Quality Controller

Ball Corporation; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Quality Inspector to support manufacturing operations through quality inspections and verification activities. You will work with production teams to identify and address quality concerns, ensuring adherence to quality systems and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role involves 12-hour shifts across days, nights, and weekends, with a focus on maintaining calibration, data integrity, and effective communication with Shift Managers and operators.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years in a production/manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of product specifications and customer requirements.
• Experience using testing, measuring, and quality control equipment.
• Understanding calibration and quality management systems, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Ability to use computer systems, analyze data, and interpret quality-related information.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and attention-to-detail skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular quality control checks and verification activities to ensure products meet required quality standards.
• Operate, monitor, and maintain quality control and testing equipment in accordance with established procedures.
• Arrange and adjust inspection frequencies based on process conditions and identified quality concerns.
• Support compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 principles and applicable quality procedures.
• Identify quality non-conformities, determine potential sources, and communicate findings to relevant operators and Shift Managers.
• Maintain calibration awareness, cleanliness, and proper use of quality control equipment.

Skills

2+ years experience

Manufacturing knowledge

QC equipment use

ISO 9001/ISO 14001

Data analysis

Strong communication

Tools

Quality testing equipment

Job description

At Ball, integrity and trust are the foundation of who we are. Guided by our core values —\"We Care. We Work. We Win.\"— we create a culture where every voice matters and every idea drives progress.

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!

Your Opportunity to Make an Impact

Skills

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:

In this role you will support manufacturing operations through quality inspections, testing activities, and verification processes while helping maintain compliance with established quality systems. You will work closely with production teams to identify and address quality concerns, contributing to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

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

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:

• Perform regular quality control checks and verification activities to ensure products meet required quality standards.
• Operate, monitor, and maintain quality control and testing equipment in accordance with established procedures.
• Arrange and adjust inspection frequencies based on process conditions and identified quality concerns.
• Support compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 principles and applicable quality procedures.
• Identify quality non-conformities, determine potential sources, and communicate findings to relevant operators and Shift Managers.
• Maintain calibration awareness, cleanliness, and proper use of quality control equipment.

What Helps You Thrive In This Role

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:

• Minimum two years of experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of product specifications, customer requirements, and quality assurance practices.
• Experience using testing, measuring, and quality control equipment.
• Understanding of calibration requirements and quality management systems, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Ability to use computer systems, analyze data, and interpret quality-related information.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and attention-to-detail skills.

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 the 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.

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