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Company: Ball Corporation
Location: Waterford, Munster, IE, X91 V62N
Date: 10 Feb 2026
Job Category: Manufacturing/ Operations
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:
The Ball Corporation Future Leaders Trainee Programme is a stepping-stone for people with management potential to become the leaders of the future in an ambitious international company. We aim to develop Future Leaders, top diverse talent to support the growth needs of the business. The program offers access to accelerate development on the job and through other channels during an 18-month program which will include assignments across a wide range of manufacturing departments and divisions including: Production, Technical /Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Human Resources, Continuous Improvement (CI/Lean), Finance, Customer Fulfilment, Sustainability Learning on the job with experts, developing technical and soft skills and receiving coaching from your Mentors & Project Co-ordinators, and other senior staff mentors.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Assisting with day-to-day operations in a high-speed continuous manufacturing plant
Participating in meetings, workshops, and other learning opportunities
Gaining knowledge of company policies, protocols, and processes
Developing familiarisation of machine operation, machine maintenance, and quality checks
Analysing plant performance data to instigate and assist with small, medium, and long term continuous improvement projects
Assisting the quality team with internal traceability audits, process performance capability studies and external audit preparation
Lead the daily morning meeting handover, ensuring the production, quality and engineering priorities are aligned for the day
Translating production trends and losses into tangible priorities to focus attention and resources on the biggest efficiency losses
Traveling to different offices and participating in leadership training courses
Who is this programme for?
Graduates with a degree in Engineering / Manufacturing.
Level and type of experience:
No prior manufacturing experience is required. A clear understanding of what is involved in working in a manufacturing environment is beneficial but not mandatory. Formal or informal leadership experience is also not 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.
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