Ball Corporation
Back End Team Leader
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Join Ball Corporation – Back End Team Leader
At Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging, exceptional careers and purposeful impact are achieved together. Join our 16,000+ global team and make a real difference in sustainability, productivity, and operational excellence.
We’re proud to have been awarded Newsweek’s 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace, reflecting our commitment to empowering employees and reinforcing our vision for a better community, society, and world. Our products—infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups, and aerosol bottles—empower our customers to make an environmental difference.
About the Role
As Back End Team Leader, you will lead a high-performance team in delivering defect-free, cost-efficient production of aluminium cans. Your responsibility spans quality, safety, operational process, and sustainability, ensuring superior outputs while driving continuous innovation and team collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
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Team Leadership & Process Control
- Lead team briefings and communicate daily & monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Provide regular reports to shift managers, ensuring clarity and alignment
- Work closely with engineering and front-end teams to resolve challenges
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Cost & Resource Management
- Ensure responsible allocation of tools, equipment, and maintenance budgets
- Develop innovative, sustainable, and cost-saving plans to improve efficiency
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Equipment & Process Excellence
- Develop maintenance and overhaul procedures for back-end equipment
- Optimise SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Die) activities to enhance productivity
- Understand and support printing, inside spray, and necker processes
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Project and Sustainability Leadership
- Plan and manage back-end and downgauging projects in collaboration with engineering
- Lead improvement initiatives to streamline operations
- Align processes with environmental goals, ensuring sustainability is embedded in operations
Who We’re Looking For
- Proven people-management experience and ability to motivate teams
- Proactive, analytical, and problem-solving mindset
- Exceptional attention to detail, with strong capability to identify defects and improver processes
- Process-setting and execution skills—comfortable introducing and managing new systems
- Clear and effective communicator, able to explain technical processes or issues to teams
- Sound knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement frameworks
- Meet all statutory health & safety requirements
Why Join Ball?
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- A Culture of Belonging: Diversity and inclusion are central to our impact. We believe everyone matters and thrives when they feel valued.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Every team member contributes to sustainable aluminium innovations that reduce waste and lower our carbon footprint.
- Global Opportunity: As part of a 16,000+ global workforce, growth and development are supported through meaningful challenges and mentorship.
- Innovation Foundations: Join a Canada’s Mixed Metals Best Practice Award-winning organisation committed to operational and sustainability excellence.
About Ball Corporation – Making a Difference
Ball Corporation is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds enhance our success. Our products—aluminium cans, cups, and aerosol bottles—help customers minimize environmental impact, promising a future where aluminum packaging is designed first, recycled with ease, and never ends.
We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. Because at Ball, you belong—and it’s what keeps us moving forward.
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