Electrical & Auxillary Supervisor
Genk, BE, 3600
Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium 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.
Position overview:
An Electrical & Auxillary Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of electrical and maintenance shop team members, managing the life cycle of all support equipment and electrical resources, including execution of maintenance, process improvement and contracting with outside services. This role ensures the reliable and efficient operation of all electrical systems and support equipment within the plant. This role leads a team of electricians and maintenance specialists that focuses on maximizing production throughput, minimizing downtime, and sustaining high equipment availability by leading maintenance activities, troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues, and implementing proactive improvement strategies. The supervisor drives operational excellence while ensuring safety, compliance, and optimal resource utilization across the plant.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintain all electrical systems and auxiliary equipment to ensure high uptime, production throughput, and minimal downtime
- Lead, coach, and develop electricians and maintenance specialists, ensuring a skilled, high-performing team
- Plan, prioritize, and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities
- Ensure all work is performed safely and in compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and food safety standards
- Identify and implement initiatives to improve equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness
- Rapidly diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical problems to minimize production interruptions
- Manage personnel, tools, materials, and external contractors effectively to meet operational goals
- Maintain accurate maintenance logs, equipment records, SOPs, and performance metrics
- Drive continuous improvement, ensuring optimal utilization of resources and alignment with plant objectives
What are we looking for?
- Technical knowledge of industrial electrical systems, support equipment, conveyance systems
- Job related experience in an industrial environment with the focus on electrical, mechanical or maintenance role
- Working knowledge of automation & controls
- Ability to quickly diagnose and resolve complex electrical and mechanical issues
- Strong knowledge of plant electrical systems, auxiliary equipment, controls, and associated mechanical systems
- Problem solving, trouble shooting and process improvement skills
- Project management support for plant capital improvements, line speed alterations, conveyance changes and safety iniatives
- Comfortable communication in written and spoken English
- Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing maintenance and electrical team
Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions 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.