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Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world. This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants

Primary Purpose of this Position:

Leveraging expert technical leadership, develop the standard design philosophy, specifications and operation of plant support equipment across the global network of can plants, while deploying change control procedures and continuous improvement methodologies.

What will you be responsible for?

• Responsible for establishing global standard design for mechanical support equipment (compressors, vacuum systems, boilers, RTO and heat recovery, balers) including equipment specifications, SOPs, maintenance standards, operating parameters, troubleshooting methodologies.

• Responsible for maintaining global best practices around relevant equipment operation.

• Work closely with Regional Process leads to support best practice discovery, deployment and tracking.

• Work with Innovation on transition of relevant technology into Operations, including development of new specifications, operating parameters and necessary standards to deploy globally.

• Support Global Spare Parts with necessary recommended spares lists.

• Work with procurement to establish total cost of ownership across competitive supplier equipment.

• Work closely with Global Sustainability to establish best practice energy consumption targets and support calculation of optimization opportunities.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or 5-7 years of work related experience.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

• Support: Plant support equipment operation, training, problem solving, continuous improvement, overhauling.

• Mechanical Expertise: Machinery maintenance, mechanical systems, and preventive maintenance strategies, utilizing technical documentation effectively

• Data-Driven: Utilizing data to drive decision making.

• Optimization: Optimization of energy consumption in compressed air systems..

• Knowledge of:

• Lean Manufacturing

• Document management systems and change control

Compensation & Benefits:

• Hiring Salary Range: $96,000 - $137,180 USD. Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan, with a EVAIC Target of 15%.
• This position can work remote and will travel 20-30%.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates).

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ball Corporation.

Ball offers a comprehensive offering of benefit offerings. More information can be found at https://www.ball.com/careers/total-rewards.

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