Regional Coater Leader

Guardian Glass is looking for a Regional Coater Technical Manager or Director to join our team!

This role can be based out of Carleton, MI or Auburn Hills, MI.

In this role, you are responsible for ensuring that our coater operations are performing to the designed parameters. We are upgrading and incorporating technologies that improve, quality, performance and provide us a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Join our team and apply your technical skills and passion to balance a complex array of opportunities in Guardian's global portfolio.

Our Team

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do

• Develop and deploy proven practices for operating and running our thin film coaters
• Improve quality, performance and throughput of coaters in the region
• Support sites to overcome challenges by following a disciplined process of problem solving
• Serve as a leader in change management when new thin film technologies/ products are launched or transferred globally
• Serve as a Technical SME to the production coating teams to troubleshoot process or product issues in facilities with regard to new/transferred technologies and products
• Bring outside perceptions, best practices and opportunities to improve our process technology capability
• Understand and apply a structured review of our process technology/ product launches through Stage Gate methodology
• Clearly present and communicate ideas, concepts, and plans across multiple levels
• Work in multi-cultural and functional teams globally
• Collaborate in a matrixed organization on new thin film process technology, product launches and product transfers

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in operating large area vacuum coaters in a 24x7 environment
• Experience leading a group of engineers, scientists and technicians
• Experience in thin film science and technology using vacuum sputtering techniques
• Experience with experimental design and statistics

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master's Degree in Materials Science, Engineering, or Physics
• Experience in thin film and vacuum related technologies focusing on magnetron sputtering process
• Experience with on-line characterization tools such as Zeiss, DTMs (Digital Transmission Monitoring), RGA (Residual Gas Analyzer), Plasma characterization and coating inspection systems such as Dr. Schenk or ISRA Vision
• Experience with thin film optical coating and associated tools (TF Calc, Optilayer, Essential McLeod, Ellipsometer or other thin film modeling packages)

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world's most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).

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