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Forming Specialist

Harlow
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To be the leading producer of glass bottles and jars worldwide you need passion, commitment and innovation baked into the very fabric of a business and its people. For more than 120 years, our glass makers have honed their craft—channeling their creativity into more than 1,800 patents held today. When you join O-I you become part of that story.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. We are dedicated to make what matters to shape a healthier, more sustainable and more exciting world. We transform the industry to make glass more relevant and more accessible to more people.

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About the Role

Join our team at O-I as a Forming Process Specialist, where you’ll play a key role in driving operational excellence and product quality on the forming line. In this position you will have the opportunity to lead the IS machine setup process by managing forming process variables to ensure stable, safe, and high-quality operations. Also, collaborate closely with the Line Leader to identify and implement continuous improvements in both process performance and team capabilities. In addition, you will support the development of forming line personnel through hands-on guidance and knowledge sharing.

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This is an on-site position based in our Brampton plant.

Key Responsibilities & What You Will Be Doing

  • Leading Safety: You will be actively leading all aspects of safety compliance in the forming department, applying policies and procedures to ensure a safe and secure workplace.
  • Managing Process Variables: You will analyze and manage all machine process variables—including blank temperatures, gob length, front zone glass temperatures, gob weight controller settings, and XPAR IR-D—to bring a disciplined and data-driven approach to process stability and improvement.
  • Driving Quality: You will be engaged with the Line Leader to monitor job quality performance. Collaborating with plant subject matter experts, you will respond to low-quality outcomes by identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and refining job setups for sustainable results.
  • Overseeing Ware Inspection: You will ensure that personnel assigned to the line inspect ware from active production daily, identify appearance and defect issues, report them appropriately, and support remediation through coaching and guidance.
  • Providing Technical Leadership: You will lead job setups and machine operations during job changes, stabilizing and enhancing performance through hands-on technical support.
  • Improving Asset Uptime: You will be actively involved in maintenance activities to boost equipment reliability. This includes preventative tasks such as section unit changes, section PMs, expendable refractory replacement, combustion filter replacement, conditioning burner maintenance, and mechanism replacement.

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Qualifications

Key Requirements:

  • You have 5+ years of experience in the Forming Department with specific areas of tenure including:
    • Shift experience and IS machine lead (Upkeep +)
    • Experience with job change activities such as: Loading job setups, Setting up sections, Machine phase, Refractory expendable changes and handling, Forehearth operations
  • You are a good communicator and understand that teamwork is key to a team's success

Additional Information

  • Competitive salary
  • Contributory pension plan
  • Bonus scheme
  • Life Assurance benefit, Employee Assistance Programme
  • Company Sick Pay
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Skills

Forming Process Management
Safety Compliance
Process Variable Analysis
Quality Monitoring
Root Cause Analysis
Technical Leadership
Job Setup
Machine Operations
Maintenance Activities
Team Collaboration
Communication Skills
Data-Driven Approach
Coaching
Guidance
Continuous Improvement
Operational Excellence

Location

Harlow, England, United Kingdom

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