Finishing Process Engineer (Job Location: Vemula, Telangana, India) **Date:** Jan 6, 2025 **Location:** Gurgaon, HR, IN, 122002 **Company:** Corning Requisition Number: 64800 **Corning-SGD Pharma JV Profile:** Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) and SGD Pharma announced a joint venture that includes the opening of a new glass tubing facility to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing in India and allows SGD Pharma to adopt Corning’s Velocity® Vial technology platform. Combining SGD Pharma’s vial-converting expertise with Corning’s proprietary glass-coating technology, the collaboration will enhance vial quality, improve filling-line productivity, and speed the global delivery of injectable treatments. SGD Pharma and Corning have broken ground on a new pharmaceutical glass tubing facility in Telangana, India. Together, the two companies will help drugmakers respond to increasingly complex capacity and quality issues while meeting global demand for critical medicines. **Job Location:** **Vemula, Telangana** **, India** **Purpose of the Position:** + Support production of 24 hours melting/finishing operation with solid engineering principles focused on process optimization and continuous improvement + Ensure process stability and support daily operations + Customer satisfaction target achievement **Day to Day Responsibilities:** + Monitor all of the process trend charts to make sure the process is under control. + Check and confirm daily operation checklist to ensure all the operation compliance. + Support the 1st level trouble shooting and fix process variation on daily operations. + Consult and report out 2nd level troubleshooting issue or any potential issue. + Upgrade SOP and support operations for safety improvement, efficiency improvement, process variation reduction, training for key process + Focus to meet engineering target by upper organization / plant + Focus on furnace repairing and downtime management. Involved in tank life strategy development. + Involve and support any plant level project such as start-up, equipment upgrade, new technology, process improvement, etc. + Create and support developments in equipment design and new process that can improve or enhance the current process capabilities. + Support to achieve plant cost reduction and efficiency goals. **Project involved with:** + Support plant start-up project + Any plant engineering project during day to day operations + Lead or coordinate the plant-level cost reduction projects. **Reporting Structure:** + Immediate Supervisor: Division Engineering Manager **Education or Experience:** + Bachelor’s Degree plus 5-10 years engineering experience preferably in a continuous glass manufacturing environment **Travel Requirements:** + Minimal **Required Skills:** + Technically curious – seeks information needed to succeed in becoming a glass finishing/ packaging expert. + Strong technical skills – understanding of mechanical engineering to apply to equipment troubleshooting, process optimization, and develop new design concept for equipment improvement + Analytical skills – ability to use rigorous data analysis and distill into concise results. + Problem-solving skills – ability to handle technical challenges using scientific methodology. + MS Office computing skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). **Desired Skills:** + Understanding of tubing glass manufacturing process + Glass making, ceramic or other materials processing experience + New product/process development or scale up experience + Statistical analysis skills and/or experimental design experience + Project leadership skills – vision, planning, and execution **Soft Skills:** + Strong interpersonal skills – ability to interact across all parts of the organization (operators, trades, engineers, scientists, managers) + Effective written and verbal communication skills – ability to sell technical ideas to influence decision making + Responsible for self-development – adapts to new situations and actively takes charge of career growth + Ability to work in a diverse project team environment, leading or supporting technical projects