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You will use process knowledge and data to improve glass quality, yield, energy efficiency, process stability, and equipment reliability.\nOur Team\nYou will work closely with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Batch Plant, and EHS teams to solve process challenges and drive sustainable improvements across the Hot End operation.\nWhat You Will Do\nDrive safe and reliable Hot End operations through strong EHS ownership, risk assessment, and process discipline.\nMonitor and optimize Furnace, Tin Bath, and Lehr performance to improve process stability, glass quality, energy efficiency, and yield.\nAnalyse glass defects and process trends to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.\nLead and support process improvement initiatives, RCA, data analysis, and controlled process trials.\nPartner with Operations and Maintenance on preventive maintenance, hot repairs, inspections, canal changes, and equipment reliability.\nUse fact-based decision-making while balancing safety, quality, reliability, cost, and production needs.\nShare technical knowledge and collaborate across teams to build stronger process capability and continuous improvement.\n\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nBachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.\nPractical knowledge of process safety, quality, and continuous improvement.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze process data and identify root causes.\nAbility to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and other cross-functional teams.\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nExperience in the float glass industry or a similar continuous-process manufacturing environment.\nHands-on exposure to Furnace, Tin Bath, and/or Lehr operations.\nKnowledge of combustion, energy optimization, annealing, temperature control, and glass quality/defect analysis.\nExperience using RCA, process trending, controlled trials, and data analysis to improve yield and process stability.\nExposure to hot repairs, preventive maintenance, asset reliability, or major Hot End activities.\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. 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