Lead - Quality Engineer

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, visitwww.amcor.com.

Job Overview

The Quality Engineer works with cross functional teams to support customer complaint resolution, leads food safety program, and supports all required compliance initiatives. This role plays a significant role in remediation of customer complaint trends and related issues that create opportunities for improvements (CI) throughout the site.

Job Dimensions

• Supervise Quality Assurance Lab managing all aspects of performance and results for the team
• Champion customer related quality activities ensuring the established systems satisfy internal and customer specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that food safety and quality systems satisfy and meet at all times all customer specifications, internal and regulatory requirements (ISO, GMP, FDA)
• Ensure continued compliance to certified standards (ISO 13485 and FSSC 22000) to ensure successful audit outcomes
• Some domestic travel to be expected (<10%)

Principal Accountabilities

• Participate in the Food Safety Team to manage food safety program and initiatives to ensure top quality product is produced and all expectations for food safety are met and exceeded
• Engage with cross-functional teams to identify system and compliance gaps with proposed resolutions
• Work with operations and other teams to investigate and champion creation of effective and sustainable Corrective Actions
• Champion supplier visits, audits and other supplier quality activities
• Responsible for investigating and implementing corrective actions related to customer audit findings
• Analyze data and present to the site management teams to identify quality improvement projects and focus areas
• Reduce internal quality issues to meet and exceed set targets
• Engage in risk assessment process; identification, control and management utilizing risk assessment tools such as FMEA and HACCP
• Support new product and line launches by working with Sales and Marketing, Engineering and Product Development
• Participate in CAPA steering committee and lead assigned CAPA and continuous improvement activities

Knowledge and Experience

• 5+ years of relevant working experience in Quality
• Previous experience in operations, process engineering and/or process control preferred
• Food safety experience preferred
• Knowledge of HACCP/FSSC 22000/SQF/BRC/IMS and ISO 13485/9001 preferred

Education and Certifications

• BS or BA in Engineering or Science
• Demonstrated experience in a Quality and/or Food Safety Role preferred
• Six Sigma Black or Green Belt preferred

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

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.

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