Materials Technician

Summary

To bring correct and sufficient amounts of materials to machines, maintain correct inventories, determine which orders to run at a certain time. Control scrap. Monitor and identify raw material usage variances.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supply color and resin to assigned machines
• Maintain grinders
• Grind and/or dispose of scrap
• Operate machine in order to give breaks
• Perform color changes on assigned machines
• Create production labels
• Scan out of color
• Maintain the resin silo board
• Check color chips for color match
• Monitor and control scrap and regrind usage
• Report scrap in detail
• Follows applicable Food Safety and cGMP policies

Education And/or Experience

• High School diploma/or GED required
• 1-2 Years of production experience preferred
• Forklift experience strongly preferred
• Valid driver's license required

Knowledge & Skills

• Time-management and organizational skills required
• Ability to develop a routine essential
• Ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) necessary
• Basic computer skills strongly preferred
• Ability to comprehend the operation of a central resin system needed
• Basic mechanical skills and abilities required

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, occasionally exposed to various types of equipment that have vibration, and some exposure to dust. The noise level in the work environment requires hearing protection.

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

Additional information

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)