The O-I Manufacturing Leadership Development Program is designed for graduating college students and recent graduates who want more than a traditional first job. Through hands-on plant experience, structured development, cross-functional exposure, and operations projects, you will learn how a manufacturing operation works while building the technical, and leadership skills needed to grow your career. You do not need to arrive as a manufacturing expert. We are looking for people who are curious about how things are made, enjoy solving problems, want to understand various parts of a business, and have the potential and desire to grow into leadership roles. Your degree does not have to define your career path. Whether your background is in engineering, business, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, or another related field, what matters most is your ability to learn, interest in manufacturing, and motivation to build a meaningful career. What You Will Experience Structured training and plant operations departmental rotations to understand how production, quality, packaging, warehousing, and maintenance., work together. Work on real projects that influence operational performance, product quality, customers, compliance, and continuous improvement. Analyze manufacturing and quality data, identify trends and risks, and turn your findings into practical recommendations. Participate in root-cause investigations and help teams solve production, quality, and process challenges. Gain hands-on exposure to quality systems, audits, food safety, customer requirements, manufacturing risk, and safe operating practices. Develop project-management skills by planning assignments, coordinating with stakeholders, communicating progress, and carrying work through completion. Collaborate with plant leaders and teams across operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, commercial, and regional functions. Gain exposure to customers and suppliers through audits, investigations, and improvement efforts. Complete technical and leadership development designed to prepare you for increasing responsibility within O-I. What We Are Looking For A genuine interest in manufacturing, operations, or how products are made. A desire to develop into a future leader in a manufacturing environment. Curiosity about both the technical and business sides of manufacturing. Strong analytical thinking and an interest in solving problems and improving how work gets done. Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams, functions, and locations. Initiative, accountability, sound judgment, and consistent follow-through. Comfort working with data and using it to support decisions and recommendations. An interest in hands-on learning and building experience inside a manufacturing environment. 
