Project Engineer

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ROLE OVERVIEW

The Project Engineer serves as a primary technical partner to customers, responsible for translating customer needs into successful tooling and product solutions. This role builds strong, trust-based customer relationships by proactively engaging throughout the project lifecycle-from quotation through production and approval-ensuring customer expectations are clearly understood, met, and exceeded. The Project Engineer collaborates cross-functionally with Sales, Quality, Manufacturing, and external vendors to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions while acting as a consistent, reliable technical point of contact for customers.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

Customer Engagement & Relationship Management

• Act as a trusted technical liaison between customers, Sales, and internal teams to ensure customer requirements are clearly understood and executed.
• Proactively communicate project status, timelines, risks, and changes to customers, fostering transparency and confidence.
• Partner with Sales in customer meetings, calls, and on-site visits to support new business development, strengthen existing relationships, and identify opportunities for value-added solutions.
• Support customers during sample approval, design reviews, and production ramp-up by addressing concerns swiftly and thoroughly.
• Build long-term customer relationships by understanding customer processes, priorities, and success metrics.

Project & Technical Leadership

• Review all customer-supplied documentation and inputs for new orders, including quality requirements, drawings, tolerances, and specifications.
• Analyze customer requirements for feasibility, manufacturability, cost, and process capability; identify and resolve gaps or concerns early.
• Recommend improvements to part design, tooling, or manufacturing methods that enhance quality, reduce cost, and improve overall customer satisfaction.
• Monitor and manage projects from kickoff through completion, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and internal execution standards.
• Establish completion dates for prototype and production tools in collaboration with Tooling Supervisor, Design Manager, and Production Control.

Documentation, Design & Quality

• Complete all required technical documentation, including quotation support, 7128 forms, engineering change orders (ECOs), drawings, layouts, sketches, and process notes.
• Personally design tools and products as workload permits, ensuring designs align with customer specifications and manufacturability.
• Review master and production samples to confirm compliance with customer requirements and critical dimensions prior to approval and submission.
• Maintain accurate revision control and documentation within the central file via the ECO system.
• Maintain production product samples for use by Sales as visual aids in customer presentations.

Supplier & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Interface with Purchasing and outside vendors to coordinate secondary operations and outsourced processes, ensuring quality and delivery expectations are met.
• Collaborate closely with internal departments-including Quality, Manufacturing, Tooling, and Sales-to resolve issues and drive successful outcomes.
• Support continuous improvement and Lean Six Sigma initiatives that improve customer experience, responsiveness, and product quality.

• Safety & Continuous Improvement

• Work safely and promote a culture of safety by attending required training, identifying hazards, and using required PPE.
• Contribute to team success by supporting continuous improvement initiatives and sharing technical knowledge and best practices.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

• Strong customer communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to read, interpret, and communicate detailed information from blueprints, samples, and conceptual designs.
• Proficiency in thermoforming manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks for product and tool design.
• Strong understanding of tooling fabrication methods, equipment, and manufacturing workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization, as well as with customers and external vendors.
• Comfortable working in both office and manufacturing environments, with the ability to travel to customer and vendor locations as required.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Ability to read, comprehend, and transmit detailed instructions from blueprints, conceptual samples and ideas.
• Proficient in Thermoforming Manufacturing process.
• Proficiency in the use of CAD for tool design.
• Understanding of tool fabrication methods and CAD equipment and operation.
• Ability to work with co-workers at all levels throughout organization, also including outside vendors and customers.
• Ability to work in office environment as well as capable of spending time throughout machine shop and plant. Travel to outside vendors and customers required.

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

• Four-year degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of related experience with thermoforming processes, equipment, materials, and tool fabrication.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with customers in a technical or project-based role preferred.

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

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

• 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

• Retirement Savings Plan with company match

• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)

• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)