Technical Manager

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 Maintenance & Projects Manager ensures the reliable, safe, and efficient operation of all plant equipment and facilities while leading maintenance, repair, and improvement initiatives. This role focuses on maximizing equipment uptime, optimizing production processes, controlling maintenance and repair (M&R) costs, managing spare parts and inventory, and delivering capital and improvement projects on time and within budget. By coordinating engineering, maintenance, and project teams, the manager drives operational excellence, continuous improvement, and value creation while fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with environmental, quality, and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Ensure plant equipment and systems operate reliably and efficiently. Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize uptime. Manage spare parts inventory to minimize downtime and support maintenance needs.
• Plan, execute, and deliver capital and improvement projects on time and within budget. Coordinate with engineering and other plant teams to implement process or facility upgrades. Monitor project performance and ensure adherence to designs, specifications, and standards.
• Control maintenance and repair (M&R) costs, optimizing resource allocation. Develop and manage maintenance budgets and AFEs for projects. Identify opportunities for cost savings and value creation through process optimization.
• Foster and maintain a strong safety culture across maintenance and project teams. Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, and quality regulations. Monitor facility conditions to meet safety, food safety, and housekeeping standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance and project teams. Maintain positive labor relations and promote employee engagement and trust. Communicate effectively with plant leadership, engineering, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Track and report key performance metrics for maintenance, uptime, and projects. Identify areas for process improvement, efficiency gains, and reduced spoilage. Implement best practices and standardized procedures to drive operational excellence.

What we are looking for?

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience.
• Job related experience for 4 year(s) minimum.
• Engineering and/or project management background preferred.
• Technical and engineering skills: Knowledge of plant engineering functions and systems integration.
• Ability to negotiate with contractors for facilities/buildings maintenance.
• Ability to estimate, budget and prepare AFEs for capital projects.
• Ability to develop and manage maintenance programs.
• Knowledge of utility systems, cost tracking, and conservation methods.
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance systems and documentation.
• Fluent French and English.

Work environment: This position requires full on-site presence at our plant in Bellegarde.

Starting salary: 57,750 - 83,160 EUR gross per year. The final salary will be determined based on the candidate’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as with consideration of internal compensation policies and the current labor market situation.

Bonus program: This position is eligible for Ball’s annual incentive program.

Comprehensive benefits package: Includes a health insurance, employee assistance program, meal and transportation allowance, profit-sharing bonus.

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.

Benefits

Medical insurance