Quality Specialist

About the role

Join a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. We value your trust by making safety our guiding principle and championing our customers and helping them succeed.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a safety leader by complying with all safety rules, policies, regulations and procedures; participating in safety programs, and encouraging employee involvement from all employees in all safety activities.
• Safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.
• Support all written safety programs and safety training.
• Conduct all the QC tests as needed.
• Analyze QA and/or other data for trends and issue reports as needed.
• Use various statistical analyses to solve business/quality problems.
• Maintain and service quality laboratory equipment.
• Support customer audits, customer launches, customer complaints and corrective action process, investigations and follow up on corrective actions, coordinate, conduct and review equipment calibrations.
• Ensure the smooth working of the quality laboratory: equipment maintenance and service contracts.
• Determine/capture best laboratory QC/QA practices.
• Coach Operations staff to ensure understanding/compliance with customer expectations.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects as needed.
• Interface with all departments and personnel: Production, Technical, Customer Service, Operations, Management, Shift Supervisors, Maintenance, etc.
• Perform other duties in the QA department as needed.
• Substitute for the Quality Manager as needed.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years college degree in Engineering or other technical field or equivalent.
• 3-5 years previous experience working in a Manufacturing or Quality environment desired.
• 1+ year of experience in a comparable position, specifically analyzing problems and resolving customer issues, in a manufacturing environment.
• A thorough understanding of common Quality and Problem Solving tools such as ISO, FSSC 22000, Statistical Analysis, Pareto Charts, Histograms, Brainstorming, etc.
• Knowledge of problem-solving techniques, continuous improvement tools and methodologies (such as Six Sigma).
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and Minitab.

What We Want From You

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with all personnel.
• Training or experience with FSSC 22000 standards and GMP’s.
• Strong time management skills to handle multiple ongoing projects.
• Working knowledge of statistical analysis techniques and software tools.
• Green Belt certification is beneficial.
• A general familiarity with manufacturing operations.
• A working knowledge of various converting raw materials would be a plus.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

What We Value

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with all personnel.
• Training or experience with FSSC 22000 standards and GMP’s.
• Strong time management skills to handle multiple ongoing projects.
• Working knowledge of statistical analysis techniques and software tools.
• Green Belt certification is beneficial.
• A general familiarity with manufacturing operations.
• A working knowledge of various converting raw materials would be a plus.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• 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.
• Retail Savings Plan with company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval).
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date).