Chemical Specialist Launch Team

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.

At Ball, every role contributes to something bigger. Learn how this opportunity will allow you to grow your career while making a lasting impact on our business, our communities, and our planet:

As a Process Expert, you will play a key role in supporting start-ups, new line installations, and line conversions across the EMEA region. This position is focused on driving performance, process stability, and operational excellence within chemical processing areas while partnering closely with plant teams and project stakeholders. A critical success factor for this role is deep hands-on experience in can manufacturing environments.

The responsibilities below represent more than daily tasks. They are opportunities to make a difference, collaborate with talented colleagues, and contribute to meaningful outcomes:

• Lead process performance and optimization activities during start-ups, new builds, and line conversions.

• Perform specialized process and chemical adjustments to improve efficiency, quality, and environmental performance.

• Drive troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex process and equipment-related issues.

• Provide technical leadership and support to ensure reliable operation of front-end processing equipment.

• Train and coach site teams in process understanding, performance standards, and autonomous operation.

• Support emergency breakdown recovery, size conversions, and capability building across manufacturing sites.

• Identify waste reduction opportunities and support continuous improvement and preventive maintenance initiatives.

We're looking for curious minds, collaborative spirits, and motivated professionals ready to make an impact. Here are the skills and experiences that will help you succeed in this role:

• Strong hands-on expertise with washers, wastewater treatment systems, soluble oil systems, filtration systems, and cooling towers.

• Demonstrated capability in equipment setup, troubleshooting, process optimization, and chemical process control.

• Ability to train, coach, and transfer technical knowledge to operational teams; Train-the-Trainer certification is advantageous.