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Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!\nBall 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.\nPrimary purpose of the position:\nWorking as part of a team of Process experts, the role will have responsibility predominantly for New Build, New Line and Line Conversion start- up performance in spray and necker areas. He/she will has their own process area of responsibility based on their prior experience and role within the team. Responsibility will predominantly be driven by achieving Efficiency and Spoilage, respecting safety requirements in the first instance, with secondary responsibility for other KPIs such as Material usages, Production Supplies , respecting also Environment prescriptions as appropriate to the area of expertise.\nEssential Responsible Areas:\nChampion a “safety-first” culture, demonstrating safe work practices, ensuring equipment meets all compliance requirements, and coaching new team members to consistently follow safety expectations.\nLead equipment start-up and ramp-up, providing hands-on technical support during installation, setup, commissioning, and early production to ensure equipment meets design and performance specifications.\nServe as the on-site operational Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned process areas, applying advanced technical knowledge to guide the line toward stable, reliable, and high-performance operation.\nDeliver structured training to plant teams, 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start-up resources and identifying ongoing operational needs early.\nCollaborate with Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to transition the line from start-up to steady-state operations once defined performance targets are achieved.\nCapture, document, and communicate lessons learned to contribute best practices for future builds and continuous improvement across the network.\nAchieve Efficiency and Spoilage targets for all New Builds, New Lines, and Line Conversions in alignment with approved start-up curves.\nOperate as part of a unified Start-Up Team, taking shared responsibility for overall start-up success while leading the assigned process area.\nTrain and develop site personnel at recruitment and during start-up to build sustainable process understanding, performance capability, and autonomous operation.\nProvide emergency breakdown support to reduce downtime and restore operations quickly during the critical start-up phase.\nSupport size conversions, ensuring local teams are capable of executing safe, efficient, and repeatable changeovers.\nIdentify, share, and implement best practices to enhance future start-ups and optimise long-term operational performance.Supports implementation of BOE standards to a level 3, associated with the assignment scope for all safety, quality, business management, and maintenance pillar elements\n\nPosition Requirement & competencies:\nMechanical or electrical qualification \nTraining/ teaching qualification to minimum Train The Trainer \nStrong knowledge of the full Can making process and subject expert in at least one specific area.\nAbility to transfer Can making process knowledge to others\nStrong capability in equipment setup, troubleshooting, optimisation, and supporting line performance\nCompetent computer skills for data analysis and report writing\nEnglish communication skills (minimum communicative level)\nPreferred: Experience with line launches or rebuild projects\nOwnership mindset with a focus on continuous 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The final salary will be determined based on the candidate’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and market benchmarks. Depending on these factors, the actual offer may fall above or below the posted range. Please note that the salary range is related to Denmark as base location, however relevant local range applies to candidates based in other locations.\nIncentive Plan: This position is eligible to participate in Ball’s annual incentive compensation program.\nComprehensive Benefits Package: Health insurance, pension plan, disability, holidays and special days, employee’s association, employee assistance program.\nIf you have a disability and/or long-term health condition that impacts on your ability to access any of the information outlined in the job application process, please do not hesitate in letting us know, so that we can endeavour to provide it you in the most accessible format. please email  with your access request and somebody will respond to you within 3 business days.\nBall Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. 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