Manager, Metal Innovation Design

Company:
Ball Corporation

Location:

Westminster, CO, US, 80021

Date:
Jan 23, 2026

Job Category:
Engineering/ Technical

Req.

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!

As the Manager, Metal Innovation Design, you are a leader in the Global R&D Metal Innovation team; reporting to the Director for Innovation Metal Engineering. You will contribute to the success of Ball by providing leadership to a team of 3 (three) to 5 (five) CAD drafters & designers and ensure all CAD design work from the Innovation Metal Product Engineering team is completed on time and to a high level of quality.

• Oversee daily activities, direct workflow and manage priorities for tooling design, product package testing, metrology lab and tool room. Generate processes and metrics to ensure productivity and high quality standards;
  Manage a team responsible for maintaining product testing lab, metrology lab, and tool room inventory. Diligent record keeping, cleanliness and organization required.
• Work collaboratively with Innovation Leadership to set project priorities and ensure smooth workflows between design and innovation leadership across metal, non‑metal, & process innovation teams.
• Support and manage work requests from engineers to ensure tooling design, product package testing, and tooling inspection work is complete. Provide prompt communication back to engineering team on work status.
• Create budget, issue purchase orders and keep metrology lab equipment calibration up to date using 3rd party suppliers.
• Generate and maintain standards for Innovation regarding Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), drawing templates, Bills of Materials (BOM’s) and Teamcenter entry.
• Participate as an active designer and use Siemens NX to generate 3D model files and associated dimensional drawings for high‑speed metal forming tools, machine change parts, and product testing equipment. Use Siemens NX to generate 3D model files of products, renderings of products, and associated tooling layouts and analysis.
• Lead the team responsible for the metrology tool room and ensure all calibrations and certifications are up‑to‑date and recorded. Lead the team responsible for the Innovation tool room for inventory and proper inspection of all Innovation tooling. Work with 3rd party grinding and machine shops to accurately communicate technical drawing intent when tooling drawing questions arise. Quote and issue purchasing requests for tooling and parts as needed.
• Recommend software and processes that ensure our drafting and technical documentation systems are efficient, accurate and properly archived; explore automation opportunities to streamline design & drafting processes where possible.
• Develop, qualify, and deploy extended resource strategy and network to have 3rd party suppliers, resources available to create an outlet for times of increased design needs / workload.

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline or equivalent work‑related experience.
• 8 or more years experience in beverage can tooling design or equivalent field.
• Experience reading and understanding engineering and isometric drawings.
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• 5 or more years of experience drafting of tooling and high tolerance fits.
• Demonstrated skills:
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to lead small dynamic teams.
  • Strong ability to organize, clean and maintain various testing records.
  • Self‑motivated, process‑oriented
  • Effective, clear, concise verbal and written communication skills.
  • High proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Experience utilizing CAD design software (such as: AutoCAD Inventor, Solid Works, or other similar)

• 2+ years of experience with Siemens NX.
• Experience using metrology measuring equipment.
• Experience with Blue Cielo Meridian and/or Siemens Teamcenter.
• Expected…