Production Technician Jobs

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Primary Purpose of the Position

Performs various manual or mechanical production functions by operating, adjusting, and repairing production equipment to meet customer specifications. Performs tasks and provides services to support the plant’s production goals, overall business plans and objectives as directed.

Essential Responsible Areas:

• Inputs data on a computer terminal to identify, label, and palletize finished products.
• Initiates, reviews and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
• May operate can line briquetter, end line baler, and slug accumulator.
• Performs preventative maintenance on production equipment as required.
• Conducts inspection of in-process or finished product to meet customer specifications.
• Responsible for replenishing supplies required for assigned area.
• Supplies and maintains required hand tools.
• 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 guidelines of the food safety system.
• Performs various manual or mechanical production functions by operating, adjusting, and repairing production equipment to meet customer specifications.
• Rotates through workstations as needed for coverage, relief, and training purposes as required in conjunction with on-the-job training.
• Operates forklift during routine performance of duties.
• Performs troubleshooting on production equipment as required.
• Performs duties as required to ensure compliance with the plant’s quality standards.
• Disassembles, overhauls, and rebuilds production equipment under the supervision of a qualified maintainer.

Position Requirement & Competencies:

• High School Diploma or education equivalent required.
• Experience working in an industrial environment
• Ability to learn operating principles and nomenclature of all assigned equipment and products
• Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard manufacturing and plant quality techniques, procedures, and criteria
• Ability to learn to identify product defects
• Job-related experience for 1 years minimum.
• Troubleshooting skills/experience
• Ability to learn nomenclature of all assigned equipment, products, and quality standards
• Ability to operate fork truck and aero lift
• Ability to use hand and power tools

• Works in manufacturing environment
• Must wear appropriate safety glasses, hearing protection, clothing, and footwear in appropriate areas and follow safety practices
• Working knowledge of machine mechanics
• May require forklift license
• This position is exposed to occupational hazards, including but not limited to, high noise levels, physical obstacles, exposure to chemicals, etc.

Compensation & Benefits

• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.
• Starting Hourly Rate: $ 29.37 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)

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 22,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe.

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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