leadership / supervision, and follow-up with all front-line supervisors.
• Directly supervises and trains the production supervisors,  and leads all other production positions to ensure a skilled workforce.  Assesses skills and recommends or provides training to ensure department coworkers are competent in procedures/policies and plant goals are met.
• Promotes continual improvement, cooperation, and collaboration between departments by leading cross-functional workgroups to solve problems, as designated by the Operations Manager(s) and Plant Director.
• Mentors front line supervisors in areas of need to ensure global and multi-discipline understanding of production/operations.
• Ensures the scheduling of training and supervision of hourly employee activities; administers plant rules and procedures; recommends employees and candidates for hire, promotion, demotion, transfer, disciplinary action and/or termination.
• Measures performance daily and weekly through analysis reports and recommends changes to improve and optimize throughput
• Maintains production efficiencies and scrap minimization and is responsible for the Scrap Reduction Reports and Team efforts to reduce scrap and increase efficiencies. Champions plant projects designed to promote continuous improvement efforts and optimize production efficiencies respective to all goals as directed by the Operations and/or Plant Manager.
• Maintains employee morale and discipline through fairness and impartiality.
• Assists in the review of labor and manufacturing costs as they relate to production.  Analyses, pursues and recommends methods for reducing these costs.