Quality specialist in Wakefield

Quality specialist

Company: Ball Corporation

Location: Wakefield, GB, WF2 0XE

Date: 26 Mar 2026

Job Category: Quality/ Continuous Improvement

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

Position overview:

As a Quality Specialist, you serve as a pivotal leader in ensuring that aluminum can products meet and exceed established quality and food safety standards. With advanced expertise, you develop and implement quality assurance protocols, conduct in-depth analyses, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Your role involves close collaboration with cross‑functional teams to enhance product integrity, optimize processes, and ensure compliance with industry regulations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Quality System implementation, implement the Quality Management System, designed by the Global Quality team, aligned with the plant goals and local regulatory requirements.
• Audit Leadership, lead internal and external audits, ensuring readiness and compliance with all relevant standards and regulations.
• Continuous Improvement Initiatives, identify areas for improvement, develop action plans, and lead cross‑functional teams to enhance product quality and process efficiency.
• Training and Development, deliver training programs to enhance the quality competencies of team members across the plant.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience within Quality in the manufacturing sector (mandatory)
• Technical Certificate or Associate Degree
• Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g., Six Sigma Green Belt / CQI) (preferred)
• Technical Proficiency, familiarity with advanced quality tools and software, including Statistical Process Control (SPC), Minitab, and ERP system, control charts setup, analysis, and interpretation
• Advanced Problem‑Solving, ability to lead root cause analysis, investigate deviations and implement effective corrective and preventive actions
• Data Collection Systems, familiar with digital or manual quality data entry systems and audits
• Food Safety Standards, knowledge of GMP, HACCP, and food‑contact requirements in can manufacturing
• Non‑Conformance Management: Experience in product isolation, traceability, and documentation process
• Audit Readiness: Able to maintain records and evidence for internal and external audits
• Project Management, capability to lead quality improvement projects from conception through implementation, ensuring timely and successful outcomes

Global Grade 9 Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottle solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.