Industrial Maintainer - ISS
Wakefield, GB, WF2 0XE
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Your Opportunity to Make an Impact
At Ball, every role on the plant floor contributes to something bigger. Learn how this opportunity will allow you to grow your skills while helping deliver safe, high-quality products that make a difference for our customers, communities, and planet:
As an ISS Line Maintainer, you will be a key member of the manufacturing shift team, responsible for operating and maintaining production equipment to safely achieve production targets while meeting quality standards. Working closely with the Team Leader and Shift Manager, you will help ensure equipment reliability, product quality, and manufacturing efficiency. Your contribution will support continuous improvement initiatives and the safe production of quality products for our customers.
How You'll Make a Difference
The responsibilities below represent more than daily tasks. They are opportunities to support safe operations, maintain quality standards, collaborate with teammates, and contribute to the products and solutions trusted by customers around the world:
- Carry out safe repairs, preventive maintenance activities, and post-maintenance setup checks to maintain equipment performance and reliability
- Perform routine inspections of machinery and surrounding areas to identify hazards, leaks, spillages, quality concerns, and maintenance requirements.
- Operate and maintain manufacturing process equipment to achieve production requirements while delivering products that meet quality standards.
- Carry out quality and process checks in accordance with SFOL requirements, implement corrective actions, and report any non-conformities to the appropriate stakeholders.
- Use process control equipment and analytical techniques to investigate manufacturing issues, reduce defects, and minimise spoilage.
- Maintain housekeeping and 5S standards, support continuous improvement activities, and promote safe working practices throughout the manufacturing area.
What Helps You Thrive in This Role
We're looking for individuals who take pride in creating quality products, solving challenges, and keeping operations moving forward. Here are the skills and experiences that will help you succeed in this role and contribute to the manufacturing excellence that powers our business every day:
- Completed apprenticeship in an Engineering, Mechanical, or related technical discipline (mandatory)
- Previous experience in a high-speed, high-volume manufacturing environment or a similar continuous process operation is preferred.
- Strong computer literacy and the ability to generate and interpret reports.
- Good communication and organisational skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret numerical data and identify improvement opportunities.
- Proactive, flexible, and team-oriented approach, with a solid understanding of health and safety practices and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
The Shift Pattern is 4 on - 4 off, 39 hours per week. Every cycle includes 7 rotations 4 on – 4 off followed by 18 days off ( fixed vacation days included ). This shift pattern covers also 1 training day, 2 maintenance days, and 1 crew day.
Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. 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.
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