{"id":4242777,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ball-junior-tool-die-engineer","title":"Junior Tool & Die Engineer","company":{"id":1778705,"name":"Ball","domain":"ball.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ball-com","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kettering, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-01T08:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-01","last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T12:22:04Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":12,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":12},"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.\nFurther 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!\nCreate a new future. Apply Today.\nPosition overview:\nThe purpose of the position is to assist the Toolroom engineer in providing sufficient tooling to the plant to ensure the production demands are met, reworking tooling once worn. This is for all process areas that use consumable tooling.\nThis position also provides support for the workshop engineers on both the front end and back end, this includes conversions, shutdowns and maintenance.\nAlthough the workshop personnel may be asked to assist on the production line, their normal duties are carried out under the instruction of the Maintenance Supervisor with the main aim of servicing the requirements of the manufacturing process and therefore assisting the Plant to meet budget requirements.\nKey responsibilities include:\nOrganising materials for the toolroom according to production demand. \nCommunicating efficiently with all personnel to ensure effective running. \nPerform repairs on machinery in the toolroom to keep at a high working standard. \nThe re-refurbishment, preparation and repair of plant spares & equipment i.e. coater rollers, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, pinchains, shafts etc.\nAssisting with Plant breakdowns i.e. pin chains, oven shafts, strappers etc.\nAssisting with line conversions and size conversions.\nThe safe use of tool room/workshop machinery i.e. lathes, grinders, manual millers etc.\nThe re-refurbishment, preparation and repair of the tooling used in the manufacturing process.\nAssisting with the storing, inventory and issuing of tooling used in the manufacturing process.\nEnsuring the housekeeping in the toolroom is to an acceptable level, and that equipment and machinery in the toolroom/workshop is safe and operable.\nUse of ancillary equipment such as fork trucks as required providing they are trained and hold a current FLT driving licence.\nTo work safely at all times and to immediately report to the supervisor any unsafe acts or conditions.\nCheck that all plant and equipment within the Toolroom are maintained in good condition to prevent leakage’s, fires etc.\nWhat are we looking for?\nApprenticeship in a Manufacturing Mechanical Engineering discipline. \nExperience of machining/operating a lathe and CNC Machine.\nExperience of working in a workshop environment and knowledge of machine shop processes and practices. \nExperience of preventative and planned maintenance on workshop and production equipment. \nThe ability to assist with breakdowns and line conversions. \nA team player with strong problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work alone under their own initiative. \nBall 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.\nEach 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.\nPlease note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.\nNo agencies please.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3777,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Brewing & Beer","Cleaning & Household Products"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T12:12:59Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.846,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":12,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:0","win:mid","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-13T13:18:38Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ball-junior-tool-die-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ball-junior-tool-die-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-13T13:18:38Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":26685,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1778705},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1778705"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fball-junior-tool-die-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fball-junior-tool-die-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fball-junior-tool-die-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ball-junior-tool-die-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fball-junior-tool-die-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4242777}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ball.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4242777},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}