**Company Description** Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day's work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, we probably made it. We are O-I and we love being the world’s leading manufacturer of glass packaging. O-I has over a century of experience producing pure, sustainable, and brand-creating glass containers for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage manufacturers. We are proud to provide high-quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. **Job Description** **Job Description** Control the variables and operating conditions of the furnace to ensure glass meets quality requirements and container formation standards, within established operational criteria and limits, to guarantee furnace longevity and minimum melting costs. **Main Responsibilities** * Monitor furnace operation. * Ensure cleanliness and order in the area. * Ensure proper functioning of equipment in the area. * Assist during fuel changes and standby equipment operations. * Perform scheduled inspections of burner operations. * Operate the colorant dosing equipment. * Operate mixing equipment. * Conduct physical inspections of raw materials. * Control overweight and underweight issues. * Review transportation routes to furnaces. **Requirements** **Academic Background:** * Mechanical Technician or Technologist **Work Experience:** Two (2) years of experience. Training in raw material handling and furnace operation. **Specific Knowledge:** * Charging and mixture distribution * Combustion * Moisture determination * Operation of MCS control systems * Furnace operation * Electric boosting system operation * Furnace feeding systems * Furnace combustion systems * Fuel handling control systems * Furnace backup equipment * Glass defects * Statistical process control * HACCP * Annealing / Thermal Shock * Strands * R&R studies **Additional Information** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.