Combination Glassing

Pfaudler Company•Rochester, NY

7d•$22 - $37•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves various levels of expertise within the glassing department, including coating, smelting, and inspection. Employees progress through levels based on skill and experience, with opportunities to specialize in different areas such as coating, smelting, or expediting/inspection. The position requires adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), participation in developing new methods, and training other employees. A strong understanding of basic math, fractions, and reading comprehension is necessary, and a calculator is permitted during testing. Progression is generally from Level 5 up to Level 1, though senior employees may opt to remain at their current level.

Requirements

Basic Math skills (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Long Division of whole numbers and fractions).
Reading comprehension.
Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Ability to work independently or jointly with co-workers.
Ability to use departmental handling equipment including tow-motor, crane, and stacker crane.
Ability to operate furnaces and chargers.
Ability to use various coating techniques.
Ability to visually inspect coated surfaces and test coatings.
Ability to operate smelters and control temperature.
Ability to conduct control tests on smelte.
Ability to weigh and load components for milling.
Ability to monitor milling process.
Ability to maintain and clean respirators.
Ability to keep work area clean.
Ability to report equipment issues.
Ability to inspect product at each step.
Willingness to wear company-paid fire-proof uniform and necessary safety equipment (Level 3 Smelter Technician).
Ability to progress through levels from 5 to 1 as opportunities arise.

Nice To Haves

Experience in developing new SOPs.
Experience with straight spray, spray dust, dual spray, slushing, draw coating, electrostatic, hot dusting techniques.
Experience with high-voltage spark testers.
Experience with lapping nozzles.
Experience with glass repairs.
Experience with trial and development of new methods, materials, and processes.
Experience training others.
Experience with programmed firing profiles and temperatures.
Experience with furnace maintenance.
Experience cutting up scrap firing rings.
Experience cleaning threaded ends on baffles or agitators.
Experience with incoming raw material monitoring.
Experience with raw material inventory management.
Experience with computer programs for batch weighing.
Experience with smelter temperature controllers.
Experience with dumping/quenching smelted material.
Experience maintaining records of smelt number, process timing, and temperature control charts.
Experience packaging frit and marking containers.
Experience monitoring frit inventory.
Experience reviewing enamel stock and scheduling mills.
Experience monitoring wet milled enamel age.
Experience with enamel mill sheets.
Experience resizing ball mills.
Experience maintaining inventory of spray guns and parts.
Experience preparing frit and dust shipment for exports.
Experience cleaning sumps.
Experience with QC department communication.
Ability to exercise the option to remain at a current level indefinitely without advancement (senior Lower Level Glassing Combo employee).

Responsibilities

Follow and assist in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Apply superior coatings to various product surfaces using multiple techniques.
Attain and maintain required coating thickness uniformity.
Visually inspect coated surfaces for flaws and imperfections, test coatings, and record data.
Perform glass repairs as required.
Participate in trial and development of new methods, materials, and processes.
Train other employees in various functions.
Operate and maintain furnaces and chargers, ensuring proper drying, setup, firing profiles, and temperatures.
Move and position product using departmental handling equipment (tow-motor, crane, stacker crane).
Remove firing supports and process scrap firing rings.
Clean and lap surfaces of baffles and agitators.
Assist other members of the glassing departments.
Maintain clean and organized work areas.
Monitor incoming raw materials based on specifications.
Inventory raw materials and advise supervisor when reorders are necessary.
Store incoming raw materials in assigned locations.
Weigh and proportion raw materials according to computer programs and batch sheets.
Operate the batch mixer.
Smelt glass according to time and temperature specifications, including loading, controlling temperature, quenching, and maintaining records.
Prepare samples and conduct control tests on every smelt.
Package frit and mark glass identification and smelt number on containers.
Monitor and maintain frit inventory and identify potential shortages.
Review enamel stock and schedule mills to maintain stock.
Monitor the age of wet milled enamel and discharge if expired.
Weigh and load components for milling according to computer programs and mill sheets.
Monitor the milling process to ensure product fineness.
Dump mills when processed and record milling data.
Process wet and dry material through the scalping screen and monitor for foreign material.
Resize ball mills regularly.
Maintain an inventory of spray guns and parts, replace worn parts, and record work done.
Supply enamel for shifts and record material issued.
Prepare frit and dust shipment for exports.
Maintain and clean respirators daily and record work done.
Keep work area clean, including sumps.
Report broken or malfunctioning equipment.
Inspect product at each step and alert QC department of concerns.
Evaluate all glass-lined equipment as required (Level 4).
Primarily evaluate glass-lined parts, components, and small vessels/top heads (Level 5).