Regional Vacuum Coatings SME

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At Guardian Industries, we create products that shape the very landscape of our cities and towns. From commercial to residential, Guardian helps the world see what is possible through coated glass products. At Guardian, we create products that shape the very landscape of our cities and towns.

Guardian is searching for the newest member of our Operations Excellence Group as a Regional Thin Films/Vacuum Coating Subject Matter Expert. This position is located at our Guardian Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE plant or Saudi Guardian GulfGuard (Al Jubail, KSA) plant. The selected individual is responsible for ensuring that our coaters within the Middle East and India are operating to the designed parameters, supporting teams execute to our Proven Practices and incorporating technologies that improve, quality, performance and provide us a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The ideal candidate is an organized professional with excellent analytical and communication skills.

Join our team and apply your technical skills and passion to balance a complex array of opportunities in Guardian’s global portfolio. Come grow with us!

What You Will Do

Sustain and build upon our Vacuum Coating Processes by:

• Leading complex projects in a team-based environment taking advantage of your excellent relationship building and communication skills.
• Developing and deploying Proven Practices for operating and running our vacuum coaters
• Train Optical Thin Film Engineers to optimally set-up and run coating processes
• Documenting standard operating procedures, training guidelines, and “what if” scenarios
• Improving, quality, performance and throughput of vacuum coaters in the region.
• Engaging sites (remotely and onsite) to overcome production challenges and support the execution of a disciplined process of problem solving.
• Advocate for knowledge sharing within the region and collaborate with global capabilities to ensure the best knowledge and resources are available to support the region
• Seek opportunities to learn from the market and bring outside perceptions, best practices and opportunities that will improve Guardian’s process technology capability
• Advancing/deepening the underlying knowledge of our products and production processes technologies
• Clearly presenting and communicating ideas, concepts, and plans across multiple levels thought the region
• Working in multi-cultural and functional teams globally
• Collaborating in a matrixed organization working with Global Operations on new thin film process technology, product launches, product transfers and process improvement initiatives.
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors in Materials Science, Physics, Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Ceramic Engineering, or one of the Engineering disciplines.
• 5 years’ experience in Optical Thin Film technologies and vacuum related technologies focusing on reactive magnetron sputtering process.
• 3 years’ experience in operating large area vacuum coaters in a 24x7 environment.
• Proven experience in problem solving tools – 8D, six sigma methodologies and driving continuous improvements projects
• Ability to travel 30% (UAE, KSA, India)
• Experience contributing to complex projects, analyze problems, and developing corrective actions
• Experience with sputtering processes for solar, semiconductor and/or architectural coated glass industries
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master’s Degree in Materials Science, Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Ceramic Engineering, Physics, or one of the Engineering disciplines.
• 7 years’ experience in Optical Thin Film technologies and vacuum related technologies focusing on reactive magnetron sputtering process.
• 5 years’ experience in operating large area vacuum coaters in a 24x7 environment.
• Experience leading a group of engineers, scientists and technicians.
• Experience with experimental design and statistics
• Familiarity with thin film optical materials and thin film characterization techniques such as Auger, XPS, SEM, TEM, AFM and XRD.
• Experience with thin film optical coating and associated tools (TF Calc, Optilayer, Essential McLeod, Ellipsometer or other thin film modelling packages)
• Experience using QC Lab equipment including Profilometer, Hunter Pro, Perkin Elmer, chemical and optical coatings durability testing
• Experience conducting design and process failure modes and effects analysis
• Experience and/or proven knowledge of the Stage Gate process or proven process/ product development framework
  
  
  

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.

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.

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.