Metal Innovation Engineer/Senior Engineer

*** This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants. *** 

 

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**** PLEASE NOTE: This posting my serve to fill multiple positions at either a Engineer or Senior Engineer level.     ****
 

Position Overview:

As an Engineer and/or Senior Engineer for Metal & Engineering, you are a key member of the Global Innovation-Metal team, reporting to the Manager, Closure Innovation.  You will contribute to the success of Ball by providing project management and technical support for the research and development of metal beverage container closures.

Key Areas of Responsibility Include:  

BOTH Positions: 

 

• Create resealable packaging designs in aluminum, plastic, or hybrid components and generate / execute various mechanical and process testing/trials to develop new packaging.
• Work with design team to develop forming tooling and sequences to create final product.  
• Work with new and existing suppliers to create new or transfer existing processes to metal or composite material forming.
• Interact with internal customers to generate new packaging designs and validate package integrity. 
• Create and document innovations into finalized Intellectual Property (IP)  including patents and trade secret. 
• Utilize analytical & statistical evaluation & analysis tools such as DOE, FMEA, cost models, statistically relevant / significant sample sizes & run lengths with control data comparisons.
• Seek, identify, & proactively address areas of concern such as resources, project delays, etc. by creating recovery paths where needed.
• Create comprehensive engineering packages for operations & engineering to optimize production startups & minimize operational issues in the plant environment. 
•  This may require heavy support/collaboration in creating / editing quality test methods / equipment / Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), tooling, material specifications & EHS documentation, etc.
• Utilize stage gate & project management tools & documentation to enable & document cross functional collaboration w/ areas such as business development, sales, operations, & engineering.
• Evaluation of capital equipment, support equipment and material usage in support of business cases for new products.

 

In addition to the above responsibilities, the Senior Engineer will: 

 

• Serve as a subject matter expert for high speed metal forming technologies, including drawing, ironing, stamping, impact extrusion and spinning as well as plastic injection or hybrid component manufacturing.
• Deliver customer (internal and external)  value by providing customers with packaging designs that meet or exceed their expectations and validating packaging integrity. 

 

Required Skills and Experience: 
 

Both positions: 

 

• Bachelors degree in an Engineering discipline or other related technical discipline such as metallurgy or physics.

• Demonstrated skills and experience:  
  • Familiarity with technical drawing, dimensioning (including GD&T), metrology, tool manufacture and machine design knowledge. 
  • Ability to work with geographically dispersed engineering and business teams.
  • Ability to multitask and think/troubleshoot in a nonlinear manner.
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