Department Manager, Coating/Thin Films Operations

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Department Manager, Coating/Thin Films Operations

Location(s)

Corsicana, Texas

Company

Guardian Glass

Career Field

Operations & Manufacturing

Job Number

193477

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Your Job

Guardian Glass is seeking you to become our next Department Manager for Coating/Thin Films Operations in Corsicana, TX!

In this role, you will be drive safety and operational excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You must be comfortable with complex operations while working across all levels of the organization to drive vision, strategy, and execution while promoting our One Team mentality. This position is key in the ongoing development of front-line leaders within the department, assessing both team and individual gaps/opportunities and taking action to close them.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

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

• Lead a cross-functional team of supervisors, engineers, technicians, and manufacturing personnel to achieve safe, reliable, and predictable coater operations in a 24/7/365 manufacturing environment
• Champion a proactive safety culture and ensure safe operating practices, risk assessments, training, and compliance with site and regulatory requirements across the coater department
• Ensure coated products consistently meet internal specifications and customer requirements by maintaining effective process controls and driving resolution of quality and defect issues
• Own coater manufacturing performance, establish clear performance targets, and drive accountability for results
• Identify, prioritize, and execute high-value opportunities to improve coater efficiency, reduce manufacturing losses and cost, increase throughput and capacity, improve reliability, and expand product and process capabilities
• Lead the continuous improvement of coater processes and equipment through data-driven problem solving, root-cause analysis, process optimization, and effective implementation of manufacturing and technical improvements
• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to improve equipment reliability, maximize uptime, eliminate chronic losses, and develop long-term strategies for critical coater assets
• Develop and maintain a highly capable organization through effective hiring, coaching, performance management, technical training, succession planning, and leadership development
• Lead capital and improvement projects that enhance coater capability via project management and Management of Change practices

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Proven leadership and coaching experience in a 24/7 continuous manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or other STEM related field
• Demonstrated experience aligning a team to safety, quality, cultural, and productivity expectations
• Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting
• Experience using statistical and systematic methods to solve problems

What Will Put You Ahead

• Thin Film Optical Process and Production Knowledge: Sputtering, vacuum processes, and equipment
• Glass or Ceramic Process and Production Knowledge: furnace/combustion, glass forming and annealing theory
• Knowledge of Robotics, Asset Care Strategies and Capital Project Planning

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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