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Float Line Manager

Guardian Industries
Kingsburg, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/4/2025 CLOSED ON 1/9/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Float Line Manager position at Guardian Industries?

Your Job

Guardian Glass is seeking you to become our next Production Manager - Float Line in Kingsburg, CA!

In this role, you will drive safety and operational excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You must be comfortable with complex operations while working across all levels of the organization to drive vision, strategy, and execution while promoting our One Team mentality. This position is key in the ongoing development of front-line leaders within the department, assessing both team and individual gaps/opportunities and taking action to close them.

Our Team

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do

  • Lead multifaceted team of supervisors, engineers, technicians and operators to achieve reliable, stable, and predictable operations in Float Glass Manufacturing
  • Foster strong partnerships with internal and external resources to apply proven practices to maintain consistent processes, and further our Operations Vision
  • Identify, prioritize, and execute on the most profitable opportunities that drive float line safety, environmental compliance, quality and performance, and build capabilities in our team
  • Own Float Line Department performance results, process safety, stability, and process wastes
  • Own the department's P&L, manage budgets, forecast costs, and drive profitability like a business unit
  • Support the Operations Team in a 24/7/365 environment


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Experience in engineering, maintenance, production, or technical role in a manufacturing setting.
  • Demonstrated experience aligning a team to safety, quality, culture, and operating visions.
  • Proven leadership and coaching experience.
  • Experience using the scientific method to solve problems.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, STEM or Business
  • Glass or Ceramic Process and Production Knowledge: furnace/combustion, glass forming and annealing theory
  • Knowledge of Robotics, Asset Care Strategies and Project Planning


This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

For this role, we anticipate paying $120,000 - $130,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

Salary : $120,000 - $130,000

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