Senior Design Engineer

About Amcor

Join Amcor, a leader revolutionizing the packaging industry with innovative and responsible solutions that enhance lives globally. Serving over 10,000 consumers every second worldwide, we ensure safe delivery of food, medicine, and other essentials. Safety is our guiding principle and core value, deeply embedded in how we operate. United by our shared values, we focus on elevating customers, impacting lives, and securing a sustainable future while investing in our talented team.

Role Overview

The Senior Design Engineer will be pivotal within the Engineering department, leading design, research, prototyping, documentation, estimation, and process improvements. The role requires modifying existing products and processes to boost efficiency and performance. Work will take place across office, workshop, and client sites to achieve optimum outcomes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate throughout New Zealand.
• Adhere to and champion Amcor's safety values by ensuring all designs comply with safety policies and proactively recommend safety enhancements.
• Identify customer needs and safety issues, defining project scopes and developing viable solutions.
• Create detailed equipment and machine manuals through assembling and documenting specifications.
• Communicate complex technical information effectively to stakeholders with varied expertise levels and lead teams with minimal oversight.
• Translate conceptual directions and design criteria into tangible designs, quickly sketching complex ideas to drive finalized solutions.
• Define project mechanical scopes and oversee design coordination, fabrication, installation, and project commencement activities.
• Lead procurement processes for materials and machinery, innovating methods to improve these processes.
• Support machine validation, including documentation, testing, safety checks, and completion of checkout lists.
• Assist in mechanical machine design testing and validation, performing engineering calculations, and reviewing technical plans and specifications.

Qualifications and Experience

• Associate degree in Mechanical and/or Electrical Design, or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• Proven experience in machine design for production machinery, including assemblies and entire machines.
• Minimum of 10 years' relevant engineering experience.
• Experience with Amcor or comparable flexible packaging design is preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Deep mechanical and electrical design expertise, including drafting methods and standards.
• Knowledge of machine shop practices, finishes, and geometric tolerancing.
• Proficiency with 2D/3D CAD software for design and drafting.

Values and Expectations

• Excellence: Deliver complex, high-quality technical contributions and mentor colleagues.
• Integrity: Demonstrate ownership and continuously seek design improvements.
• Collaboration: Foster effective communication and teamwork, leading by example.
• Leadership: Set clear objectives, provide feedback, and adapt leadership style to team needs.
• Innovation: Take accountability, empower teams, and offer guidance on complex engineering decisions.
• Financial Discipline: Lead design efforts mindful of cost-effectiveness and capital management.

Additional Information

Amcor is an equal opportunity employer welcoming applications regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or other protected categories. Reasonable accommodations during the hiring process are available upon request. Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, paid time off starting at 80 hours annually, holidays, well-being and employee assistance programs, flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, parental leave, retirement plans with company match, tuition reimbursement subject to approval, and discretionary annual bonuses based on hire date.