Back End Maintainer

Ball Corporation


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Wakefield
Contract type: 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

We are currently looking to recruit multi skilled engineer to complement our canning department at our site in Wakefield. In this role you will be responsible for utilising your electrical/mechanical skills to support the business in meeting its EHS, efficiency, production and costs targets. In order to focus on continuous improvement this role will encompass both reactive and preventative maintenance.

This position reports into a shift manager. The plant operates a 4 on 4 off shift pattern a combination of both days and nights - 12 hour shifts

Your Key Responsibilities Include

  • Machine operation and maintenance (including repairs), running of process equipment on the manufacturing line.
  • Take the necessary corrective actions and report the non-conformities to the Team Leader and the relevant depts.
  • Carry out the set up checks that may follow maintenance work.On maintenance days, carry out the repairs, preventive maintenance, etc. as directed by the Engineering Dept.
  • Promote quality improvement and preventative actions by involvement in continuous improvement activities.
  • Fork truck driving (when licensed or after training); line duties i.e.: scrap bins, warehouse duties i.e.: stacking pallets or loading lorries, depal servicing and offloading incoming materials.
  • Risk assess all proposed mechanical and electrical work to ensure that the work can be and is done safely.


What are we looking for?

  • Apprenticeship in engineering discipline or recognised engineering qualification to HNC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical disciplines.
  • Maintenance and fault diagnostic experience within manufacturing or heavy engineering environment
  • Problem solving and seeking opportunities for continuous improvement
  • Fluent English is required


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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