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Evansville, In, Us

United States

United States

Technical Support Engineer

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

Food and Beverage packaging

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Provide support in the development of new products. Lead implementation of technical improvements. Coordinate filling line trials on customer sites. Respond to customer inquiries related to equipment performance issues. Audit customer equipment and process for impediments resulting in reduction in filing speed, damage to cans or ends and unsafe double seam quality. Performs quality engineering activities as requested, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns. Conducts and participates in continuous improvement activities to enhance equipment performance and part quality (such as 5S, Kaizen lean methods, etc.). Develops training to build and sustain process awareness. Conducts audits, creates report, determines proper corrective and preventive actions. Analyzes equipment failure, machine tooling, corrective, and preventative action to respond to customer complaints and creates/maintains documentation, such as equipment manuals, troubleshooting procedures, routine double seam inspections, etc. with the engineering, operations, and plant staff on quality-related matters. Participates in evaluating customer claims. 70% Travel to customer locations for routine visits and equipment support.

Wisconsin

Providing customer support throughout the container equipment and container closures arena. In addition to hands on solutions within industrial container packaging. Primary focus relates to can seams, and seamer equipment. With hands on experience in dealing with all aspects of food and beverage packaging.Providing an end result that delivers to each customer a precise assessment and professional service of all equipment related technologies. Targeting total asset utilization.Silgan Customer Services & TrainingCustomer equipment representatives are on call to provide support for virtually every aspect of your can manufacturing process, from final can design through secondary packaging.The Customer Equipment Services Group is on call 24/720+ years' average experience per technicianHighly-trained individuals work closely with management, maintenance and quality controlProviding answers to regulatory compliance, food safety and materials questionsAdditionally, customer equipment service professionals provide 24/7 services to all our customers. Silgan’s extensive testing laboratories located at the Technology Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin are yet another customer service resource.Silgan Customer Equipment Services Our Customer Equipment Services (CES) Group of highly-trained individuals work closely with management, maintenance and quality control to ensure your process is always running.CES reps perform and review Double Seam (DS) evaluations.Recommendations are made for any deficiencies identified by the DS evaluation.Trouble shooting (double seams and closing machines)CES reps provide asset support related to closing machine issues and Double Seam deficiencies. In addition CES provides training, and staffing support. CES interacts with onsite staffing and process operations to ensure that we exceed Customer expectations.

Bristol, Va United States

Metal beverage container manufacturing equipment control, production process control, vision system control, . Primary focus relates to can end manufacturing technologies. An SOT can end subject matter expert (SME) with in-depth experience in high speed press tooling applications , coatings, and various metal container decoration applications including in process laser incising. •Troubleshooting and repair of high-speed production equipment. Possessing a solid foundation in high speed commercial use of Formatec, Bruderer , Minister, and Bliss Presses. Additional competencies with Crown, Grace , and Preferred compound liners. •Vision System Control Design and troubleshoot product quality image scans for monitoring dimensional characteristics of in process parts and finished products. Familiar with Pressco and Applied vision system through multiple applications. • Diagnostic test equipment controlSencon,Trac, and Altec systems performing routine and complex set-up, preventative maintenance, repair and modification.

Welding Technology/Welder

Bulk Product Handling

Handling and transportation of dry goods, hazardous and regulated materials .