Manufacturing Engineer

Owens Corning•Kansas City, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Owens Corning is investing in excess of $200 million to transform our Kansas City Fiberglass Insulation Plant—adding jobs, expanding capabilities, and shaping the future of manufacturing at a facility that has been a cornerstone of building products production for 80 years. We’re looking for a Manufacturing Engineer who thrives on challenges, inspires teams, and delivers results that matter. PURPOSE OF THE JOB The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and continuously improving manufacturing processes to safely produce products that meet customer, regulatory, and internal requirements at the lowest total cost. This role provides technical leadership to improve safety, eliminate waste, increase process capability, reduce variability, and enhance productivity across assigned manufacturing lines and processes. The Manufacturing Engineer serves as a key link between operations, maintenance, quality, and technical resources to ensure stable, capable, and standardized processes while developing operator and technician capability through strong process control and TPM-based practices. Reports to: Technical Leader Span of Control: No direct reports What You’ll Do Safety & Environmental Leadership Promote a strong safety culture where safety and sustainability are core values and personal responsibilities. Ensure manufacturing processes, control plans, and work instructions are designed and executed to protect employees, contractors, and visitors. Lead and support risk assessments, job hazard analyses, and safe work planning for critical tasks. Drive proactive safety and environmental initiatives to prevent incidents and nonconformities. Support safety readiness and operational safety efforts connected to layout/design and operational procedures (e.g., safe job changeover protocols, defined walkways/zones, and movement/traffic patterns) as applicable to line operation for the K6 line. Process Performance & Technical Excellence Establish and maintain process recipes, control strategies, and operating standards to achieve consistent process performance. Conduct regular process audits, analyze process capability, and implement sustainable corrective actions. Apply statistical tools, data analytics, and structured problem-solving to reduce variation and improve performance. Analyze process and quality data to improve yield, uptime, throughput, and cost performance. Ensure nonconforming products are effectively contained and prevented from shipment. Customer & Product Quality Focus Develop a strong understanding of customer requirements and translate them into capable manufacturing processes. Lead and support trials and experiments for new and existing products to validate process capability and fitness for use. Partner with Product Technical Leaders and Product Stewards to align specifications, materials, and bills of material with manufacturing capability and cost targets. Drive standardization and deployment of best practices across products and processes. Equipment Reliability, TPM, & Capital Projects Partner with Maintenance to resolve equipment issues and improve reliability using TPM and Operator-Based Care principles. Participate in loss elimination activities and continuous improvement efforts across the site. Identify equipment capability gaps and develop capital requests for upgrades or process improvements. Support the scope development and execution of capital projects, rebuilds, and trials to meet safety, cost, schedule, and performance objectives. Talent Development & Collaboration Train and coach operators and technicians on manufacturing processes, process control, and equipment fundamentals. Develop and implement Operator Control Plans and ensure adherence through auditing and follow-up. Communicate effectively across all organizational levels and collaborate with peers, technical teams, and other plants. Influence change and drive results through technical expertise and collaboration without direct authority. Project/Start-up Involvement Help define and operationalize process stability measurement methods, including how stability is measured and reviewed, and how actions are tracked to completion. Support planning and execution of the process qualification plan, including product-by-product qualification status tracking and roll-up views for leadership decision-making in collaboration with the K6 Process Engineer. Partner with the K6 Process Engineer and cross-functional stakeholders to identify innovation/testing work that may continue after startup when full asset testing is not possible pre-startup. Assist with establishing and sustaining operating standards and control strategies that maintain stability across product families and operating conditions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
Minimum of 2 years of experience in a manufacturing or technical environment
Working knowledge of process control, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving
Candidates must be able to meet the physical and environmental requirements of working in a manufacturing setting at Owens Corning. This includes supporting a 24/7, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment in a non-climate-controlled facility. Essential physical capabilities include but aren’t limited to the ability to lift up to 40 pounds, maneuver up and down stairs, and perform continuous standing, lifting, bending, and other physically demanding tasks.

Nice To Haves

Experience in continuous manufacturing environments
Knowledge of TPM, Lean Manufacturing, or Six Sigma (Green Belt preferred)
Experience with glass, insulation, or other high-volume industrial processes
Experience leading trials, process improvements, or capital projects
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, process capability, and variation reduction
Data-driven mindset with the ability to apply analytical and statistical tools
Effective communicator able to engage employees at all levels
Strong project and priority management skills
Results-oriented, highly ethical, and committed to continuous improvement
Ability to act as a change agent and technical leader in a collaborative environment

Responsibilities

Promote a strong safety culture where safety and sustainability are core values and personal responsibilities.
Ensure manufacturing processes, control plans, and work instructions are designed and executed to protect employees, contractors, and visitors.
Lead and support risk assessments, job hazard analyses, and safe work planning for critical tasks.
Drive proactive safety and environmental initiatives to prevent incidents and nonconformities.
Support safety readiness and operational safety efforts connected to layout/design and operational procedures (e.g., safe job changeover protocols, defined walkways/zones, and movement/traffic patterns) as applicable to line operation for the K6 line.
Establish and maintain process recipes, control strategies, and operating standards to achieve consistent process performance.
Conduct regular process audits, analyze process capability, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Apply statistical tools, data analytics, and structured problem-solving to reduce variation and improve performance.
Analyze process and quality data to improve yield, uptime, throughput, and cost performance.
Ensure nonconforming products are effectively contained and prevented from shipment.
Develop a strong understanding of customer requirements and translate them into capable manufacturing processes.
Lead and support trials and experiments for new and existing products to validate process capability and fitness for use.
Partner with Product Technical Leaders and Product Stewards to align specifications, materials, and bills of material with manufacturing capability and cost targets.
Drive standardization and deployment of best practices across products and processes.
Partner with Maintenance to resolve equipment issues and improve reliability using TPM and Operator-Based Care principles.
Participate in loss elimination activities and continuous improvement efforts across the site.
Identify equipment capability gaps and develop capital requests for upgrades or process improvements.
Support the scope development and execution of capital projects, rebuilds, and trials to meet safety, cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
Train and coach operators and technicians on manufacturing processes, process control, and equipment fundamentals.
Develop and implement Operator Control Plans and ensure adherence through auditing and follow-up.
Communicate effectively across all organizational levels and collaborate with peers, technical teams, and other plants.
Influence change and drive results through technical expertise and collaboration without direct authority.
Help define and operationalize process stability measurement methods, including how stability is measured and reviewed, and how actions are tracked to completion.
Support planning and execution of the process qualification plan, including product-by-product qualification status tracking and roll-up views for leadership decision-making in collaboration with the K6 Process Engineer.
Partner with the K6 Process Engineer and cross-functional stakeholders to identify innovation/testing work that may continue after startup when full asset testing is not possible pre-startup.
Assist with establishing and sustaining operating standards and control strategies that maintain stability across product families and operating conditions.