Assistant Operator

Job Description

Pay: $25.96/hour

Additional Pay:

• $1.20/hour night shift premium when working nights
• 1.5x pay on Sundays
• 1.5x pay for hours worked over 40 in a week

Schedule:

• 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule (days and nights rotating every two weeks)
• 12-hour shifts on a straight 2-2-3 day schedule
• 12-hour shifts on a straight 2-2-3 night schedule

Benefits Starting Day One:

• Medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Rewards Program
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to 8%
• Tuition reimbursement

About the Role:

Join Amcor as a Manufacturing Assistant Operator and help produce high-quality packaging used around the world. This is an excellent opportunity to start or grow your manufacturing career with a global leader while developing the skills needed to advance into a Machine Operator role.

Assistant Operators receive hands-on training and gain experience across multiple production areas, including Clean Room, Coating, Converting, Extrusion, Lamination, Rewind, Slitting, and Press operations. You'll work alongside experienced team members, learn advanced manufacturing processes, and build a strong foundation for long-term career growth.

What You'll Do:

• Assist Machine Operators with daily production activities
• Learn machine operation and serve as a backup operator when needed
• Load raw materials and unload finished product from equipment
• Band and prepare return stock, empty cores, headers, startup rolls, and finished rolls
• Change and clean machine components as required
• Assist with machine setups, adjustments, and production changeovers
• Perform daily and weekly housekeeping to maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Support quality inspections and production documentation requirements
• Follow all safety, quality, and operating procedures
• Work collaboratively with operators, leads, and supervisors to achieve production goals
• Cross-train in multiple departments and manufacturing processes
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Must Have:

• Ability to work a 12-hour manufacturing schedule
• Basic computer skills and ability to learn manufacturing systems
• Ability to perform basic math, measurement, and reading tasks
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Ability to perform visual inspections and distinguish colors
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Commitment to safety and following established procedures
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for extended periods and perform physical tasks including climbing, crouching, and reaching

Preferred:

• Previous manufacturing experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced production environment
• Experience operating machinery or production equipment
• Knowledge of quality inspections, measurements, and manufacturing processes
• Desire to grow into a Machine Operator role and advance within manufacturing operations

Join Amcor:

At Amcor, your contributions matter. As a global leader in responsible packaging, we invest in our employees through training, development, and advancement opportunities. Whether you're beginning your manufacturing career or looking to build on existing experience, Amcor offers a team-oriented environment where safety, quality, and continuous improvement drive success. Join us and start building a rewarding future with a company committed to helping you reach your potential.

Apply today and unpack your potential with Amcor.

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

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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Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans

• Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location

• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location

• Wellbeing programs & 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 bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)