Director, Global Maintenance Engineering

Company:
Ball Corporation

Location:

Westminster, CO, US, 80021

Date:
Feb 17, 2026

Job Category:
Engineering/ Technical

Req.

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.

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum 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.

The primary purpose of the Director, Global Maintenance Engineering is to lead the development and deployment of Ball Global's Maintenance Pillar within the Ball Operational Excellence system, focusing on asset wellness, setting global strategy, and innovating to enhance asset uptime and efficiency.

• Develop global maintenance strategy for Ball manufacturing, prioritizing cost competitiveness and efficiency. Standardize systems across plants to support all activities. Drive a culture of accountability and ownership to the shopfloor.
• Support creation and deployment of best-in-class standards. Provide training materials and expertise for engineering teams.
• Coordinate maintenance planning globally, optimizing resources and purchases cost-effectively. Execute against consolidated plans, including internal and external resource planning.
• Lead Global Wellness Centers, responsible for overhauling and bringing critical equipment back to base condition. Establishing critical parts inventory for catastrophic breakdowns.
• Manage annual global capital budgets of $150M - $200M. Oversee three regional Wellness Center P&Ls, making strategic decisions based on EVA and cost optimization.
• Lead global spare parts reduction strategy, collaborating with Procurement to establish optimum inventory levels and standardize store room design.
• Lead Preventative Maintenance program to ensure compliance with Global Maintenance Standards across all plants.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to maximize resource use and improve equipment reliability through Wellness Events and Optimized Maintenance strategy.
• Harmonize regional engineering resources in implementing global standards across safety, sustainability, capital management, and maintenance.
• Develop and communicate standardized asset utilization and equipment maintenance standards for new and existing plants globally as a key member of the global engineering leadership team

• Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years experience in developing and implementing global maintenance strategies for manufacturing equipment and resources
• Minimum 8 years experience in leadership and project management skills to coordinate global maintenance planning cycles, manage capital budgets, and oversee the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Minimum 7 years experience of collaborating across regions and functional areas, particularly in integrating Center of Excellence (COE) with Business Operational Excellence (BOE) pillars
• Demonstrated skills in:
  • collaboration across regions and functional areas, particularly in integrating Center of Excellence (COE) with Business Operational Excellence (BOE) pillars
  • problem solving / total quality skills
  • planning and project management
  • modern lean manufacture techniques - SMED, Kaizen 5S, Kanban, Structured Problem Solving, TPM/OEE, SPC/6 Sigma etc
• Working knowledge of:
  • 2-piece can manufacturing environment
  • manufacturing engineering practices, processes
• This role will be based in global headquarters in Westminster, CO. Relocation will be considered.
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure,…