Bushing Design Engineer

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The primary responsibility of the Bushing Design Engineer is to design fiber forming bushings, supporting components, the fiberizing process and provide operational support to our global glass manufacturing facilities. This position requires a deep understanding of the physics and engineering challenges involved in fiberizing at such high temperatures, as well as proficiency in mechanical engineering, heat transfer and fluid flow.

ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY

• Demonstrate a commitment to employee health and safety, particularly through a commitment to zero injuries, awareness of hazards, and a strong understanding of legislative requirements in all aspects of the operation

Glass Fiberizing and Bushing Design Engineering

• Develop and design fiberizing bushing and ancillary hardware for the glass reinforcement plants
• Use computational and analytical tools to deliver bushing solutions that:
• Meet product quality/performance standards, operational performance targets, and life standards
• Minimize the use of Pt/Rh alloys
• Develop and specify the mechanical drawing packages for all components with appropriate standards and tolerancing
• Maintain standard work documents for design and operations
• Maintain standards and qualify new sources for materials
• Support design and material innovation projects
• Design and perform experiments to validate and test new materials or glass types
• Memorialize relevant work in journal-quality internal technical reports and trip reports and other documentation

Glass Reinforcement Operations Support

• Provide on-site and remote support to global Glass Reinforcements Plants to troubleshoot operational issues and support production startups
• Optimize bushing operational performance
• Conduct audits of the fiberizing component operational work standards
• Mentor and develop Glass Reinforcements staff
• Bushing Fabrication Support
• Conduct post-mortem analysis on failed bushing components to determine root cause
• Provide fabrication/tooling support for internal bushing fabrication shops

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in thermal/fluid sciences (Aeronautical/Chemical Engineering degree with applicable experience)
• Experience in mechanical design, mechanical drawings, and standards
• 0-5 years’ industrial design/operations experience

• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Field experience either working in or directly supporting manufacturing operations
• Experience in metalworking, machining, and welding
• Experience with commercial CAD, CFD codes, and FEA codes
• Project leadership including scope, schedule, risk and change management

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Self-motivated, engaged, and organized. Driven to continue to learn and grow to become an expert in a very specified, niche field
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven problem solver, able to lead a team to define problem, root cause and corrective actions
• Ability and desire to be hands on in a lab to build and execute experimental programs
• Willing to travel up to 35%, some international
• Experienced with common office software and able to quickly learn other software tools
• Manage multiple projects independently