Shift Manager

Ball Corporation; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a proactive Shift Manager to lead a 12-hour production shift on the plant floor, focusing on safety, quality, and meeting production targets.

You will drive continuous improvement, standardise equipment settings, manage waste and downtime, and mentor the Shift Team while collaborating with engineering. Fluent English and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in high-speed manufacturing environments.
• Training in management systems and processes.
• Strong leadership, delegation and communication skills.
• Desirable knowledge of food and drink production environments.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe working practices and maintain housekeeping and safety awareness.
• Meet Production, Quality, Spoilage and environmental targets set by senior leadership and plant budget.
• Investigate equipment and process defects and drive corrective actions.
• Lead continuous improvements to minimise costs and liaise with engineering for maintenance actions.
• Standardise equipment settings and operations to meet specifications and quality.
• Provide training and development for the Shift Team and ensure competency.
• Monitor team performance and take corrective actions for operational issues.
• Optimise materials usage and minimise waste.
• Provide leadership and motivation to the Shift Team and solicit ideas for improvements.
• Collaborate with other Shift Managers to optimise plant performance.

Skills

Leadership experience

Management systems training

High-speed production

Food & beverage industry knowledge

Communication & delegation

Computer skills

Lean Six Sigma

Fluent English

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!

Create a new future.

Your Opportunity to Make an Impact

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.

As the Shift Manager, you’re a key member of the Milton Keynes Team, reporting to the Production Manager. You will contribute to the success of Ball by performing tasks and providing services to support the plant’s production goals and overall business plans. The Shift Manager will run a 12-hour shift and looking after safety, quality production and spoilage.

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:

• Ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times and good housekeeping and safety awareness is continuously improved in the work area and throughout the team.
• Meet Production, Quality, Spoilage and environmental improvement targets as set by the Senior leadership team, the Continuous Improvement teams and the Plant budget.
• Investigate and report equipment and process defects promptly and use the team and outside assistance to identify and undertake corrective action to prevent re-occurrence.
• Drive continuous improvements in the team to minimise the costs in the plant and liase with the engineering department to ensure all maintenance work is completed to their satisfaction and continually look for methods to reduce breakdowns.
• Ensure standardisation of equipment setting and operation to achieve the required specification and product quality.
• Promote and maintain good industrial relations, identify training needs for the team. Provide and organise training to ensure the team is competent in all aspects of their jobs.
• Monitor, control and communicate the performance of the team within and outside the team and ensure corrective action is taken, as required, for all equipment and operational problems/potential problems to continuously improve the operation.
• Ensure effective use of materials, identify programmes to improve usage and minimise waste.
• Ensure adequate training, Leadership motivation and corrective feedback to the Shift Team for who they are responsible.
• Actively seek and follow up on Shift Team’s ideas and suggestion and assist in driving change through continuous improvement in the plant.
• Operate effectively with other Shift Manager to control the overall performance of the plant.

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:

• Training in management systems
• Previous experience in high speed production and experience in food and drink industry is desirable
• Leadership experience
• Good leadership, delegation, communication, organisational and influencing skills
• Competent computer skills
• Lean six sigma, 5s and kaizen (desirable)
• Fluent in both written and spoken English

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.

Job Grade: Global Grade 11