Palletizer Driver

Ball Corporation; Devizes; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation is seeking dedicated personnel for our UK plant to operate on a rotating 12-hour shift, days and nights, enabling smooth packaging operations. You will support quality, safety, and production goals by handling finished products, reporting issues, and maintaining clean, well-documented processes.

Ideal candidates have hands-on mechanical experience in manufacturing, strong communication skills, and meticulous attention to quality checks and line handovers.

Qualifications

• Experience in a mechanical or maintenance-focused role within manufacturing, production, or engineering.
• Good communication skills with the ability to clearly explain processes and share information effectively.
• Strong understanding of quality requirements and high attention to detail when inspecting products and recording information.
• Ability to follow work instructions, production documentation, and works orders accurately and consistently.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Flexibility to work a rotating 12-hour shift pattern covering day and night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Sample finished products regularly against product specifications and support quality compliance throughout the packing process.
• Sort, assess, and manage rejected products while identifying and communicating non-conforming products to the appropriate teams.
• Inform the Printer, Shift Manager, and Quality Control team of any product quality concerns or specification deviations.
• Wrap and label pallets following final inspection and works order requirements to ensure accurate product identification.
• Provide effective handovers to incoming team members by communicating line status and operational information.
• Assist with print changeovers, quality checks, and machine cleaning activities during maintenance periods.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Communication

Attention to detail

Work instruction compliance

English fluency

Rotating shifts

Job description

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:

• Sample finished products regularly against product specifications and support quality compliance throughout the packing process.
• Sort, assess, and manage rejected products while identifying and communicating non-conforming products to the appropriate teams.
• Inform the Printer, Shift Manager, and Quality Control team of any product quality concerns or specification deviations.
• Wrap and label pallets following final inspection and works order requirements to ensure accurate product identification.
• Provide effective handovers to incoming team members by communicating line status and operational information.
• Assist with print changeovers, quality checks, and machine cleaning activities during maintenance periods.
  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:
• Previous experience in a mechanically or maintenance-focused role within a manufacturing, production, or engineering environment (mandatory)
• Good communication skills with the ability to clearly explain processes and share information effectively.
• Strong understanding of quality requirements and a high level of attention to detail when inspecting products and recording information.
• Ability to follow work instructions, production documentation, and works orders accurately and consistently.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Flexibility to work a rotating 12-hour shift pattern covering both day and night shifts.
  Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!, 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, 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. 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.
  The rotation is 4 weeks on days and 4 weeks on nights:6 am - 6 pm and 6 pm - 6 am. Week 1 - Mon / Tues / Fri / Sat / Sun // Week 2 - Wed / Thurs