Manufacturing Operations Leader — Safety & Continuous Improvement

Ball Aerospace; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Devizes, UK is seeking a Production Manager to lead and optimize continuous manufacturing operations, focusing on safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will coach shift managers, drive standardization, monitor performance, manage cost, and foster a culture of accountability and improvement. Ball emphasizes diversity and inclusion and offers opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience.
• Job related experience for 4 year(s) minimum in an industrial environment with a focus on manufacturing.
• Experience managing teams in a continuous operation industrial environment
• Green Belt or Black Belt Certification preferred.
• Ability to implement BOE standards, Gemba, 5S, and other operational excellence tools.
• Training and development skills, including mentoring, goal setting, and performance evaluation.
• Financial acumen: analyzing production costs, human resource utilization, and material consumption

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety compliance, reinforcing key safety behaviors across all shifts.
• Drive standardization across shifts to ensure consistency in processes, quality, and operational excellence.
• Lead, coach, and mentor shift managers to maintain process compliance and quality at the source.
• Monitor and control plant performance using appropriate management indicators, proposing corrective plans to achieve safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and spoilage targets.
• Actively participate in plant management team initiatives to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
• Build a high level of employee engagement and foster a culture of excellence and accountability.
• Ensure training and development programs are implemented, maintained, and aligned with global standards.
• Promote autonomous maintenance, equipment reliability, and preventive practices to maximize asset utilization.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, standards, and Code of Ethics.
• Analyze production processes for cost and resource optimization, implementing improvements where possible.
• Encourage root-cause problem solving and continuous improvement using BOE-defined tools.
• Maintain positive working relationships with employees, unions, and peers, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Ensure flexibility in work schedules to meet production and operational requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Continuous improvement

Mentoring

Financial acumen

Tools

BOE standards

Gemba

5S

Job description

Ball Corporation in Devizes, UK is seeking a Production Manager to lead and optimize continuous manufacturing operations, focusing on safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will coach shift managers, drive standardization, monitor performance, manage cost, and foster a culture of accountability and improvement. Ball emphasizes diversity and inclusion and offers opportunities for professional development.