Supervisor, Plant Quality Assurance

At Ball, integrity and trust are the foundation of who we are. Guided by our core values —"We Care. We Work. We Win.”— we create a culture where every voice matters, and every idea drives progress.   Together with our global employees, customers, and partners, we’re turning bold sustainability goals into reality and shaping a future we can all be proud of.  Create a new future. Apply Today.    Primary purpose of the position:  Supervises the plant quality function as directed.   Essential Responsible Areas:

Responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment. This includes correcting unsafe acts/conditions, facilitating monthly safety meetings, performing monthly safety inspections, and investigating accidents, as required. Supports development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the food safety system. The plant quality assurance supervisor, if designated is to be trained and certified in the food safety system and oversees its development, implementation, review and maintenance. Provides for trained backups in the case of absence of key food safety system employees. Supervises the plant quality assurance function as directed. Facilitates a "quality conscious and pride in quality" attitude within the department. Facilitates the installation and maintenance of established quality assurance procedures. Maintains a gauge and inspection equipment control system to provide and calibrate gauges and instruments as required. This includes the initiating of requisitions to ensure compliance with group standards. Maintains inspection reports and quality complaints to determine defect trends in materials and products,and initiates corrective action if necessary through appropriate line or staff heads. Maintains reports as necessary, evaluating the quality of designated products, in conformance with established quality assurance procedures. Schedules, or assists in scheduling, inspection personnel to specific assignments to ensure the most effective utilization of manpower. Facilitates quality assurance training and development programs. Supervises or assists in the inspection or testing of various materials and products to determine compliance with specifications. May train employees on SPC interpretation.  Serves as coordinator for Infinity SPC system. Maintains hardware and troubleshoots software issues, if applicable.  May work with in-house ink representative to develop approved colors for new and existing labels.  May facilitate the administration of an effective graphics system.  Accesses, inputs, and retrieves information from the computer.  Initiates, reviews, masters, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.  Establishes and maintains an employee relations climate of trust and confidence that will discourage third party interference; or establishes and maintains an employee relations climate of trust and confidence with employees, their union stewards and representatives which will promote achievement of plant and company goals.  Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division, the group, and the company. Includes ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts.  While the regular working cycle of this position is usually 5 days on (Monday-Friday), this job may include working weekends (Saturday and Sunday); or scheduled 12-hour shifts, rotating days and nights, Monday through Sunday. Working hours may vary as specified by management. Incumbent must be able to work overtime on a regular basis and/or be on call as directed by management.  Maintains awareness and complies with hazardous waste management and other environmental management requirements in the workplace by attending scheduled training sessions.  Communicates