Factory Operator

Amcor is a global leader in packaging solutions for consumer and healthcare products. With industry-leading innovation capabilities, global scale and technical expertise, we help our customers grow and meet the needs of millions of consumers every day. Our teams develop responsible, more sustainable packaging in flexible and rigid formats across multiple materials. Supported by a commitment to safety, ~70,000 colleagues across ~140 countries bring our global capabilities to local customers and provide local access to global brands. Our work is guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future.

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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Reporting to the Shift Manager, the successful candidate will operate machinery and work with the rest of the shift for the effective running of a recycling and manufacturing function. This position involves working 12-hour shifts consisting of day shift and night shift rotation, working 36.75 hours on average per week.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Role:

• To comply with the company H&S Policy, ensuring that PPE is worn at all times.
• Working to relevant departmental SWP’s at all times in line with training received.
• Demonstrate a responsible attitude and behaviour to health and safety and the operation of expensive and dangerous machinery.
• Maintain a safe, clean and tidy working environment.
• Run the relevant lines within your department to specific quality standards and specifications
• To carry out duties effectively as required by the production plans, and accurately record quality checks and information.
• Maintain a good working relationship with work colleagues to work safely, maximise levels of production and minimise production downtime and scrap.
• Start-up and shut down department machinery as/when instructed.
• Prepare for the next shift in order to conduct smooth shift changeovers.

• Experience of working within a manufacturing environment
• Experience of H&S responsibilities within a manufacturing environment
• We are looking for the successful candidate to be driven, enthusiastic, hardworking and have the ability to work on their own, using their initiative
• The ability to form good working relationships at all levels
• Good timekeeping, tidy, health & safety conscious and great communication skills are essential.
• The ability to work unsupervised and be able to use own initiative
• Previous experience with working shift patterns would be advantageous.
• Full training will be provided.