Manufacturing Team Lead (Tech 5 - Inspection)

Company Description

WHO WE ARE: 

At O-I Glass, we love glass and we’re proud to be one of the leading producers of glass bottles and jars around the globe. We are leveraging innovation and technology to drive expansion and meet our customers’ growing needs in a sustainable manner.  Our new state-of-the-art facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be enabled by advanced team culture, technologies and innovative processes leading glass manufacturing into the future. We are forming a team united by the same passion for culture, innovation and technology, ready to learn and grow in a working environment enhancing safety, accountability, integrity and teamwork principles. Join us in our new manufacturing facility with future expansion planned! 

We’re building a team of passionate individuals who: 

• Act intentionally to ensure the safety and wellbeing of themselves and others 
• Listen and evolve with the team, supporting teammates in the pursuit of collective goals and performance 
• Take initiative to drive positive change, accepts individual and team responsibilities, meets customer commitments and performance objectives 
• Respect teammates and embrace diversity; emphasize doing the right thing even when no one is looking, resulting in a high level of trust 
• Embrace opportunities to learn and grow and invests in themselves and others  

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re looking to build our production team and are seeking operating technicians to ensure uninterrupted operation of an advanced glass container manufacturing line. They will be responsible for:

• Safety within 24/7 glass manufacturing operations
• Lead teams and managing shifts
• Provide operational process improvements to drive performance and improve safety operations
• Provide hands-on support to other teammates with maintenance, troubleshooting, electrical repairs, programming, motor changes, and other specialized tasks
• Leader of all job changes including all job change coordination, changing out mould equipment, cleaning, & basic repair and machine conversion
• Responsible for abatement system fault-finding, finer gauge adjustments, and forming electronics maintenance, diagnostics, and change outs and machine blower maintenance
• Repair and maintenance of lehr and packaging equipment, including palletizer, carton erector, case packer, and stretch wrapper

Qualifications

About You:

• Bachelor Degree preferred, High School or GED required
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience leading a team
• Maintenance, Controls, Utilities system experience
• Diagnostics, fault-finding and troubleshooting experience
• Experience leading teams and managing shifts
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams, this role will require a close relationship with Plant leadership, EH&S, and quality management systems and procedures
• You are familiar with high-speed industrial production lines
• High-temperature industrial processes and controls a plus
• You are a good communicator and understand that teamwork is an important key to success

Additional Information

What we offer at O-I:

The Bowling Green plant will be O-I’s newest and highest performing MAGMA facility offering training for the jobs you will perform, market competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package.  O-I is a company that is committed to fostering an engaging environment, offers opportunity for growth, and rewards its teammates for performance.

Travel Requirements: 

Training for the job is fully supported by O-I and will require 75% domestic and potentially international travel until start-up of facility in mid-2024.  Due to the high level of travel required, generous time off will be granted, or additional training will be conducted locally if possible, during the training timeframe.  Travel requirements are expected to end by the start of production in mid-2024.  

Wages:

Pay will range will be  $45.45 plus overtime and performance-based incentives for all teammates.

Schedule:

We will be operating a 12-hour rotating day/night shift that enables seven consecutive days off each month! 

During the training period teammates will follow a training plan and host facility schedules which will require both day and shift work within our 24/7 operations.

O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are:

• Vacation based on length of service
• 10 paid holidays each year
• Health, Dental, Prescription and Vision care coverage
• Perform Well-Being Program – earn employer contributions in your H