Forming Specialist

For our Client, an important Company operating in the industrial sector, we are looking for a Forming Specialist.
**Responsibilities**
- performing technical duties and developing techniques at Company customer’s glass plants, such as:

- Start up of glass container productions, from the first glass gob loaded on the IS machine, to an acceptable level of production efficiency and quality.
- Implement on Customer’s production lines services as “Performance Tests”, targeting the Key Performance Indexes agreed between the Company and the Customer.
- Sampling under glass new containers as “New Product Development” projects.
- Training the Customers’ personnel as well as Company personnel on the Glass Making process.
- Ensuring that safety rules, company policies and procedures are adhered to and enforced.
- Analyzing basic forming process data points, including but not limited to blank and blow moulds temperatures, gob length, glass gobs temperatures.
- Setting of Dynamic Forming System / Gob Weight Controller and other process control systems
- Timing the events that control the IS Machine and Hot End equipment.
- Tracking performance of jobs to determine root cause and corrective actions for low performance or poor quality.
- Sharing the correct Job Change Operations to speed up the process glass-to-glass.
- Analyzing advanced forming process data points including but not limited to complete refiner and forehearth temperatures, combustion, machine cooling curves and slopes, complete machine timing maps across all plant processes, air pressures, machine water and lubrication settings and suggests changes to improve process stability and efficiency.
- Checking on mold equipment for abnormal ware or condition issues relating to process and setup issues on I.S. machine mechanisms.
- Providing basic support in use and setup of forming process control systems including but not limited to inverters, drive systems, servo systems, sweep out systems and weight controllers.
- Having proficiency in bottle handling & systems at the Hot End such as sweep outs, conveyors, transfer wheels, lehr loaders.
- Working closely with departments as Batch and Furnace, Mould and Machine Repair, Quality and Batch and Furnace to suggest improvements.

**Your Profile**
- High School diploma required
- Associate degree in Engineering or Business preferred, or 3-5 years related experience.
- Knowledge of the glass container forming process is welcomed.
- Hands-on bottle making experience on IS forming machines is welcomed.
- An understanding of mold repair and machine repair technology and their relationship to Forming function is welcomed.
- Language: English and Italian are required to communicate with customers
- Availability is required to:

- Travel and reach customer’s sites globally.
- Spend a total amount that can reach 150 days per year for services at customer’s site, including days of travel and idle days.

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