Manufacturing Team Lead

Job Description

Pay: $35.00-$38.00/hour based on experience

Schedule:

• 2-2-3 Day Shift Available
• 2-2-3 Night Shift Available --> $1.20 Shift Premium

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

Amcor is seeking a Manufacturing Team Lead to provide frontline leadership and technical support within our manufacturing operations. Manufacturing Team Leads are responsible for supporting operations within one of our key production areas, including Extrusion, Press, Slitting, and Converting. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for coordinating daily production activities, supporting team development, driving safety and quality performance, and ensuring department goals are achieved. The Manufacturing Team Lead works closely with operators, supervisors, maintenance, planning, quality, and other support teams to maximize production performance while fostering a high-performance culture.

What You'll Do

• Act as a safety leader and promote a safety-first culture in all activities
• Direct and coordinate day-to-day production activities based on customer demand and production schedules
• Support operators and production teams to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production
• Provide coverage and hands-on support across manufacturing operations as needed
• Collaborate with Production Planning, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations teams to prioritize work and meet customer requirements
• Assist supervisors with administering policies, resolving employee concerns, and supporting positive employee relations
• Provide coaching, instruction, and on-the-job training to team members
• Support employee development and help build technical capabilities across the department
• Monitor production performance and communicate results through standard work and shift communication processes
• Assist with investigations involving safety incidents, near misses, and quality concerns while supporting root cause corrective actions
• Partner with Quality teams to resolve product defects, customer complaints, and process issues
• Partner with Maintenance teams to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, and cost
• Support shift handoff communication to ensure operational continuity across crews
• Analyze production challenges and implement corrective actions to improve results
• Ensure compliance with all product safety, food safety, cleanliness, and operational standards
• Maintain accurate production, quality, and operational documentation
• Serve as a backup resource for supervisors as needed
• Drive accountability while promoting teamwork, collaboration, and a positive workplace culture
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Must Have

• High school diploma or GED
• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience
• Previous leadership experience or demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop teams
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while maintaining a positive attitude
• Proficiency with computer systems and basic Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to support and coordinate production activities across multiple departments

Preferred

• Experience in a manufacturing lead, team lead, or frontline leadership role
• Experience supporting employee training and development programs
• Working knowledge of SAP, AIMS, RF systems, ColorCert, or similar manufacturing systems
• Experience in printing, extrusion, slitting, converting, packaging, or flexible packaging manufacturing environments
• Strong mechanical aptitude and equipment troubleshooting experience
• Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or Operational Excellence experience
• Experience analyzing production metrics and driving performance improvements

Join Amcor

At Amcor, we are committed to creating a safer, more sustainable future through innovation, teamwork, and operational excellence. As a Manufacturing Team Lead, you will play a critical role in supporting production performance, developing team members, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring our customers receive products that meet the highest standards of quality and service. If you're a hands-on manufacturing leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys developing people while delivering results, we encourage you to apply.

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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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)