Material Handler

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, cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

As a Material Handler, you’re a member of an assigned production crew, reporting to the Plant Warehouse Supervisor. You will contribute to the success of Ball by observing operating principles of all assigned equipment and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for your area of responsibility. Safely and efficiently operates forklifts to unload, transport, and load materials and finished products in support of the production of high, infinitely recyclable aluminum packaging.

• Planning – Effectively organizes, prioritizes, delegates, and plans workloads and resources to achieve efficient results.
• Communication – Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly and effectively, establishing strong connections and providing guidance to team members.
• Technical Proficiency (Forklift Operation) – Possesses or can obtain forklift certification, demonstrating competency and adherence to safety standards when operating material‑handling equipment.
• Operational Experience – Previous experience in warehouse, logistics, or a related manufacturing environment preferred, facilitating understanding of operational procedures and standards.
• Quality Assurance and Inspection – Capable of identifying product defects through adherence to standard inspection procedures, ensuring compliance with quality guidelines.
• Literacy and Comprehension – Proficient in reading, writing, and comprehending written materials clearly in the local language relevant to the role, enabling effective communication and understanding of work instructions and safety protocols.
• Attention to Detail – Keen attention to detail to ensure all aspects of production meet high standards.

• Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard material handling techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Must be able to handle sensitive related and proprietary information in a confidential manner.
• Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
• Must follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct as outlined in the Ball Corporation manuals.
• Required on‑the‑job and classroom training.
• Working knowledge of proper hazardous waste management.
• Must maintain professional competence, ethical integrity, knowledge, and skills.

• Operate forklift and coordinate products including raw materials, scrap, finished goods, packaging materials, chemicals, and other supplies.
• Review warehouse production planning schedule to determine duties for shipping and receiving.
• Ensures finished goods are properly documented for shipment.
• Stages and loads finished goods and materials in accordance with warehouse and production planning schedule.
• Coordinates all processed scrap materials at bins and hoppers. Bands and stores materials. Loads trucks as necessary.

• No experience required
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Basic computer skills
• Starting Hourly Rate: $23.59 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure. Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age‑related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates).
No agencies please.

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non‑merit characteristic.