Engineer, Product Innovation - Metal

Ball•Westminster, CO

4h•Onsite

About The Position

As Engineer, Product Innovation-Metal, you are a key member of the Innovation Metal Packaging Laboratories Engineering team, reporting to the Manager, Product Innovation (Lab/Pilot plant). You will contribute to the success of Ball by supporting the day-to-day operations of the research and development lab while also providing a broad range of technical support including: machine modification, fabrication and installation, product testing, troubleshooting and management of small projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent broad training/experience in aluminum metal forming.
3 or more years of experience working in a metal container manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated knowledge and skills: High speed aluminum metal forming technologies, including drawing, ironing, stamping, impact extrusion and spinning.
Efficient and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Professional, collaborative team-orientation, exhibiting trust, honesty and integrity.
Familiarity with Geometric, Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T) and able to work with precision tooling and equipment.
Safety-focused and history of following established procedures.
Familiarity with engineering/mechanical principles, practices, terminology and manufacturing process.

Nice To Haves

Six (6) or more years of beverage container manufacturing experience, front end experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Hands-on tooling inspection, tooling installation, machine set-up, machine maintenance, container quality and record keeping.
Collaborate with engineering teams and lab peers to organize innovation projects, supports everyday operation of the lab to plan activities, complete projects, create samples, improve and document process optimizations.
Participate in technical meetings for project planning, project status and reviews, brainstorming sessions and improvements to the lab and processes.
Lead troubleshooting investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action of package defects and product-related equipment in the lab.
Follow all health and safety protocols, standard operating procedures (SOP’s), environmental health and safety requirements, including but not limited to Lock-out, tag-out (LOTO) in the operation, troubleshooting and maintenance of equipment.
Help develop, design, fabricate and modify lab process equipment – conveyance, product handling, installation, etc.
Follow new product launches into the production environment to assist with knowledge transfer from the lab for an effective production start-up / handoff, as needed.
Manage small projects – PM activities including timelines, action item lists, presentations, purchase orders, AFE writing, installation and start-up.
Generate technical reports to communicate conclusions of trial work, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and other technical topics through the use of MS Word and PowerPoint.