Quality Manager

Company: Ball Corporation
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Location: Kettering
Job Description:

Overview

As Quality Manager, you will lead the plant’s quality and food safety agenda in a continuous operation. You will mentor the quality team across shifts, drive standardization and improvement, and partner with production to meet customer specs. You will own audits, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions to prevent recurrence, aligning plant quality with broader business goals. This role offers meaningful impact by strengthening product quality, safety, and supplier collaboration in a global manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own quality and food safety issues and control measures across the plant
  • Prepare and submit quality and food safety reports to management
  • Collaborate with other departments to improve product quality and food safety
  • Maintain ISO Quality Management System and food safety programs (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
  • Develop and maintain BOE Quality pillar including food safety components
  • Create, review, and enforce SOPs and work instructions for quality and food safety
  • Audit the plant and warehouses for quality and safety compliance
  • Handle customer quality and safety complaints with corrective actions
  • Maintain records of material checks, inspections, and HFI reports
  • Lead the quality department and foster positive employee relations
  • Communicate quality issues and solutions with production and other departments
  • Maintain relationships with customers to resolve quality and safety concerns
  • Coordinate with domestic and international suppliers for product and safety compliance
  • Oversee label design, coatings trials, and ensure production meets safety standards
  • Train staff on quality control, safety procedures, and ISO/HACCP standards
  • Ensure maintenance of measurement and quality/safety equipment

Key requirements

  • Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience
  • Minimum 4 years in an industrial environment focused on quality assurance and customer interaction
  • Experience managing teams in a continuous operation industrial environment
  • Green Belt or Black Belt Certification preferred
  • collaborative
  • curious
  • communication
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001
  • OHSAS 18001

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Posted: October 17th, 2026