Line/Production Mechanic
Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 0DA
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 21,000 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.
Base salary – starting salary is £44,000 per annum, increasing to £46,000 per annum upon completion of the first phase of the skills matrix and a further increase to £48,000 per annum upon full completion of the skills matrix
Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK as sponsorship is not offered for this role
This role involves shift work – 12 hour shifts, working days, nights and weekends
Purpose of the job:
To run and maintain machinery and equipment in multiple back end processes, ensuring quality specifications are met while delivering budget KPI’s for the area.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
• Maintain safe working practices at all times.
• Completion of quality checks, reacting to non conformances in a timely manner.
• Completion of autonomous and preventative maintenance tasks.
• Problem solving machine faults and quality deviations.
• Communication up and down the line and to the team leader
• Handover compilation and communication to counterpart using line log books
• Drive self improvement and development through training matrix and following JBS’s
• Housekeeping maintained to required standards
• Utilisation of live data (real time indicators) to prevent quality deviations and line downtime
• Material and machine part changeovers
• React to line spoilage, identify losses and put in place improvements
• Assist line engineer with breakdowns and conversions
• Float between multiple back end processes providing cover and support where required
Key stakeholders
Team Leader, Shift Manager
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Professional & Education Qualifications
- Mechanical qualifications
- Engineering qualifications (desirable)
Previous experience
- Mechanics / engineering experience
- FMCG / Manufacturing experience
Skills and competencies
- Key skills in English, Maths, ICT
- Good communication
- Data gather and interpret
- Work to imperial and metric
Personal attributes
- Works well in a team
- Hard working / self-driven
- Motivated
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 21,000 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.