Graphics Technician

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.

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.

General Profile​:

As a Graphics/Plates Technician, you play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy and consistency of can decoration processes by managing label preparation, ink systems, plate handling, and coordination with new paver suppliers. This position ensures graphic quality standards are met, supporting efficient label changeovers and print process ability.​

Competencies​:

• Attention to Detail: Ensures precision in label setup, plate preparation, and ink verification to prevent production errors​
• Technical Rigor: Applies in-depth understanding of graphic processes and specifications to maintain quality and consistency​
• Problem-Solving: Identifies and resolves issues in graphic elements, inks, minimizing disruptions​
• Time Management: Manages multiple label demands and tasks efficiently to maintain production schedules​
• Team Collaboration: Works effectively with operators, engineers, suppliers, production planning and designers to ensure smooth graphic execution​
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Looks for ways to optimize label planning, reduce changeover time, and enhance graphic quality​
• Communication: Clearly communicates technical information and quality concerns across functions and with external vendors​
• Ownership and Accountability: Takes responsibility for the integrity of graphic components​

Skills​:

• Printing Process Knowledge: Familiar with plate registration, water base inks, and other can decoration techniques​
• Plate Handling: Skilled in washing, inspecting, preparing, and managing printing plates​
• Ink Systems Management: Capable of verifying ink specifications and formulation ​
• Colour Matching and Measurement: Able to perform colour control using tools like spectrophotometers or densitometers​
• Label Changeover Impact: Knows how to plan the impact of label transitions on production lines​
• Internal Supplier Quality Assurance: Experienced in conducting trials and quality evaluations of plate suppliers (as applicable)​
• Plate making equipment: Operate the plate making equipment with efficiency and quality (as applicable)​
• Documentation and Traceability: Maintains accurate records of artwork versions, ink batches, plate usage, and qualification reports​

Accountabilities​:

• Prepare artwork and labels to ensure accuracy and production readiness​
• Maintain printing plates, ensuring they are clean, inspected, and available for use​
• Execute label changeovers planning, minimizing downtime and ensuring correct setup​
• Qualify internal plates supplier's trough print trials and technical evaluations​
• Document and track all graphic-related materials for traceability and compliance​
• Identify and report graphic plate defects driving root cause analysis and corrective actions​
• Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to ensure alignment on graphic requirements​

Qualifications & Experience​:

• No experience required​
• High School Diploma or Equivalent​

 Compensation & Benefits

-  Hiring Salary Range: $26.21/hr
-  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.

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. 

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.
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Job Grade: Production on Pay Scale