Manufacturing Engineer

Consistent with our Leadership Accountabilities, the Manufacturing Engineer is accountable to establish and maintain process recipes for operating lines in order to safely produce products that consistently meet codes, specifications, and customer requirements at the lowest cost. The Manufacturing Engineer is accountable to continuously improve the glass making process to eliminate waste, improve safety, reduce cost, increase capacity and productivity, and improve the product.

Reports to: Plant Technical Leader

• Ensuring a safe, clean and environmentally compliant work environment and building a culture where safety is a first priority
• Ensuring that all control plans, work instructions, reaction procedures and other procedures related to the technical operation of the Forehearths, production lines and all packaging areas ensure the safety of employees
• Developing risk assessments for critical tasks

• Implement a personal safety action plan and review with leader
• Safety metrics – RIR, first aids, near misses, SAFE and Critical 6
• Leader Safety Standard Work and Hazard

• Identifying, understanding, and teaching others the Critical Product Characteristics required to provide our customers with a quality product, including packaging.
• Developing and implementing procedures and systems to ensure products consistently meet or exceed customer expectations
• Supporting experiments or trials for new and existing products and packaging to ensure they meet our customer’s fitness for use

• Customer FFU
• Quality Assurance
• Piece Job Efficiency
• Conversion Efficiency
• Any measurable that may be assigned once accepting the role

• Conducting process audits to review Critical Product Characteristics and Critical Process Variables and implementing sustainable corrective actions for process shifts or upsets
• Determining process consistency and capability (Cpk)
• Implementing control charting schemes for Critical Process Variables based on ISBMS and S&T specifications
• Developing and implementing Operator Control Plans to ensure that all products meet specifications at the lowest cost
• Identifying and eliminating common causes of product, packaging, and process variation (troubleshooting)
• Analyzing product and process data, providing feedback and making recommendations to optimize performance
• Identifying and implementing process improvements and best practices. Improvements may originate from S&T, ISBMS, or other facilities
• Implementing corrective actions for issues surfaced through quality complaints, hold tags, and process deviations.
• Coaching, counseling, and training all employees on process control
• Establishing processes for all critical tasks and audit for adherence and compliance
• Partner with maintenance and operations to resolve equipment issues
• Develop reaction procedures for the elimination or minimizing process deviations
• Identifying and requesting capital funding for equipment, modifications, etc.

• Critical Product Characteristics and Critical Process Variables
• Cost Metrics
• Audit for Environmental Compliance

• Educating primary employees in the manufacturing process and process control procedures
• Partnering with employees salaried and hourly to develop and implement Operator Control Plans
• Partnering with Maintenance and operation staff to develop and implement Operator Based Care plans for equipment to ensure employee understanding and ownership using the principles of TPM

• Individual Goals and Objectives
• Presence of Operator Control Plans
• Development of Reaction Procedures
• Employee Training Plans

• Bachelors degree in Engineering

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a manufacturing or technical environment
• Completion of an engineering related Development Program or similar experience preferred

• Understands customer needs, product specifications, basic cost drivers and the Critical Process Variables (CPVs) that impact these elements
• Understands and works with basic principles of engineering
• Understands statistical concepts including trial design, data…