Team Leader Decorator (Fixed-Term Contract)

Ball Corporation; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Milton Keynes is seeking a Team Leader Decorator on a fixed-term contract to lead the Deco area, manage daily operations, and drive production targets while safeguarding safety and quality.

You will work with maintenance and engineering to minimise downtime, standardise processes, and train team members. Mechanical knowledge and hands-on engineering experience are valued, with machine breakdown expertise beneficial.

Qualifications

• Mechanical knowledge and hands-on engineering background.
• Experience with machine breakdowns and fault diagnosis.
• Time served engineer considered desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Deco area to meet production targets and ensure daily operations run smoothly.
• Maintain safety standards and housekeeping across the team.
• Investigate defects and coordinate corrective actions with maintenance and engineering.
• Aim to minimise waste and improve process efficiency in the Deco area.
• Coordinate downtime and communicate performance with other team leaders.
• Ensure standardised equipment settings to meet specifications and quality.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Time served engineer

Machine breakdown experience

Job description

Career Opportunities: Team Leader Decorator (Fixed-Term Contract) (50895)

Requisition ID50895-Posted16/09/2026-Supply Chain & Operations-Milton Keynes-Manufacturing/ Operations-0-10%

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!
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Position overview:

Lead and oversee the Deco area to drive team performance and achieve production targets, while taking ownership of daily operations and reporting any issues to the Shift Manager.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times and good housekeeping and safety awareness is continuously improved in the designated work area and throughout the team.
• Meet Production, Quality, Spoilage and environmental improvement targets as set by the Shift Manager, the Continuous Improvement teams and the Plant budget.
• Investigate/Report equipment/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.
• Liase with the engineering department to ensure all maintenance work is completed to their satisfaction and continually look for methods to reduce breakdowns. World class manufacturing status is the ultimate goal.
• 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.
• Set up effective communication links with the team leaders on the other shifts. Co-ordinate actions to effectively utilise downtime.
• Monitor/Control/Communicate the performance of the team within and outside the team.
• Ensure effective use of materials, identify programmes to improve usage and minimise waste.
• Responsible for deco safety, ensuring that standards are met, all checks are completed and compliant- deco spoilage and ODM usages.
• Manufacture cans to the production plan within H&S, Quality, efficiency and budget requirements.
• Ensure corrective action is taken, as required, for all equipment and operational problems/potential problems to continuously improve the operation.
• Actively seek and follow up on Shift Team’s ideas/suggestion and assist in driving change through continuous improvement in the Plant.
• Operate effectively with other Team Leaders to control the overall performance of the plant.

What are we looking for?

• Mechanical knowledge, time served engineer (desirable).
• Machine breakdown experience.
• Driven to achieve and progress to the next level.

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.