Location: Europe (flexible within AMP network)
Department: Quality & R&D
Reporting to: Quality & R&D Director
Ardagh Metal Packaging is seeking an experienced Coatings Manager to lead and optimize coating operations across our beverage can manufacturing environment. This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring the highest standards of product quality, food safety, operational performance, and cost efficiency.
You will provide technical expertise in internal and external coating systems, driving process excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration across manufacturing, quality, maintenance, and R&D teams. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence product performance, support innovation, and contribute to the delivery of world-class sustainable packaging solutions.
As Coatings Manager, you will:
At Ardagh, you'll be part of a global leader in sustainable metal packaging, working alongside passionate experts committed to operational excellence and innovation. We offer opportunities to make a tangible impact, develop your leadership capabilities, and contribute to products enjoyed by millions of consumers worldwide.
About Ardagh Metal Packaging
Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans to brand owners globally. An operating business of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is a leading industry player across Europe and the Americas, with innovative production capabilities, 23 production facilities, more than 6,000 employees and recorded revenues of $4.8 billion in 2023.
AMP is 76%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.
About Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for brand owners around the world. We have grown to a team of approximately 20,000 people with revenues of more than $9 billion. Today we have a presence across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
· Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.
· Our packaging is manufactured from metal and glass - permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
· Ardagh produces more than 60 billion containers per year (more than 160 million containers per day).
The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around our four Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence. We offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team - you’ll enjoy the journey!

We are a global supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable, metal and glass packaging for brand owners around the world. We operate 60 production facilities in 16 countries, employing approximately 19,000 people. The consistent pursuit of market-leading innovation, quality and customer service, backed by investment in our people and processes, has underpinned our rapid growth over the past two decades.
The people that make up Ardagh share much more than a strong brand and an excellent reputation, we each share a common vision: to be the preferred packaging partner to brand owners around the world. The future we’re creating for Ardagh is built around the company’s Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence.