Advanced Engineer

Amcor•Manchester, MI

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Plans, coordinates and performs container and preform design, testing and/or analysis work for a complete project of broad scope or for a significant portion of a sub-system of a major and diverse project. Operates in a team environment and may act as lead person, providing technical leadership and design solutions. May assign, coordinate and review portions of the work of other engineers and support personnel. Provides technical consultation and a knowledge base. Recognized as an expert across a product line and play a vital role in driving Amcor’s sustainability initiatives through product development. As a member of our Beverage Product Development team, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and functionality. In addition, you will manage communications and report outs with both customers and internal stake holders and will also assist in improving Amcor development processes and standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
4 to 6 years of experience in packaging product development and experience managing multiple, simultaneous high priority projects.
Knowledge of injection molding and/or stretch blow molding machinery and process with PET plastics.
Knowledge of property enhancing material additives (not limited to but including barrier & U.V protection) for various packaging requirements.
Experience in statistical analysis and process control and stability.
Computer skills including Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint
Ability to manage complex projects from conceptualization through commercialization

Nice To Haves

Experience in Polymer Science Packaging Development is desirable.

Responsibilities

Responsible for defining project development strategy and reporting feasibility and risks on moderately complex to complex projects.
Collaborates with cross functional team members to determine cost, platform and resource requirements to bring products to market on time, correct the first time, and within budget.
Works autonomously on moderately complex to complex projects.
Establish performance specifications and tolerances for new products taking into account filling and handling conditions beyond defined customer specifications.
Document project progress utilizing PLM system
Create and track project R&D timelines
Responsible for creating and maintaining project budgets.
Coordinate design reviews with other project engineers, customers, designers and vendors.
Publish design work requests and sponsor innovative solutions.
Specify technical and operational requirements and order prototype tooling and change parts for new product development.
Direct process lab activities; coordinate with lab technicians, work to acquire change parts, materials, tooling, and support injection/blow to facilitate the manufacture of unit containers and publish process lab work requests and related sampling plans and results
Direct quality lab activities; establishing product acceptance criteria, determine test protocols and test conditions, access process capability and specification compliance for a production environment.
Coordinate corrective action plans, including design reviews, process improvements and quality systems.
Assist manufacturing facilities with start-up and validation of new products.
Act as the lead technical liaison across various account assignments.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision plans
Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
Paid Parental Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with company match
Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)