Material Handler

Ball Corporation; Fort Atkinson (WI); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ball Corporation as a Material Handler and play a vital role in supporting production goals in a manufacturing environment. Your responsibilities will include operating forklifts, handling raw materials, and ensuring safety and compliance standards are met. This position offers a competitive hourly wage with opportunities for professional growth in a company that values sustainability and community impact.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunity for overtime

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of job-related experience required.
• Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.

Responsibilities

• Operates forklift to support production goals.
• Inspects materials and conducts equipment checks.
• Loads finished goods and maintains documentation.

Skills

Forklift operation

Material handling

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Job description

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This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants. Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe! Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Primary Purpose Of The Position

Performs tasks and provides services to support the plant's production goals, overall business plans and objectives as directed.

Essential Responsible Areas

• Complies with established job safety practices, policies and procedures as specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.
• Supports and follows the guidelines of the food safety system.
• Operates forklift during routine performance of duties.
• Unloads, receives, inspects, and stages raw materials, scrap, packaging materials, chemicals, and other supplies.
• Removes finished products from the production areas ensuring proper identification, banding, and labeling to meet customer specifications.
• Responsible for replenishing supplies in assigned areas.
• Reviews warehouse production planning schedule to determine duties for shipping and receiving.
• Ensures finished goods are properly documented for shipment.
• Stages and loads finished goods and materials in accordance with warehouse and production planning schedule.
• Coordinates all processed scrap materials at bins and hoppers. Bands and stores materials. Loads trucks as necessary.
• Conducts inspection of assigned equipment.
• Conducts inspection of materials used for packaging and inspects trailers and air bags.
• Communicates to management any machine malfunctions.
• Performs record keeping duties as required under the direction of management.
• Communicates pertinent information.
• Performs clean-up, painting, and housekeeping duties.
• Initiates, reviews, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division, the group, and the company. Includes ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts.
• Required to work assigned schedule or 12-hour shifts, rotating days and nights, Monday through Sunday, working hours may vary as specified by management. Incumbent must be able to work overtime on a regular basis and/or be on call as directed by management.
• Communicates with the emergency coordinator (EC) or Environmental Focal Point/Environmental Manager (EFP/EM) regarding environmental management activities.
• Understands and responds effectively to EC directions during emergencies by being familiar with emergency procedures, equipment, and systems, as necessary. Implements contingency plan to the level required by the position.
• Understands, completes, and maintains environmental documentation for which the individual is trained, or as directed by the EC, EFP, or EM (i.e., inspections, labeling, record keeping, maintenance of equipment, etc.). Reports to the EC, EFP, or EM on the status of assigned responsibilities.
• Recognizes waste streams and minimizes waste generation, through prudent use of materials, proper disposal and segregation as directed during training or by the EC, EFP/EM. Understands and practices proper accumulation and storage requirements for wastes.
• Complies with environmental regulations when using, dispensing, or handling hazardous and non-hazardous materials and wastes.
  
  
  

Professional & Education Qualification

• High School Diploma or education equivalent required.
• Job-related experience for 1 year minimum.
  
  
  

Skills

• Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard material handling techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Must be able to handle sensitive related and proprietary information in a confidential manner.
• Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
• Must follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct as outlined in the Ball Corporation manuals.
• Required on-the-job and classroom training.
• Must maintain professional competence, ethical integrity, knowledge, and skills.
  
  
  

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of the following areas: forklift maintenance and operation; rules and regulations for handling batteries or LP gas tanks; nomenclature of assigned equipment.
• Maintains awareness and complies with hazardous waste management and other environmental management requirements in the workplace by attending scheduled training sessions.
• Ability to pass an approved forklift test.
  
  
  

Other Requirements

• Works in a manufacturing environment.
• This position is exposed to occupational hazards, including but not limited to, high noise levels, physical obstacles, exposure to chemicals, etc.
• Must wear appropriate safety glasses, hearing protection, clothing, and footwear in appropriate areas and follow safety practices.
• Works in confined area(s).
  
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting Hourly Rate: $ 27.98
• Daily OT after 8 hours
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.
  
  
  

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates). Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles 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.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

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