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:

Direct the quality assurance program for the plant.  Supervises the quality control leaders and technicians in performance of duties relating to inspection, laboratory testing, statistical process control and salvage operations.  Implement, maintain and modify as appropriate the plant’s quality management system to improve business operating systems and meet the requirements of customer and best practice audits.  Lead/assist with the corrective action of quality related problems at the plant and/or customer location and start-up of new products/processes.  Assist in troubleshooting technical problems.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Design, implement and direct the quality assurance program for the plant.

• Establish/maintain quality program, including but not limited to:

  • Plant management responsibility

  • Document and data control

  • Control of customer supplied materials and nonconforming product/material

  • Product identification and traceability

  • Inspecting/testing procedures and control of related equipment

  • Corrective and preventive actions

  • Internal quality audits (housekeeping, GMP, etc.)

• Establish/monitor/maintain statistical process control (SPC) programs.

• Advise and instruct local managers in utilization of SPC data.  Provide consistent ongoing analysis of process capability (CPK) statistics.  Determine, recommend, and assist in continuous improvement programs to meet plant/division quality objective and advise the plant manager of appropriate action plans.  Suggest improvements in procedures and techniques to improve product and customer acceptance.

• Establish/monitor and control hold for inspection (HFI) procedures to ensure nonconforming materials do not enter the production process and are properly identified and segregated.

• Coordinate quality activities with other division/plant personnel seeking mutual agreement on problems involving coordination.

• Inspection of incoming purchased materials, work-in-process material, rework materials and finished goods.  Assure the required level of quality through visual inspection, statistical sampling and laboratory testing of materials.  Ascertain the reasons for nonconforming materials.

• Performance of operator and technicians tests – section weights, wall thickness, dimensional characteristics, glue usage and patterns, banding tension, stretch wrap usage and load to force, etc.

• Processing of all scrap materials including but not limited to product salvage and regrind, corrugated salvage and other materials.

• Design and implement accurate reporting and recording of scrap, reprocessed materials.  Control the movement of these materials.

• Ascertain the disposition of materials placed on HFI.

• Develop and implement c