Management Development Program Participant

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.

Are you ready to launch your career in manufacturing leadership? Our 24-month, entry-level Management Development Program (MDP) is designed to build your leadership potential and operational expertise in a dynamic plant environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and support continuous improvement projects that optimize safety, quality, and productivity.
• Participate in structured leadership development, covering topics like project management, financial acumen, data analysis, strategic planning, and more.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, learning how engineering, maintenance, quality, operations, and finance all contribute to plant success.
• Apply Lean tools and problem-solving techniques (DMAIC, PDCA, Kaizen, root cause analysis) to real challenges.
• Collaborate with plant leaders to develop performance metrics, analyze data, and drive sustainable improvements.
• Participate in a cohort of your peers, engaging in in-person and virtual training experiences.
• Standard schedule: Monday–Friday, with potential for weekends, rotating 12-hour shifts, overtime, or on-call work as business needs require.

Program Tracks

Depending on your assignment, you’ll specialize in:

• Operational Excellence:
  • Lead data-driven projects to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
  • Facilitate training and standardized work practices.
  • Support adoption of best practices across the plant.
• Manufacturing Process Engineering:
  • Support manufacturing change control and documentation processes.
  • Partner with quality and production teams to maintain systems, metrics, and audits.
  • Drive improvements in safety, compliance, and process reliability.
• Quality Leadership:
  • Supervise quality assurance activities and ensure compliance with food safety standards.
  • Manage inspection systems and corrective actions.
  • Analyze trends and partner with teams to improve product performance.

Who We Are Looking For

• Current students pursuing a bachelor's degree in manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline at an accredited 4-year college or university with a graduation date of December 2025 or May 2026.
• A student with a previous internship or co-op in a manufacturing or related environment.
• Candidates with a growth mindset, ready to embrace new opportunities, build leadership skills, and relocate to accelerate their career growth.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience in a real plant manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to the entire can-making process—from coil to customer.
• Mentorship from experienced leaders and networking with professionals across departments.
• A structured path toward future leadership opportunities within the company.

 Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $ 66,000 - 92,200 (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.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

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.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.

Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

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.
No agencies please.

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