Engineering Lead

Owens Corning•Newark, OH

13d

About The Position

The Process & Quality Engineer provides technical leadership to ensure safe, stable, and capable manufacturing processes that consistently deliver products meeting customer requirements. This role drives improvements in safety, quality, cost, and productivity through application of continuous improvement principles, TPM methodology, and data-driven decision making. The role also leads plant sustainability initiatives and digital transformation efforts, enabling long-term value creation through responsible resource management and advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related discipline
Three years of technical experience as a Manufacturing Engineer
Proven results in driving product and process improvement in the manufacturing environment through application of continuous improvement principles and methods, including but not limited to TPM, Lean, and Six Sigma.
Utilizing data systems coupled with appropriate problem solving and statistical methods to eliminate manufacturing losses and unnecessary costs
Quick to learn new digital tools and train others as the SME
Proficient in Power BI data source mapping and report generation
Impactful verbal and written communications
Business and financial acumen
Strong planning, resourcing and delegation skills
Ability to engage and care for others starting with safety
Ability to achieve results fast both individually and through teams
An inspirational leader

Responsibilities

Demonstrates and reinforces the OC Safety Stand and ensures an injury-free work environment
Ensures compliance with environmental and regulatory standards and drives zero non-conformities
Owns sustainability performance including energy, waste, and emissions reduction
Understand current manufacturing process capability, drives to reduce variation through Statistical Process Control (SPC), and ensures product quality and consistency to improve the overall customer experience
Drive Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) for quality claims, hold tags, and EOL defect scrap to identify and implement effective corrective and preventive measures
Ensures nonconforming products are contained and not shipped to customers
Develop and manage quality, machine efficiency and cost improvement project pipeline.
Continuously improve Cost of Non-Quality (CONQ) and manufacturing productivity through process technology (density, piece job, spinner, and operating efficiency, direct materials, energy, transportation, and labor)
Drive FI & QM Pillar implementation and progression
Maintains process standards and leverages knowledge for rapid deployment of best practices
Act as primary plant contact with the Product & Process Innovation Teams
Participate in the charter, scope development and execution of capital projects, including rebuilds, to ensure safety, performance, schedule and cost goals of the projects are met or exceeded
Understand and communicate customer expectations to employees through effective use of standard work, reporting and team communication
Ensure process standards are defined and in place to reliably meet manufacturing specification requirements as well as cost and schedule expectations
Facilitate a culture to maintain, improve and/or develop effective customer relationships
Leads digital transformation initiatives using data systems and analytics
Builds a data-driven culture for performance visibility and decision-making
Partners cross-functionally to deploy smart manufacturing tools to shop floor
Create and sustain a culture where Manufacturing Engineer talent is developed through effective technical training and provide appropriate feedback on individual performance and talent evaluation
Act as Development Coach, when appropriate, for early career development participants, creating the appropriate developmental experience and assuring the program outcome is achieved