Hot End Repair Technician

Your Job

Guardian Glass is seeking a Hot End Repair Technician in Richburg, SC!The Hot End Repair Technician serves as the plant's technical resource for furnace hot repairs, furnace maintenance activities, and hot-end operational support. This role will work on a day shift Monday - Friday, but on call 24/7.

Starting wage is up to $28/hr. depending on experience.

Our Team

Who are Guardian Industries? When you are looking at a city’s skyline or any of the latest cars and trucks, chances are you’re seeing our products. Through Guardian Glass, a Guardian Industries company, we make high- performance, energy efficient glass for homes and buildings. Guardian Industries company, makes automotive trim products that define a vehicle’s DNA and help improve fuel efficiency.

And perhaps most of all, we make the ideas, formulas and processes that make these products possible. Guardian Industries is 18,000 people working to make products that improve people’s lives! To learn more, visit our website at: https://www.guardian.com.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Support furnace seal-up activities and hot repair campaigns
• Monitor furnace condition and identify repair opportunities to maintain furnace integrity, performance, and campaign life
• Coordinate and execute emergency and planned furnace repair activities
• Support refractory inspections, repair planning, and follow-up actions
• Coordinate and support roll change activities to maintain safe operation and product quality.
• Assist in troubleshooting operational and equipment issues affecting furnace, bath, and hot-end performance.
• Support preventive maintenance and reliability improvement initiatives for hot-end systems.
• Provide daily technical support for furnace and hot-end operations.

Who you are (Basic Qualifications)

• One (1) or more years of experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Experience using a computer and familiarity with technology

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in float glass furnace operations and hot-end processes
• Knowledge of furnace refractory systems, hot repairs, and furnace maintenance practices
• Experience in monitoring and troubleshooting manufacturing processes

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, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information:   http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf