[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Ball jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Ball · MH, IN # Assistant Plant Manager MH, IN Manager or lead Manufacturing & Production Listed on Ball’s official careers site. Listed as of October 18, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Ball’s careers site →](https://jobs.ball.com/corp_packaging/job/Bhurai-In-Assistant-Plant-Manager-MH-410208/1401901800/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Ball](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/) / Assistant Plant Manager ## Job description 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. 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! Create a new future. Apply Today. ### Position overview The Assistant Plant Manager supports the overall performance and operational excellence of a continuous operation manufacturing environment across 2 plants in India, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability targets are met. This role is part of a succession pipeline toward a future Plant Manager position, supporting the growth and expansion of the company’s plant footprint in India. They assist in developing, engaging, and empowering teams, fostering a positive, high-performance culture and promoting continuous improvement across operations. This role supports compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards, coordinates with cross-functional teams, and helps drive plant efficiency to achieve organizational objectives. Your key responsibilities include: - Support overall plant performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability targets, ensuring alignment with operational and business objectives - Drive a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with EHS programs, procedures, and KPIs - Provide cross-functional support and oversight across production, engineering, maintenance, quality, and continuous improvement, collaborating closely with supply chain, finance, procurement, and HR Contribute to optimizing plant efficiency, productivity, and cost performance through continuous improvement initiatives and effective resource planning - Ensure plant operations meet customer requirements, product specifications, and quality standards - Support compliance with environmental regulations and internal policies - Partner with Finance and Cost - Control to support budget management, cost optimization, and operating plans - Collaborate with other plants to drive benchmarking, standardization, and best practice sharing Initially operate as an individual contributor, with progression into people leadership responsibilities, including developing, coaching, and empowering teams - Foster a high-performance, positive work culture, supporting employee engagement and strong working relationships - Support employee relations, including collaboration with union representatives where applicable - Contribute to cross-functional projects and initiatives to ensure high levels of internal and external customer service - Maintain effective collaboration within a matrixed organization, ensuring strong communication and alignment across stakeholders What are we looking for? - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (additional business or supply chain education is a plus Minimum - 5+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing or industrial environments (FMCG preferred) - Proven experience in manufacturing operations, production, engineering, or continuous improvement - Strong people management and leadership capabilities across diverse teams Exposure to high-speed manufacturing or packaging environments is preferred Experience with Lean manufacturing tools and methodologies (SMED, Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, TPM/OEE, SPC, Six Sigma, etc.) Union experience is an advantage Fluent in English (Hindi is a plus) ​Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles 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. ### Job Grade Global Grade 13 ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Location: MH, IN[Apply on Ball’s careers site →](https://jobs.ball.com/corp_packaging/job/Bhurai-In-Assistant-Plant-Manager-MH-410208/1401901800/) ## More jobs at Ball ### [Front End Operator](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/jobs/dcef5d862b0db261a320/) MH, IN ### [Assistant Plant Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/jobs/f465b6064b712e2cee20/) Ludesch, AT ### [Assistant Plant Manager - Future Plant Manager Development Program](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/jobs/65176adf61f0a570b9a8/) Waddell, AZ, US ### [Coordinator, Plant Administrative](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/jobs/d0493141411162418fb0/) Rome, GA, US ### [Intern, Manufacturing Management](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ball/jobs/86b85217cc0598c42478/) Bowling Green, KY, US ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Assistant Plant Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cargill/jobs/7aadd3a20fae85ac8bca/) Cargill · Owosso, Michigan ### [MFG Plant QA Assistant Manager/Resource Leader](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kroger/jobs/fee607e5a20db9978e7a/) Kroger · Cincinnati, OH, United States ### [administrative assistant, Augusta Soluble Plant](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/starbucks/jobs/74c2b2f0dff9daa94706/) Starbucks · Augusta, Georgia, United States ### [Utility Plant Assistant Plant Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dte-energy/jobs/2678b60651f92df0fa9e/) DTE Energy · Woodland, CA, US ### [Assistant Plant Superintendent](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/crh/jobs/67497c3b423c4cff5cd8/) CRH · Rochester, New York, United States OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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