Ball Corporation: Production Technician

Ball Corporation manufactures aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care and household products, and provides aerospace and other technologies for commercial and government customers. We have been in business for over 140 years and is leading the charge in creating solutions that keep our planet healthy. Ball Corp has been nationally recognized as a leading company in the creation of sustainable products (Fast Company World Changing Ideas award) as well as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity (Forbes Magazine.) Join our team of over 18,000 people worldwide in our quest to make the world a cleaner and healthier place. BE BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. BE UNSTOPPABLE. BE AN INSPIRATION. JOIN US IN MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. Primary Purpose of the Position:Performs various manual or mechanical production functions by operating, adjusting, and repairing production equipment to meet customer specifications. Performs tasks and provides services to support the plant’s production goals, overall business plans and objectives as directed. Essential Responsible Areas:1. Complies with established job safety practices, policies, and procedures as specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.2. Supports and follows guidelines of the food safety system.3. Performs duties as required to ensure compliance with the plant’s quality standards.4. Performs various manual or mechanical production functions by operating, adjusting, and repairing production equipment to meet customer specifications.5. Disassembles, overhauls, and rebuilds production equipment under the supervision of a qualified maintainer.6. Performs troubleshooting on production equipment as required.7. Performs preventative maintenance on production equipment as required.8. Inputs data on a computer terminal to identify, label, and palletize finished products.9. Operates forklift during routine performance of duties.10. Conducts inspection of in-process or finished product to meet customer specifications.11. Responsible for replenishing supplies required for assigned area.12. Rotates through workstations as needed for coverage, relief, and training purposes as required in conjunction with on-the-job training.13. May operate can line briquetter, end line baler, and slug accumulator.14. Initiates, reviews and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.15. Supplies and maintains required hand tools. Position Requirement & Competencies:High School Diploma or education equivalent required.Job-related experience for 1 year minimum.Troubleshooting skills/experience.Experience working in an industrial environment.Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard manufacturing and plant quality techniques, procedures, and criteria.Ability to learn operating principles and nomenclature of all assigned equipment and products.Ability to learn nomenclature of all assigned equipment, products, and quality standards.Ability to learn to identify product defects.Ability to use hand and power tools.Ability to operate fork truck and aero lift.May require forklift license.Working knowledge of machine mechanics.Works in manufacturing environment.This position is exposed to occupational hazards, including but not limited to, high noise levels, physical obstacles, exposure to chemicals, etc.Must wear appropriate safety glasses, hearing protection, clothing, and footwear in appropriate areas and follow safety practices. Demonstrate Ball Leadership Behaviors: InspireDemonstrates Self-Awareness: Uses a combination of feedback and self-reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknessesConnectInstils Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticityInterpersonal Intelligence: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of peopleAchieveDemonstrated Results: Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances Compensation & Benefits:Hiring Salary Range: $27.39Other 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. Ball Corporation has been made aware of reports involving fraudulent job offers. These often appear legitimate, but Ball does not make job offers until after a candidate has submitted a job application and has participated in a face-to-face interview (In person or via WebEx). All email correspondence from Ball Corporation ends in “@ball.Com.” Please also be advised that Ball will never request payment or require candidates to deposit a check during the recruitment and onboarding processes. If you have questions about any open positions at Ball, please visit our careers website at https://jobs.Ball.Com/. If you have applied to a position and have been asked for personal information through LinkedIn, please notify LinkedIn directly. Equal Opportunity EmployerMinority, Female, Disabled, Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Veterans