Product Development Engineer Principal

About the role

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.

About the role

Drive and contribute to programs to provide solutions to customers while driving profitable growth. Work may include areas such as: research, applications development, materials enhancements and/or cost-out initiatives.

Is an advanced level contributor providing input to and executing complex assignments and projects while regularly providing mentoring and coaching direction to more junior professionals. Operates as a key resource across multiple markets, technologies and regions and contributions are applicable across existing and new to market or new to Amcor technologies.

Works autonomously, requiring “expert” level technical support from others occasionally. Contributes to influencing decisions, semi-regularly outside of core area. Technical/product support across multiple products and/or processes – regularly includes key customers and/or initiatives.

What You Get to Do

• Leverage understanding of customer needs, their perceptions of their business in the market, and their values to rapidly drive results and relationships. Be valued by the customer in having a “seat at their table” in discussions with key developments.
• Leverage market and business intelligence to identify trends, emergent technologies in order to influence the business
• Partner on developing business cases for new market spaces or technologies in alignment with direction of Amcor
• Leverage how existing assets are utilized in order to break into new markets
• Lead programs in stage gate to support start-ups and launches.
• Chair technical reviews for the most significant and/or complex programs. Ensure technical rigor within stage gate process
• Independently plan, execute and analyze production trials with Design of Experiment, Lean, and statistical analysis
• Contribute to Amcor Intellectual property and protect IP through information management
• Leverage understanding of business processes across functions to continuously improve performance.
• Act as technical mentor within and across functions in order to advance Amcor technical acumen
• Contribute technical skills and aptitude for problem solving toward regional and global challenges
• Ensure proper documentation of work and contribute to knowledge beyond the organization, such as an external presentation.
• Integrate and communicate complex information beyond core team/function
• Enhance the knowledge and skills of the organization.
• Support a culture of continuous curiosity and learning with business impact.
• Scope and initiate vendor programs, including new raw material research.
• Use advanced knowledge of materials and processes to influence design solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with areas such as Engineering, Operations and Quality to resolve technical challenges, supporting sustained solution ownership. This may include inputs on machine installations and improvements and participating in new capital project teams.
• Define material science capabilities required in the future and resources needed to execute projects in alignment.

What We Value

• Leading cross-functional teams and helping to develop technical talent, this role is to demonstrates the behaviors outlined in Amcor’s Leadership Framework: Drives Vision and Purpose, Strategic Mindset, Sets Priorities and Drives Results, Customer Focus, Cultivates Innovation, Attracts and Develops Talent, Engages People and Teams
• R&D Capability Anchors Levelling:
• Business Acumen: Advanced
• Customer Impact: Advanced
• Technical Expertise: Proficient
• Risk Management: Proficient
• Value Creation: Proficient
• Innovation: Advanced

What We Want from You

• Undergraduate degree required. (Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science or other related area preferred.) PhD or a Graduate degree is strongly preferred
• 15+ years of experience with demonstrated, progressive success in a technical capacity within a global manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to leverage design choices positively impacting market position with a longer term view considering multiple perspectives
• Demonstration of implementing platform solutions in a collaborative, structured way with appropriate tools and methodologies
• Expertise in multiple technologies/processes leveraged to deliver value to the organization and business relationships
• Experience with key/national account customer relationship management – from a technical perspective as well as demonstrated ability to scale-up with a customer’s growth
• Demonstration of conceptual thinking to understand complex issued, apply judgment and proceed an agenda proactively
• .Strong multi-cultural capabilities

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

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
• 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)