Firing Engineer
Corning
- Pudong, Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide Process Engineering support to the CSCL production line to establish stable operating performance.
- Implement process and equipment improvements to achieve the plant's continuous improvement goals in quality, capability, capacity, delivery and cost.
- Ensure a safe working environment within the facility.
- Interact and support production
- Establishing rigorous process control and discipline within their respective area of responsibility (determine appropriate data collection, process monitoring, control methods, and documented standard operating procedures).
- Controlling process variation and making continuous improvements.
- Investigating and analyzing process issues, providing troubleshooting support, developing solutions, and implementing permanent corrective actions.
- Conducting experimentation to understand cause and effect of changes.
- Controlling effective implementation of process or equipment changes.
- Planning, directing, coordinating and/or leading projects to ensure effective implementation - achieving Objectives, completed on time and within budget.
- Participating on New Products Team - planning for new product introductions, ensuring production readiness, establishing capability, and resolving issues.
- Providing training and certification of operators and technicians in process control and defect detection.
- Interacting with Corporate, Division and Plant technical resources to exchange and transfer technology of best practices.
- Implementing and enforcing procedures for maintaining a safe work environment.
- Staying current as a 'subject matter expert' in their field of technical expertise.
- BS/MS degree in Thermodynamics, Inorganic Non-metal Materials, Mechanical or equivalent.
- 3+ years' experience working on firing process in ceramics related industry.
- Work experience in multi-national companies highly preferred.
- Process control and discipline.
- Process thinking skills - logical problem analysis, decision analysis and understanding and solving problems.
- Manufacturing systems, technical expertise, and statistical skills.
- Good communication skills - both oral and written, including English.
- Team player