Amcor
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Assistant Machine Operator

Pay
$17 per hour
Location
Boky, KY · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Entry level
Listed
20 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • extrusion machine operation
  • resin handling
  • quality control
  • standard operating procedures

Stated benefits & perks

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k match
  • Tuition

Role Overview

Unpack Your Potential

Join Amcor as an Assistant Machine Operator and play a key role in producing high-quality packaging that makes a global impact. You’ll ensure safety, quality standards, and contribute to a team focused on collaboration and continuous improvement.

Schedule

  • 2-2-3 Schedule: 12-hour shifts,
  • Nights, 6:45p.m. - 7:00 a.m.,
  • Days, 6: 45a.m – 7: 00p.m

Compensation & Benefits: Value, Recognized

We reward great work with

  • Pay: Starting $17.00 & up + $1.50/hour night shift premium
  • 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar match up to 7%
  • Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Growth and development opportunities

What you’ll do

  • Support operations in becoming World Class in all aspects of the business, beginning with Safety.
  • Run all jobs in accordance with customer specification, manufacturing specification, and standard operating procedures.
  • Organize, record, and ensure proper storage of resin.
  • Adjust machine specifications, pressures, and equipment for each job
  • Ensure all appropriate paperwork is filled out accurately and completely.
  • Work with and direct the extrusion assistant and other team mates to minimize job change-over and down time.
  • Train and direct the extrusion assistant to become efficient at all the required assistant duties defined in each level of the assistant training matrix on time.
  • While also knowing and understanding the role in product safety.\
  • Comply with all 5S and WCM initiatives (Cross Training, moving to the work)
  • All other duties as assigned by supervisor or management

What you’ll do

  • Prepare inks, substrates, plates, cylinders, gears, etc. for scheduled job.
  • Assist Press Operator in monitoring the product to ensure quality
  • Knowledge and ability to perform make-readies.
  • Participate in the operation of the press with the ability to operate if needed.
  • Order, Charge, and Return raw materials to each job as needed.
  • Complete necessary daily paperwork.
  • Complete 5S/housekeeping logs.
  • Follow and be held accountable for adherence to all of the company policies and procedures as they are outlined and defined.
  • Remove and identify all scrap except flying splices before master rolls get moved to WIP area
  • All other duties as assigned by Manufacturing Supervisor and/or Management

What we want from you: Lead the Pack

Preferred qualifications

  • Previous manufacturing experienc
  • Knowledgeable and able to understand a computer and program
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Good organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to interact effectively and professionally with others in a team environment

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to lift up to 50-60 lbs
  • Willing and able to stand and walk for a 12 hour shift
  • Frequent reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, and twisting
  • Frequent use of wrist and hands
  • Frequent stepping up and down from platforms
  • Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis

Our Expectations

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

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity:

Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

  • Medical, dental and vision plans
  • Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location
  • Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
  • Wellbeing programs & 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 bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)

Why Amcor?

Be part of a global leader while working in a supportive, team-driven environment. At Amcor, your contributions are recognized, your growth is encouraged, and your work makes a difference.

Read the original posting

From Amcor's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 20, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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