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 this position:

The Management Development Program Participant-Supply Chain and Operations, engages in a structured, 12-24 month immersive program designed to cultivate both leadership potential and operational expertise. Through hands-on experience in various departments of a manufacturing facility, participants develop a comprehensive understanding of manufacturing processes, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and engages with cross-functional teams to optimize productivity and quality. This role aims to accelerate growth into a strategic leadership position, equipping the skills and insights necessary to contribute to our company's innovation and success.

What you will be responsible for:

• Consistently and rigorously adhere to all safety and environmental practices, policies and procedures.

• Understand and safely operate each piece of key equipment in a manufacturing facility in a 3-6 week rotation per machine, working full time alongside a production crew.

• Rotate through each support department (engineering, maintenance, operational excellence, quality, human resources, etc.) in the manufacturing facility and understand the role and importance of each.

• Understand and follow all Standard Operating Procedures.

• Understand the relationship of safety, operational excellence, quality, productivity, and profitability.

• Engage in a structured professional development curriculum related to leadership, BID (Belonging, Inclusion, & Diversity), business acumen, financial acumen, communication, project management, data analysis, and strategic planning

• Participate as a cohort with other MDP participants in specific structured learning experiences both virtual and in person throughout the duration of the 12 to 24 month experience.

• Travel to Colorado for structured visit to corporate headquarters.

• Participate in weekly/monthly meetings as needed.

• Complete data analysis and assessment projects.

What we are looking for:

• Currently pursuing and enrolled to complete a bachelors degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management or related discipline in an accredited University or College. Applicants must be set to graduate in May of 2025.

• Minimum of 1 year or less inan internship program with a manufacturing company

• Commitment to following safety protocols

• Willingness to work a rotating crew-shift schedule of 12 hour shifts, rotating between day shifts and night shifts

• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Interest in working in a manufacturing environment

• Results-oriented, growth mindset, flexible

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Commitment to creating belonging and inclusion in a diverse workplace

• Company and product knowledge

• Ability and willingness to relocate to other U.S. manufacturing plants upon completion of the program.

• This position is not eligible for visa candidates now or in the future.

Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $ 57,200 - 85,675 (Salary to be determined by the applicants education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)

• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.

• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

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.

No agencies please.

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