Maintenance Specialist Technician

We seek people who feel proud to create quality products, solve challenges, and keep operations moving forward. These are the skills and experiences that will help you succeed in this role and contribute to the operational excellence that drives our business every day:

• More than 4 years of experience in industrial maintenance

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Technical training in Mechanics, Mechatronics, or Industrial Maintenance. Basic computer knowledge

• Advanced mechanical repair and equipment assembly.

• Equipment rebuilding and alignment.

• Complex mechanical diagnosis and root cause analysis.

• Use of precision tools and measuring instruments.

• Knowledge of lubrication, hydraulic systems, pneumatics, and motors.

• Familiarity with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).

• Knowledge and monitoring of key maintenance indicators (KPIs).

• Knowledge of safety procedures and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) of hazardous energies.

Work Location: This position requires full presence at our plant facilities in Llinars del Vallès.
Hiring Rate: from 30,000 - 34,000 EUR gross per year. The final salary will be determined based on the candidate's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and market benchmarks.
Bonus Plan: This position is not eligible to participate in the Ball annual incentive program.
Comprehensive Benefits Package: life and accident insurance, and a worker wellbeing program.

At Ball, every role within the plant contributes to a larger purpose. Discover how this opportunity will allow you to develop your skills while helping to deliver safe, high-quality products that make a difference for our customers, communities, and the planet.

As a Maintenance Specialist Technician, you play a fundamental role in reducing downtime, supporting continuous production, and enabling the high-speed operations typical of aluminum can manufacturing. This position corresponds to a senior-level technician responsible for ensuring the reliability and efficiency of production equipment through advanced fault diagnosis, precision repairs, and maintenance activities.

This role contributes to major equipment rebuilds, capital projects, and process improvements. Additionally, it brings solid mechanical expertise, collaborates across different shifts and functions, and plays a key role in training and integrating other team members through hands-on training and knowledge transfer.

The responsibilities described below represent much more than daily tasks. They are opportunities to support safe operations, maintain quality standards, collaborate with teammates, and contribute to the products and solutions that customers around the world rely on:

• Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical problems, identifying and repairing faults in primary and auxiliary production equipment.
• Rebuild and maintain key process equipment, repairing or replacing large-scale mechanical components to fully restore their functionality and reliability.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance work, aligning activities with vendors and internal teams to minimize disruptions and meet established deadlines.
• Optimize equipment availability and efficiency, executing maintenance strategies that reduce downtime and improve production line performance.
• Contribute to capital projects and major rebuilds, supporting general overhauls and equipment upgrades through technical knowledge and hands-on execution.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and performance metrics, analyzing data to evaluate the effectiveness of actions and guide improvements.
• Apply safety standards in all activities, ensuring that work is performed safely and supporting a zero-incident culture.
• Support on-the-job training (OJT), sharing expertise and contributing to the development of mechanical skills in other technicians or production specialists.

Please note that the advertised job title may differ from the one appearing in the contract due to local job title structures and global HR systems.

Job level: Production on Pay Scale