Front End Line Engineer

Ball Corporation; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging manufacturer in Milton Keynes is seeking a skilled engineer to manage production equipment and ensure operational efficiency. Responsibilities include health and safety checks, breakdown responses, and maintenance tasks. Candidates should have relevant engineering qualifications and experience in manufacturing environments. This role requires shift work and offers a starting salary of £53,265.16. Join a diverse team dedicated to sustainability and innovation.

Qualifications

• Time served in a similar environment (production, manufacturing, FMCG).
• Lean manufacturing experience would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Health and safety checks, work in a safe manner following the company guidelines.
• Completion of daily and monthly PMs.
• React to breakdowns.
• Problem solving and identifying faults.
• Work within a team, building and sharing knowledge.

Skills

Engineering qualification

Flexibility and team player

Time served in a similar environment

Able to understand and interpret data

Fabrication and welding skills

Good English and Maths

Lean manufacturing experience

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Overview

Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging, invites you to join our team and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe.

Ball is proud to have received Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award. We have over 16,000 global team members and offer products from endlessly recyclable aluminum cans and cups to aerosol bottles as part of our sustainable product leadership.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK as sponsorship is not offered for this role

Position overview

To meet production targets by managing the production equipment, adhering to health and safety requirements, ensuring PM compliance, improving and securing line efficiency, fault finding, and being responsible for monthly and weekly maintenance tasks.

This role involves shift work, 12-hour shifts, including days, nights and weekend work.

Key responsibilities

• Health and safety checks, work in a safe manner following the company guidelines
• Completion of daily and monthly PMs
• React to breakdowns
• Problem solving and identifying faults
• Work within a team, building and sharing knowledge, leading and helping the mechanics when needed
• Prioritize work to maximise output
• Communicate with your Team Leader and ensure effective handovers
• Ensure all quality checks and startup sheets are complete

What are we looking for?

• Engineering qualification
• Salary – starting at £53,265.16
• Flexibility and team player
• Time served in a similar environment (production, manufacturing, FMCG)
• Able to understand and interpret data
• Engineering line work experience
• Fabrication and welding skills
• Good English and Maths
• Lean manufacturing experience would be desirable

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 and cups to aerosol bottles, enabling our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, which forms 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.