EMEA Maintenance Planning & Execution Lead

Ball Corporation; Waterford; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Waterford, Ireland is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planning Lead to standardise maintenance processes across EMEA. You will partner with plant engineering, regional teams and global BOE to improve reliability, cost control and compliance.

You’ll lead annual and weekly maintenance plans, support CMMS/SFOL standardisation, and drive RCA and post-event reviews. Travel requirements include regular site visits across the region.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in process engineering, maintenance and spare-parts management, preferably in can making.
• Experience with maintenance planning, scheduling, CMMS/SFOL, PM compliance and maintenance-event execution.
• University degree in Engineering-related discipline or NVQ Level 6 is preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience in industrial process analysis, continuous improvement and RCA.
• Strong data-analysis and stakeholder-management skills; able to coach plant users.
• Willingness to travel - typically one week of travel per month, with occasional 2–3 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance planning and execution standardisation across EMEA, including annual plans and weekly planning routines.
• Support BOE Maintenance deployment by maintaining regional progress visibility and coaching sites.
• Standardise and improve CMMS/SFOL use and ensure applicability, translation, release and scheduling.
• Prepare and update the monthly regional maintenance scorecard and monitor PM compliance.
• Coordinate breakdown review and RCA support with clear actions and learnings.
• Promote best maintenance practices and lean tools across the region.
• Support regional reliability and asset initiatives with tracking and improvement activity.
• Provide practical plant support through site visits and management summaries.
• Apply technical criteria and engineering studies to support equipment inspection and decisions.
• Reduce spare-parts inventory through technical analysis and supplier information.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Process engineering

Spare-parts management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Travel willingness

Education

University degree in Engineering-related discipline or NVQ Level 6

Tools

CMMS/SFOL

Job description

Ball Corporation in Waterford, Ireland is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planning Lead to standardise maintenance processes across EMEA. You will partner with plant engineering, regional teams and global BOE to improve reliability, cost control and compliance.

You’ll lead annual and weekly maintenance plans, support CMMS/SFOL standardisation, and drive RCA and post-event reviews. Travel requirements include regular site visits across the region.