Lacquer Technician Specialist

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Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care. We are sustainability leaders in our industry, and we were the first global packaging company to commit to making all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. In addition, our products play a vital role in a circular economy as we are working toward 30% recycled material across our portfolio by 2030, and we are one of few packaging companies committed to using science-based targets and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

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About The Role

The Lacquer Technician Specialist will be responsible for laboratory support work for the lacquer team (50%) and entry level engineering tasks (50%). The engineering project work will initially be conducted under the supervision of experienced engineer to begin the knowledge transfer. Ideally, the individual will progress from technician to engineer within a few years.

Key Job Accountabilities

• Preparing, mixing, coating, and drying lacquers according to formulations provided by the lacquer team engineers.
• Conduct quality control tests and analysis on lacquer coatings to ensure they meet company standards and customer expectations.
• Conducting daily use and maintenance of analytical instruments to complete assigned tests for samples prepared according to engineers' projects.
• Following safety rules and guidelines to ensure a safe working environment.
• Collaborating with superiors and shift supervisors to determine work status, priorities, and potential problems.
• Reviewing results and observations directly with engineers in the lacquer team to provide insight into performance alongside actual test data.
• Being accountable for day-to-day requests by utilizing various analytical instruments such as Barrier testing, Mechanical testing, FT-IR, DSC, optical microscope, and surface analysis.
• Compiling reports in English
• Stay current with industry trends, regulations, and emerging technologies related to lacquer coatings.
• Proactively driving self-development of key skills and learning to be able to step up to an engineer role in 2-3 years.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Understanding and interest in scientific methods, ideally with a chemistry or material science background
• Knowledge in some of the following techniques: Barrier measurements, Mechanical testing, IR spectroscopy, optical microscopy, DSC, surface analysis
• Experience of laboratory working with wet chemistry, including full understanding of health and safety requirements
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Flexibility / ability to adapt to changing situations and various people
• Ability to quickly learn and implement the knowledge in lacquer formulation / lacquer development
• Demonstrated problem solving, custom focus, and team player capabilities
• Detail oriented and hands on
• Good level of English, any local language is a plus.

Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC