Engineering Project Manager

Corning•Village of Fairport, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in glass, ceramic, and materials science, known for its innovation and ability to push the boundaries of what's possible. The company's technologies impact various markets, including life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar. Corning's success is driven by its people, who are encouraged to break through limitations and drive progress. This role focuses on supporting and leading cross-functional technical teams through New Product Introduction (NPI) activities and engineering, with the goal of driving execution, coordinating resources, managing timelines, and ensuring successful setup and transition of new products, equipment, and processes into manufacturing. The Project Manager will collaborate with various departments to achieve project objectives while adapting to changing plant priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree – preferably in a technical field (Engineering or Physical Sciences).
2+ years’ experience with Project Management / Leadership in leading internal or external teams.
Proven track record with structured project management.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams (commercial, engineering, operations, supply chain) in execution of programs, risk management, and problem solving.
Proven technical aptitude with ability to discern technical approaches by asking the right questions of the team and communicate updates across multiple organizational levels.
Able to make sound decisions by blending analytical thinking with practical judgment, with a bias toward action.

Nice To Haves

Experience in optics is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, hands‑on plant environment.
Strong sense of ownership and personal accountability.
Comfortable influencing others without direct authority.
Adaptable and responsive to changing priorities.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Organized, meticulous attention to detail, self-starter, and motivated.
Proficient use of Microsoft Office Tools (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Project).
Experience with Project Place.

Responsibilities

Defines and executes an overall project plan, including financial and people resources.
Lead and coordinate technical teams to execute NPI and plant engineering projects from concept through manufacturing handoff.
Manages an NPI portfolio, project plans, schedules, milestones, and action items.
Drive accountability for commitments across engineering and plant functions.
Adjust priorities and resource plans as business and plant needs evolve.
Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and execution issues.
Prepare concise project updates for engineering, plant leadership and commercial.
Facilitate effective collaboration across engineering, development, commercial, operations, quality, and supply chain.
Identify execution, technical, and schedule risks; support mitigation and recovery planning.
Ensure projects comply with plant safety, quality, and engineering standards.
Support documentation of lessons learned and continuous improvement in project execution.