Workshop Engineer

2 weeks ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom Ball Corporation Full time

Further 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

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.

Position overview:

As a Workshop Engineer you will service tooling and ancillary equipment to ensure the smooth and continuous running of the manufacturing area. Although 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 in meeting budget requirements.

The role will be both based in the workshop environment and on the shop floor, supporting reactive maintenance.

Key responsibilities include:

Maintaining plant services in a safe working condition, i.e. compressors, boilers and water towers.

The refurbishment, preparation and repair of plant spares, tooling, and equipment i.e. coater rollers, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, pin chains, shafts etc.

Assisting with plant breakdowns and line conversions, maintenance days, holiday shutdowns etc.

Storing, maintaining, inventory and issuing of tooling used in the manufacturing process.

Maintenance, repairs and modifications of machine guards.

Engineering project work within the plant.

Ensure that proper and safe systems of working and means of avoiding dangerous, or potentially hazardous conditions, are adopted.

Ensure operational control procedures, regulations, or codes of practice are observed within the plant and that all registers, records and reports are properly prepared and maintained.

Plan delivery, storage and stacking of materials so as to avoid spillages etc.

Assist with training other members of the team, including apprentices.

Experience and skills required:

Experience of working in a workshop environment and knowledge of machine shop processes and practices.

Apprenticeship in a Manufacturing Mechanical Engineering discipline.

Experience of preventative and planned maintenance on workshop and production equipment.

Have experience of working on some of the following: compressors, boilers, water tanks, rollers, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, pinchains, shafts, grinders, lathes, manual millers.

The ability to assist with breakdowns and line conversions.

Strong toolmaking skills.

Fluent in English.

Benefits:

Competitive salary - starter rate 42,294.88, improver rate 49,828.41 and fully trained 52,451.11

Generous pensions scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Option to purchase Shares

Benevity Charity giving platform

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health first aiders on site

Subsidised canteen

On site car parking

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation .

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

No agencies please.


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