Coater Specialist

Vitro Flat Glass • Carlisle, PA

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About The Position

Vitro Architectural Glass is hiring a Coater Specialist to oversee coater rebuild activities and support the repair, maintenance, and improvement of coater equipment. The role involves organizing materials, tools, facilities, and external services needed for rebuilds, ensuring procedures are followed, and helping train other Coater personnel. The specialist must have thorough knowledge of coater operations and be available for on-call work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The work requires flexibility for 12-hour shifts, overtime, weekends, holidays, irregular hours, and workdays ranging from 8 to 16 hours.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of coater operations, normally gained through direct experience working as a Coater Service person.
• Excellent attendance record and willingness to work overtime and irregular hours.
• Flexibility, cooperation, and tact when dealing with individuals at all organizational levels, customers, and research personnel.
• Availability to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds repetitively.
• Ability to work in both cold and hot environments.
• Ability to work 8 to 16 hours per day.
• Ability to stand, sit, bend, stoop, twist, and kneel.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and oversee activities during coater rebuilds, including tracking materials entering and leaving the plant to support maintenance.
• Maintain logs of target usage to determine replacement schedules.
• Ensure correct procedures are followed during rebuilds.
• Ensure appropriate tools and facilities are available for coater repair.
• Assemble, disassemble, and repair coater equipment, including roll assemblies, tub shields, planar cathodes, and rotatable cathodes.
• Serve as the go-to person for problems arising during the rebuild process.
• Recommend improvements and changes and oversee their successful implementation.
• Assist with training other Coater personnel.
• Order materials required to repair the coater.
• Organize external contracts used to operate and maintain the coater, such as sandblasting, process gases, and target materials.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Participation in the company's 401(k) and defined contribution plans.
• Direct deposit and weekly pay.
• Required PPE, including shoes, provided.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• Safety Recognition Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed