Furnance Engineer
3 weeks ago
Position: Furnace Engineer
Location: Clarksville, TN.
Type: Fulltime, Direct Hire, Onsite
Summary:
The company produces fiberglass wet chop that is used in the production of various roofing products, including composite shingles for homes.
Furnace Engineer Functions:
- Responsible for all aspects of the assigned manufacturing processes, including batch and furnace, as well as safety, value (productivity), and quality.
- Maximizes furnace life through inspections, repairs, and maintenance as well as proper operational control (temperature, pressure, etc.).
- Leads and manages furnace cold repair and rebuild efforts at appropriate intervals.
- Orders and inventories of supplies needed to maintain furnace and forehearth area.
- Trains, develops, and works with furnace techs to ensure stable and consistent furnace operations.
- Trials new raw materials and gathers data to support or disprove merit.
- Monitors the condition of all equipment in the batch, furnace, and forehearth area and initiates necessary repairs needed to meet performance and production goals.
- Ensure melting temperature profile is maintained in the furnace and forehearth as well as all other important process parameters to ensure high glass quality and high fiber forming efficiencies.
- Maintain and troubleshoot system from batch truck and rail unloading, batch mixing, transporting, and charging through the furnace and forehearth.
- Maintain proper gas-to-oxygen ratios in the furnace and forehearths.
- Keeps and inputs all batch formulas. Verifies calibration on batch weighing system.
- Profiles and cleans gas/oxy burners and forehearth pencil burners.
- Operate, calibrate, and maintain electric boost system.
- Opacity reading qualified.
Beneficial Experience and Skills:
- Working knowledge of SPC and Six Sigma methodology.
- Working knowledge of Wonderware, Noltec, North American, and Eclipse systems.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Office products
Education Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in ceramic, mechanical, or chemical engineering is preferred along with ten-years minimum furnace and manufacturing experience.
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