Furnace Engineer (Northwest Nashville Metro)

Job Description

General Description:

A furnace engineer is responsible for achieving and maintaining optimum process performance in the

areas of furnace, batch, sizing and fiber forming operation while producing quality fiber glass within

customer specifications. The primary focus of the furnace engineer is toward increasing efficiencies in all

areas of the process including raw material usage, energy consumption, process control, furnace condition

and final total percent pack efficiencies. Furnace engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient

operation of the furnace, batch and sizing systems while also heavily integrated with fiber forming to

ensure quality production at world class efficiencies.

Requirements

Promote and maintain safety goals and ensure a safe work environment for all employees.

Leads safety and housekeeping efforts and corrective actions within assigned projects and areas.

Exemplifies safety in all actions and leads by example.

Responsible for meeting established goals and objectives. Acts as a technical resource for the

organization.

Utilizes SPC methods and six sigma methodology to eliminate special cause and reduces common

cause variation while striving for continuous improvement

Ensures customer satisfaction through process control and standardization. Operates, control and

maintains furnace and forehearth to ensure safe, efficient and cost effective operation. Monitors

energy prices and usage and recommends most cost effective energy input. Monitors furnace and

forehearth condition and takes appropriate preventive actions to prevent furnace outage or leaks.

Knows response to power outage procedures, as well as glass leak procedures, etc.

Writes and maintains job instructions, process setup sheets and process check sheets utilizing coach

and primary employee feedback.

Initiate cost reduction ideas into the fiberglass melting and forming process to further the goal of being

the safest, high quality, low cost fiberglass producer. Conducts production trials with both product and

or process improvement studies that support continued improvement efforts.

Directs multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizes completion of projects according to company

objectives. Documentation of projects and process changes are communicated and updated.

Ensure process setups are documented, communicated and adhered to on a daily basis to meet

customer and company standards.

Maximizes production efficiency. Identifies opportunities for productivity improvements and takes

appropriate action. Optimizes existing processes and products.

Responsible for all aspects of the assigned manufacturing processes, including batch, furnace and

sizing, 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.).

Orders and inventories 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.

Monitor the condition of all equipment in the batch, furnace and forehearth area and initiate 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 forehearth using thermox.

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

Full-time