Automation Engineer

About this 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.

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Job Description PURPOSE : The Automation Engineer serves as a technical subject matter expert for the safe development, integration, implementation, operation, and improvement of industrial manufacturing equipment across multiple manufacturing facilities. Safety is the first priority throughout the equipment lifecycle, from concept and design through installation, commissioning, operation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

This role combines manufacturing equipment expertise with project execution and technical leadership. For new capital and Product Development projects, the engineer leads the assigned manufacturing equipment scope, working with project teams, plants, OEMs, machine builders, and systems integrators from concept development and equipment specification through design review, build, installation, commissioning, and production handoff. The engineer is expected to manage their equipment scope, coordinate technical resources and suppliers, communicate risks and progress, and drive issues to resolution while remaining aligned with the overall project team.

The engineer also supports existing production equipment, leading or assisting with equipment performance and reliability improvements, structured problem solving and root cause corrective action (RCCA), and significant or complex equipment issues. Most solutions are delivered collaboratively through plant, supplier, and technical teams; however, the engineer must be technically capable and willing to work directly with industrial equipment and provide hands-on troubleshooting and startup support when required.

Equipment may include inspection systems, case packers, robotic systems, in-mold labeling equipment, product retrieval systems, assembly equipment, material-handling systems, machine vision systems, and other custom manufacturing equipment. This role may also contribute to equipment standards, supplier development, emerging technology evaluation, and other initiatives that improve manufacturing capability across the organization.

A successful candidate will combine broad knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, robotics, vision, safety, and manufacturing systems with the project management, organization, and communication skills necessary to lead equipment scopes across plants, suppliers, and cross-functional teams. Advanced programming expertise is not required; the emphasis is on understanding the complete equipment solution, challenging designs, managing execution, and solving manufacturing problems.

This role directly impacts safety, quality, equipment reliability and uptime, labor efficiency, manufacturing performance, and long-term manufacturing capability across multiple plants.

RESPONSIBILITIES: · Maintain safety as the first priority in all engineering activities and technical decisions. · Serve as the technical SME for assigned manufacturing equipment scopes within Product Development, Operations, and other cross-functional projects. · Assist in developing equipment scopes, specifications, layouts, RFQs, performance requirements, and acceptance criteria. · Manage assigned equipment work to approved scope, schedule, budget, technical requirements, and project objectives. · Evaluate manufacturing equipment concepts and designs for safety, performance, reliability, maintainability, and integration. · Lead and participate in technical design reviews involving mechanical, electrical, controls, robotics, vision, and other equipment systems. · Lead and provide technical direction to OEMs, machine builders, systems integrators, and equipment suppliers. · Coordinate technical interfaces between multiple suppliers and pieces of manufacturing equipment. · Lead or support equipment design reviews, Factory Acceptance Testing, installation, commissioning, startup, and production handoff. · Hold equipment suppliers accountable for technical requirements, performance expectations, milestones, and corrective actions. · Partner with manufacturing plants to improve existing equipment safety, reliability, quality, throughput, scrap, and maintainability. · Lead or support RCCA, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement activities involving manufacturing equipment. · Provide remote or on-site engineering support for significant or complex equipment issues and equipment failures. · Coordinate plant, maintenance, supplier, and technical resources to troubleshoot problems and drive sustainable resolution. · Provide hands-on equipment support when required, including inspection, adjustment, testing, and troubleshooting. · Evaluate aging or underperforming equipment and develop equipment solutions and capital justification for upgrade, refurbishment, or replacement. · Support development and application of equipment standar

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