Advanced Engineer, Glass Melting
Location: Butler, PA
Category: Manufacturing
Job ID: 452101
Job Description
As a glass manufacturer, the heart of our manufacturing process is melting. In melting, we focus on techniques and technologies to provide process stability, energy efficiency and asset maintenance. A successful Glass Melting Engineer will leverage know-how in melting systems, operating procedures, and furnace design concepts to maintain and improve our existing operations, which includes new technology evaluation and deployment. This requires close interaction with plant batch & furnace engineers, technical leaders, furnace design engineers and raw material/glass scientists.Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. United Plate Glass is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.
Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Glass Science, Materials Science or Ceramic Engineering. Advanced degree is preferred.
- At least 3 years of manufacturing experience within glass melting operations.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% supporting operations at North American locations.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Fundamental understanding of batch, glass melting and glass delivery processes.
- Experience in high temperature refractory materials used in glass furnace designs.
- Experience working with multiple plants and melter systems in a support role.
- Familiarity with glass melting operations, melter hot repair, gas-oxy and gas-air combustion, electric melting, electrical boosting, batch house operations, glass & glass raw materials is desired.
- Effective verbal and written communications clearly communicating technical concepts, results, providing recommendations and reducing risks.
- General computer skills (ex. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), familiarity with databases and control systems, excellent mathematical and analytical skills.
- Functional ability to manipulate operational data digitally with BI tool-set.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Use influence and diplomacy to achieve the best results for the business by collaboration and teamwork.
- Deliver prompt accurate results independently or as part of a team which demonstrates input analysis, organizational abilities and technical skills across the organization.
- Motivate others who are not direct reports to accomplish tasks and improve operations.
- Strong external perspective and understands that all business opportunities start with knowledge of how to serve our customers.
- Accomplishes the goals of the business; translates strategies into actionable operating plans; sets goals for personal accomplishment; uses measurement methods to monitor progress; quickly overcomes barriers and adapts plans to ensure goal attainment.
- Demonstrates self-awareness of one’s strengths, development needs and the impact of one’s own behavior on others and consistently takes actions to be better.
- A balanced sense of self-confidence and an abiding respect for others. Prioritizes strong personal well-being in order to maximize and fortify his or her contribution to the business.
- Strong sense of teamwork and collaborative capabilities within Glass/Material and Melting laboratory as well as with plant furnace engineers and ability to interact with plant furnace operators. This ability is important in uncovering issues, getting data collected and gaining buy in for new technologies/techniques/trials.