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Supv Quality I

Company:  Ball Corporation
Location: 

Numminen, FI, 4660

Date:  16 Oct 2025
Job Category:  Quality/ Continuous Improvement
Req ID:  45805

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:

Supervises the plant quality function as directed. 

 

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Supports development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the food safety system.
  • The plant quality assurance supervisor, if designated is to be trained and certified in the food safety system and oversees its development, implementation, review and maintenance. 
  • Provides for trained backups in the case of absence of key food safety system employees.
  • Supervises the plant quality assurance function as directed.
  • Facilitates a "quality conscious and pride in quality" attitude within the department.
  • Facilitates the installation and maintenance of established quality assurance procedures.
  • Maintains a gauge and inspection equipment control system to provide and calibrate gauges and instruments as required. This includes the initiating of requisitions to ensure compliance with group standards.
  • Maintains inspection reports and quality complaints to determine defect trends in materials and products, and initiates corrective action if necessary through appropriate line or staff heads.
  • Maintains reports as necessary, evaluating the quality of designated products, in conformance with established quality assurance procedures.
  • Facilitates quality assurance training and development programs.
  • Supervises or assists in the inspection or testing of various materials and products to determine compliance with specifications.
  • May train employees on SPC interpretation.
  • May work with in-house ink representative to develop approved colors for new and existing labels.
  • May facilitate the administration of an effective graphics system.
  • Initiates, reviews, masters, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
  • Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division, the group, and the company.   Includes ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts.
  • Complies with established job safety practices, policies and procedures as specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.

What are we looking for?
Professional & Education Qualification
High School Diploma or equivalent required
Job related experience for 1 year(s) minimum 
Skills:
Ability to apply intensive and diversified evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard plant quality assurance techniques, procedures, and criteria.
Must be able to handle sensitive related and proprietary information in a confidential manner.
Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
Must maintain professional competence, ethical integrity, knowledge, and skills.
Knowledge:
Working knowledge of the following areas:  product specifications and customer needs and expectations, and generally accepted supervisory practices and procedures.
Must follow company policies, procedures,  practices, and standards of conduct as outlined in the Ball
Corporation manuals.
Other Requirements:
Works in both office and manufacturing environments.
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.
Must be able to match colors

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.

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