Regional Float Glass Process Engineer for OpEx

Guardian Glass; City of Geneva (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass is seeking a Regional Float Glass Process Engineer (Operational Excellence) to collaborate with manufacturing plants across the Americas, including the US and Mexico sites. You will improve float line operations, drive reliability, and deploy best practices.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, analyze process data, support capex projects, and mentor sites. Travel up to 50% and interact with plant leadership to raise quality, throughput, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Float glass process knowledge and experience in full scale manufacturing and development using production scale equipment.
• Experience with project planning and execution (canal change, hot repairs, etc.)
• Ability to travel up to 50% (primarily Mon-Fri) in North and South America

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy proven practices for the Float
• Improve quality, performance and throughput of furnaces
• Support sites to overcome challenges by following a disciplined problem-solving process
• Work with plants on batch chemistry to optimize quality, cost, and transitions
• Ensure the best knowledge is understood and shared to build skills and understanding in our teams
• Serve as a Technical SME to Guardian’s production float teams to troubleshoot process or product issues in facilities
• Seek opportunities to learn from the market and bring outside perceptions, best practices and opportunities that will improve Guardian’s process technology capability
• Clearly present and communicate ideas, concepts, and plans across multiple levels
• Work in multi-cultural and functional teams globally
• Work on ramp ups after major projects such as canal changes and cold tank repairs
• Implement and scale new technologies across plants of ownership

Skills

Float glass process knowledge

Project planning and execution

Travel up to 50%

Job description

Guardian Glass is seeking a Regional Float Glass Process Engineer (Operational Excellence) to collaborate with manufacturing plants across the Americas, including the US and Mexico sites. You will improve float line operations, drive reliability, and deploy best practices.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, analyze process data, support capex projects, and mentor sites. Travel up to 50% and interact with plant leadership to raise quality, throughput, and cost efficiency.