Production Technician 4

Company Description

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of bourbon, a cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us, we are O-I Glass and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world. O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. 

With 25,000 + employees and an unparalleled footprint spanning 72 plants in 20 countries, O-I is a truly global maker of glass packaging. From engineering and manufacturing to brand development, design and innovation, we are dedicated to providing unique solutions to exceed our customers’ expectations and fuel consumers’ desire for glass. 

Job Description

Role Summary: The Tech 4 will be on-shift ensuring uninterrupted operation of a glass forehearth, feeder, and forming machine. The responsibilities of a Technician 4 build upon what is expected of a Technician 1, 2, and 3.

Responsibilities: 

• Cleaning & 5S of areas from the forehearth to lehr loader
• Hoist, forklift, and heavy equipment operation (front end loader, tugger)
• Collaboration & communication across production line
• Machine cullet system operation & maintenance
• Forehearth operation and maintenance, including identify & implementing correct combustion setup, hot repairs, thermocouple replacements, and starting & stopping glass flow
• Identifying the correct KPI targets for the job
• Interfacing with equipment and support systems on line to maintain KPIs
• Operation and maintenance of feeder and forming machine, including bottle forming quality, gob shape, defect correction, maintaining forming parameters, diagnostics & fault finding, lehr input, and expendable refractory replacement
• Hot end inspection equipment adjustment and operation, including manual hot end gauging, and data analysis & correction
• Setup, operation, and maintenance of delivery system, machine lubrication system, shear system, cullet chute, mechanisms, and auxiliary equipment
• Job change coordination, including changing out mould equipment, KPIs, mould cleaning & basic repair, machine conversion
• Operation and maintenance of ware handling & conveying equipment, hot end laser coder, swab robot, tin hood, and asset protection & deluge system
• Lehr load set up (stacker, spacing, belts, etc.)
• Preventative maintenance and repair in areas of responsibility

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required, technical focus preferred
• Mechanical or electro-mechanical trade certificate or equivalent
• 1-3 years of glass manufacturing experience
• 5-10 years of manufacturing or production experience preferred
• 5-10 years of maintenance experience preferred 
• Ability to set-up and operate equipment
• Ability to work on systems 5-24V, preferred
• Basic welding skills preferred
• Familiarity with high speed industrial production lines
• Familiarity with industrial high-temperature processes and controls, preferred
• Diagnostics, fault-finding and troubleshooting experience
• Effective communication
• Basic computer knowledge to include experience with MS Office or similar desktop related applications
• Proficiency in SAP, preferred
• Ability to work to a shift schedule (day and night shift, 12 hours)
• Ability to occasionally perform physically demanding job tasks:
  • Lift or carry <50lbs
  • Bend, stretch, twist or reach out

Culture: 

Individuals in this role should be someone who…

• Acts intentionally to ensure the safety and wellbeing of themselves and others
• Listens and evolves with the team, supporting teammates in the pursuit of collective goals and performance
• Takes initiative to drive positive change, accepts individual and team responsibilities, meets customer commitments and performance objectives
• Respects teammates and embraces diversity; emphasizes doing the right thing even when no one is looking, resulting in a high level of trust
• Embraces opportunities to learn and grow and invests in themselves and others

Additional Information

What we offer at O-I:

Salary Range:  The expected salary range for this position is targeted to be $43.42 per hour USD.

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

• 10 paid holidays each year 

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