Senior Glass Furnace Engineer

Johns Manville•Littleton, CO

About The Position

Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our products are used in a wide variety of industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy. A proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, we serve customers in more than 80 countries around the globe. We are committed to delivering positive and powerful experiences, because we are successful only when our employees and customers thrive. We are passionate, we care about people, we perform at a superior level, and we protect others and our environments. Johns Manville is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of Sr. Glass Engineer in the Furnace Technology team as part of the Engineering & Process Research organization. This position plays a key role in our support of furnace operations and glass production. Responsibilities include utilizing glass-making furnace experience to guide projects to cost effective, best practice, designs to ensure successful project with respect to quality, technology, cost, and schedule, employ working knowledge of refractory properties/applications to ensure optimal refractories are used in projects to meet life expectancy and financial goals, and apply working knowledge of glass-making operations to assist with ongoing furnace life expectancy issues and hot repair requirements. Ideal candidates will have a working knowledge of furnace operations, capital project management, and glass fiber production processes, experience in design and engineering of glass operations, and willingness to work directly with JM production facilities and Engineering & Process Research groups. A key aspect of this role is to identify scope and justify potential new furnace technology opportunities and benefits. Collaboration, Self-Drive, Determination, and Passion for results are important attributes for this role.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or science field.
Requires a minimum of 5 years combined work experience with positions in Engineering, Process Research, and Operations.
Demonstrated success managing capital projects, $5-$20M, and consistently delivers successful budgets with projects of medium/high complexity.
Knowledgeable project management skills including the use of JM project management and procurement systems (InvEx Pro, SAP, Ariba, etc.)
Leads a project team to achieve milestones and objectives by setting priorities and providing direction. May provide feedback for performance evaluations.
Solid interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, problem solving skills, negotiating skills, and process troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated high level of drive and initiative to complete assigned tasks and independently investigate & seek out improvement opportunities
Demonstrated ability to provide complex, innovative, technical solutions to project, furnace, and process engineering problems
Knowledgeable of the supply chain process, bidding, evaluating, contractor selection, and risk mitigation to JM through smart contracting
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other related software applications/environments for communicating, analyzing, monitoring, costing, and reporting
Must be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously in different phases
Must be able to identify good scope interfaces and be aware of risk management principles to mitigate risk to JM
Heavy travel required (45-60 or more days per year)
May be required to lift, carry, push, or pull up to and including 35 pounds.
Work environment is typical of a manufacturing facility (may be exposed to environmental conditions of cold, heat, high noise levels, moving mechanical parts, heights, dust/mist/gas/fumes, extensive walking or climbing, etc.)

Nice To Haves

PMP Certification
Proficient in project scheduling software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6)
Proficient in advanced engineering tools (e.g., AutoCAD)
Experience with a continuous process discipline such as Six Sigma/ Lean/ TQM manufacturing environment
Lean Six Sigma Black/Green Belt certification
Demonstrated proficiency in writing, reviewing, and negotiating technical specifications and contracts
Knowledge of raw materials and glass fiber forming processes
Experience with air-gas combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, and electric fired glass furnace operations

Responsibilities

Develop and manage budgets, schedules, scopes, deliverables, forecasts, cash ﬂows, execution, and reporting to meet the project objectives and deliver the expected beneﬁts to the organization, for multi-discipline industrial manufacturing capital projects worldwide.
Develop, guide, review, and present project feasibility studies and business cases that accurately identify project benefits, risks, and returns.
Utilize glass-making furnace experience to guide projects to cost effective, best practice, designs to ensure successful project with respect to quality, technology, cost, and schedule.
Employ working knowledge of refractory properties/applications to ensure optimal refractories are used in projects to meet life expectancy and financial goals.
Provide technical supervision to refractory related developments including identiﬁcation, qualiﬁcation and testing of new refractory vendors and materials.
Apply working knowledge of glass-making operations to assist with ongoing furnace life expectancy issues and hot repair requirements.
Develop technical specifications and contracts for materials, equipment, and services for all aspects of projects and ensure compliance.
Coordinate, review, provide oversight and manage external engineering resources, consultants, and contractors as needed to meet project objectives.
Design of environmentally compliant processes and specification of environmentally compliant equipment, ensures that all permit requirements are considered and addressed in the design, and that potential environmental issues are identified and addressed during project execution.
Design of safe processes and specification of equipment, ensures that ergonomics is considered in all areas of design, and that potential safety and health hazards are identified and eliminated during project execution.
Ensure that all safety policies and procedures are followed, driving a zero-incident project environment.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid.
Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance.
JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match.
JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.
Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.
Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.
The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account.
JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.
Johns Manville supports employee growth with vast educational opportunities and a company-wide mentoring program. This program pairs employees and leaders to grow skills, build stronger internal networks and strengthen the company’s succession planning process.
Johns Manville also offers soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters. Our talent management team prioritizes the holistic growth of our workforce.