Glass Melting Engineering Lead

Owens Corning; Feura Bush (NY); On-site; USD 92,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance (medical/dental/vision)

401k matching

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Services

Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

Owens Corning is seeking a Glass Melting Engineer to enhance melting operations across North American sites. You will work with batch & furnace teams to implement new technologies, improve process stability, and optimize energy use.

Travel up to 60% is required to support multiple plants. The role reports to the Center of Excellence Glass Melting Team Leader and involves safety-driven leadership, operating procedure development, and advanced furnace projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Glass Science, Materials Science or Ceramic/Chemical Engineering is required (advanced degree preferred).
• 2–3 years manufacturing experience in glass melting operations ideal.
• Willingness to travel up to 60% across North American sites.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a commitment to safety and provides technical guidance for safety.
• Authors SOPs/JHAs for new methods and implementations.
• Provide safe glass melting operations and lead/participate in batch house operations, furnace heat-ups, and related projects.
• Review data from batch, melting, and process systems to advise OC leadership on safety, productivity, energy use, and asset life.
• Lead startup activities for new/rebuilt furnaces and oversee heat-up plans and contractor coordination.
• Identify opportunities to improve melting capabilities and reduce costs.

Skills

Glass melting processes understanding

Willingness to travel

Education

Glass Science / Materials Science / Ceramic or Chemical Eng degree

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

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.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

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.

Reports to: Center of Excellence Glass Melting Team Leader

Location: Within 50 miles of one of the following MNF or Office Locations (Waxahachie, TX, Kansas City KS, Granville, OH, Delmar, NY, Fairburn, GA)

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a Commitment to Safety and Provides Technical and Operational Guidance for Safety
• Ensures rigorous compliance to standard safety procedures and Owens Corning corporate policies.
• Authors SOPs and JHAs for new method development and implementation.
• Utilize technical knowledge to provide safe glass melting operations.
• Participates in monthly safety meetings and on-site safety audits.
• Completes all required safety training.
• Provides Division Level Technical Leadership for Glass Melting Operations
• Operations activities will involve leading or supporting batch house operations, furnace heat-ups, glass drain and shutdown projects, new material trials, new sensor development, and audits of batch house and glass melting manufacturing processes.
• Review and interpret data from multiple sources and systems in batch operations, melting systems and standard practices to provide technical guidance to OC leadership, plant leaders, and plant batch and melting engineers with focus to improve operations performance in terms of safety, productivity, throughput, energy use and asset life.
• Facilitate preliminary safety, risk and failure analysis for new technology, batch house operations, furnace refractory trials, design and or operating changes in technology or controls.
• Provide scope of work and required planning and oversight for major refractory repairs including crown and general refractory repairs, water jackets, electrode pushes, and zone re-cabling, drains and heat ups.
• Lead startup team and be part of Vertical startup for new, rebuilt or repaired furnaces and associated infrastructure including melter and front-end systems:
• Develop heat up plans and personnel and contractor requirements
• Conduct pre-light checklist reviews for build and commissioning
• Make furnace light off readiness recommendation
• Manage heat up activities including heat up rate and expansion
• Coordinate glass delivery to forming operations and tune front end settings
• Establish baseline conditions for plant operation for critical process parameters
• Leads effort to improve melting capabilities and asset life with cost justified capital investments.
• Searches for new technologies, sensors and solutions for glass plants and helps drive corporate direction for digital change providing new monitoring and faster facilitation of new control & reaction standards.
• Partners with digital strategy team to provide requirements for the development and improvement of process analysis tools and automated controls.
• Looks for ways to reduce touch points, eliminate waste, and streamline reaction time to control.
• Provides elevated monitoring, training, and support for plants with less experienced workforce.
• Identifies opportunities for process optimization, stability and lowering manufacturing costs.

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Glass Science, Materials Science or Ceramic/Chemical Engineering is required. An advanced degree is preferred.
• At least 2 to 3 years of manufacturing experience within glass melting operations.
• Willingness to travel up to 60% supporting operations at North American locations.

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.

The base salary range for this position is $92,000 to $119,000 with the potential for up to an additional 25% if the applicant hired has additional related qualifications.

We also offer a substantial benefits package including insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability/supplemental offerings), 401k (company contribution regardless of employee participation – plus match) , liberal paid time off (vacation, personal floating and standard holidays), Employee Assistance Services, Stock Purchase Program – and more.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com .

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.