Engineering Technician III
Work Mode: Onsite
Location: Onsite - Kohler, WI
3rd Shift 6pm - 6am (Sunday - Thursday)
Opportunity
The Engineering Technician III – Glass Production supports the development, control, and optimization of glass and enamel manufacturing processes within an Enamel Shop environment. This role combines hands-on technical execution, process monitoring, and data-driven problem solving to support glass smelting, frit preparation, enameling quality, and environmental control systems. Working under general direction, this role assists engineers and technical leaders to ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient production.
Specific Responsibilities
- Monitor glass melters, material batching systems, frit prep systems, and control room interfaces.
- Maintain batching processes as needed to ensure correct material formulation
- Monitor and adjust the smelter to ensure proper glass flow and composition while maintaining environmental parameters.
- Respond to alarms, ECS conditions, and process deviations.
- Perform smelter start-up, ramping, hot hold, shutdown, and changeovers.
- Collect, analyze, and trend production and quality data.
- Generate reports supporting engineering decisions and continuous improvement.
- Maintain accurate testing and batch records.
- Execute enameling and glass quality tests including flow button, thermal expansion, opacity, color, and visual appearance testing.
- Prepare, test, and qualify incoming frits, pigments, and glass batches.
- Support batch formulation, standard flow powder preparation, and smelting operations.
- Troubleshoot glass and enamel defects using process and quality data.
- Assist with equipment installation, inspection, calibration, and troubleshooting issues.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Environmental Control Systems: Monitoring NOx, baghouse, scrubber, and dust collection systems, document and report out.
- Follow all safety procedures and promote a safe work environment.
Continuous Improvement & Collaboration:
- Support engineering trials, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with engineering, production, quality, maintenance, and environmental teams.
- Direct Union associations when supervisor is not present.
Skills/Requirements
- Post-secondary technical education or equivalent experience preferred
- 1+ year of relevant technical or manufacturing experience
- Experience in glass, enamel, ceramics, coatings, or chemical processing environments preferred
- This position operates in a manufacturing and industrial environment with exposure to heat, glass materials, machinery, and process control systems. Frequent walking up and down stairs.Occasional use of PIV equipment.Use of PPE and adherence to safety standards is required.
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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you’ll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period.
The hourly range for this position is $28.15 - $42.25. The specific hourly rate offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including candidate's education and work location.
Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact kohlerjobs@kohler.com. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
