Do you want to work for a world-leading manufacturer who strives to build a better future through sustainability and innovation? Are you looking for a new challenge in a stable, fast-growing sector?

Join us, and build your career by helping us build the future.

We are a global leader in sustainable products with more than 21,000 team members worldwide. From infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles, to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe. We produce all these incredible things with one unique purpose: crafting a better community, a better society, a better world.

Moreover, each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. And everyone at Ball is an everyday champion, making a difference by doing what we love.

We lead with our heads and our hearts and combine innovative thinking with a spirit of resiliency that keeps us moving forward in a relentless pursuit of new ways to make life, and the world, better. Whether we’re developing packaging that’s infinitely recyclable or aerospace innovations. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Job Description

Develops and implements new technologies to achieve step change improvements in cost, efficiency, flexibility and sustainability. Works closely with global and regional teams to drive the global process innovation pipeline. Responsible for bringing ideas from concept to reality and working closely with engineering and operations on commercial implementation. Coordinates communication efforts around new process innovations to develop globally consistent implementation plans.

What will you be responsible for?

• Drives the front end of process innovation, ensuring that the global process development pipeline reflects industry trends and future needs.
• Translates plant processing challenges into new project opportunities and facilitates innovation ideation to ensure a healthy project pipeline.
• Applies new internal and external technologies to manufacturing processes to increase flexibility, reduce spoilage, and improve efficiency and long-term environmental sustainability targets.
• Ensures appropriate follow up on process innovation projects with engineering / operations teams during development cycle, to drive clearly defined innovation priorities for global technology implementation.
• Build, grow, and manage supplier networks and external resources to generate new process designs and validate process performance.
• Ability to manage customer relationships to generate new process designs and validate process performance in plant manufacturing lines.
• Create packages for operations & engineering to optimize implementation and minimize operational issues in the plant environment – often requires support/collaboration in creating / editing quality test methods, SOP’s, EHS documentation, etc.
• Makes use of analytical and statistical evaluation tools to assess process improvement performance.
• Project Management / Stage Gate
  
  • Innovation focused; Project charter creation and test-planning
  • Organization of timelines, resources & costs
  • Cost model development and analyses
  • Generate and present data summaries and reports on project status, outcomes, and formal recommendations.
• Use financial modelling tools to combine and compare new processes including evaluation of capital equipment, support equipment, installation, and material usage.

Region and Global Specific Responsible Areas:

Works closely with global/regional teams, key subject matter experts, suppliers and varied corporate contributors to drive the global process innovation pipeline. Responsible for bringing ideas from concept to feasibility and working closely with regional and global engineering and operations on commercial implementation.

Key Stakeholders:

Global Engineering, Plant Operations

What are we looking for?

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant job related experience
• Job related experience for 10 years minimum in engineering or project management.
• Experience in manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience in relevant manufacturing processes including metal forming, chemical cleaning, waste water treatment, printing, coating operations, data analytics, automation, and/or robotics
• Able to translate external technologies/manufacturing processes to new project opportunities to improve efficiency and flexibility, reduce spoilage, and meet long term sustainability goals
• Experience in creation, organization, and management of new process implementation including technical project management
• Experience in interacting with external suppliers to generate new process designs and validate performance in plant implementation
• Excellent skills in building interpersonal relationships, team building, leadership, and teamwork within and outside of Ball
• Ability to apply intensive and diversified project evaluation and management techniques in order to effectively work with a wide variety of groups, audiences, and technologies
• Able to work independently, identify problems and develop solutions
• Ability to overcome roadblocks by enabling others with clear communication, troubleshooting, and at times simply propping up others where needed
• Ability to lead small teams and engage/motivate others
• Independently possesses clear focus and will to drive stakeholders and suppliers for milestones and solutions
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and be flexible in a fast paced, changing environment
• Able to create implementation packages for Engineering for new process designs, including creation of quality specs, test methods, SOPs, and EHS documentation
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Strong understanding of statistical principles
• Strong business acumen skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with outstanding follow through skills
• Strong computer & sophisticated data analysis skills required – MS Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project
• Experience working with geographically dispersed engineering and operations teams a plus
• Occasional travel as needed

Inspire

• Demonstrates Self-Awareness: Uses a combination of feedback and self-reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses

Connect

• Instils Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity
• Interpersonal Intelligence: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

Achieve

• Demonstrated Results: Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances

Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $ 77,500 - 115,500 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• Other Compensation: This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Regular Full-Time Salaried and Hourly positions: Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

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