Sustainability Process Specialist – Start-Up & Launch (Leverage Yourself at Ball!)

Ball is a world leader in sustainable aluminium packaging. Join our mission to achieve extraordinary outcomes while empowering your professional development, contributing to our communities, and making a global difference!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek’s 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award. As a sustainable product leader, we employ over 16,000 global team members across products like fully recyclable aluminium cans, cups, and aerosol bottles—all designed to help deliver a cleaner, more sustainable world.

About the Role

Working closely with a Process Expert team, you will drive spraying and necker areas for new builds, lines, and conversions, ensuring seamless start-ups. Your primary focus will be on optimising efficiency, driving down spoilage, prioritising safety compliance, and contributing to KPIs such as material usage, production supply efficiency, and environmental adherence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Shaping a "safety-first" culture.
• Leading equipment start-ups and ensuring technical alignment.
• Serving as the on-site operational SME for assigned process areas.
• Developing plant teams through a balanced blend of on-job and classroom-based training.
• Delivering troubleshooting support and root cause analysis for stable operations.
• Validating SOPs and training materials for compliance and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety-first practices, ensuring compliance and coaching peers.
• Oversee equipment start-ups and ramp-ups, ensuring design and performance are met.
• Act as the technical authority for assigned process areas, enabling high-performance operations.
• Train plant teams (80% OJT, 20% classroom); develop capabilities in operation, quality, and maintenance.
• Provide real-time troubleshooting to stabilise production and improve understandings across teams.
• Lead root cause analysis and structured problem-solving to prevent recurring issues.
• Validate SOPs, work instructions, and training programmes for new equipment and operational excellence.
• Assure food safety, sanitation, and housekeeping compliance during start-ups.
• Coordinate parts, tooling, and material supply readiness for critical start-up phases.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to transition lines to steady-state operations.
• Document lessons learned for continuous improvement and future project success.
• Meet efficiency and spoilage goals across all new builds and line conversions.
• Contribute to the Start-Up Team’s shared success while specialising in specific process areas.
• Develop site personnel through mentorship and training to enable autonomous operations.
• Support emergency breakdown response during critical phases.
• Guide size conversions and ensure local teams execute safe, efficient proceedings.
• Share and implement best practices to optimise future start-ups and enhance long-term reliability.