Manufacturing Engineer

Owens Corning•Newark, OH

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About The Position

The Binder & Washwater Engineer provides technical ownership and day-to-day engineering support for binder preparation, storage, distribution, application, and associated water systems. The role ensures these systems operate safely, reliably, and cost-effectively while meeting product-quality and manufacturing-performance requirements. The engineer partners with production, maintenance, quality, sourcing, and technical teams to troubleshoot process issues, maintain system capability, coordinate planned work, support trials and job changes, and implement sustainable process improvements. The role has technical responsibility across chemical manufacturing processes, wool plant washwater and reclaim systems, and the wool plant cullet water supply. It reports to the Plant Technical Leader. Success includes safe and compliant system operation; stable binder and water-system performance; effective response to upsets and equipment issues; reduced downtime, waste, and recurring failures; accurate recipes, calibrations, and records; successful trials and improvement projects; and improved cost, recovery, and team capability. Owens Corning is a branded building products company with businesses in roofing, insulation, and doors, primarily serving residential markets in North America and Europe. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Owens Corning states that it is an equal opportunity employer and generally does not employ anyone under age 18, except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Manufacturing or process-engineering experience in chemical mixing, liquid-delivery systems, process controls, or continuous manufacturing.
Experience with PLC/HMI systems, process historians, data-trending tools, and structured root-cause analysis.
Ability to work safely around industrial chemicals, operating equipment, elevated temperatures, pumps, tanks, and piping systems.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across production, maintenance, quality, laboratory, sourcing, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

Champion safe handling and use of binder chemicals and raw materials, ensure compliance with personal protective equipment and chemical hazard/SDS requirements, participate in audits and risk assessments, and address process, equipment, environmental, and chemical-handling risks.
Develop working knowledge of binder components and their formulation functions; monitor and adjust solids, pH, ingredient ratios, LOI, BAE, and other critical parameters; evaluate formulation and process changes; and support recipe development and raw-material conversions.
Provide technical support for automatic and manual binder mixing systems; coordinate calibration, production, and job-change mixes; configure recipes, ingredient and tank parameters, and operating settings; monitor system performance and alarms; and work with controls and electrical resources on reliability and instrumentation.
Own process support for binder storage and circulation tanks, transfer systems, filtration equipment, pumps, valves, and piping; ensure adequate binder flow and pressure; and monitor filtration and coordinate filter changes, pump inspections, and valve work.
Support washwater, washwater neutralization, and reclaim systems; monitor and optimize reclaim-water solids and reuse rates; support bacterial control, pH management, cleaning, and water treatment; and coordinate with suppliers and internal teams.
Monitor binder and process measures, interpret laboratory results, inline refractometer readings, free-formaldehyde testing, and process trends, investigate abnormal conditions, establish corrective actions, and maintain process-control documentation, calibration records, audit results, and dashboards.
Use IP21, Seeq, SQL, or comparable process-data tools to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Serve as a primary technical resource for binder-system and related production issues; diagnose process and equipment problems; lead or support root-cause analysis; implement and verify corrective actions; and provide timely support during calls, upsets, trials, and production interruptions.
Prioritize binder-related maintenance work, create and follow notifications or work requests, coordinate planned maintenance and vendor or contractor activities, verify completed work, and minimize manufacturing disruption.
Identify and execute projects to improve safety, quality, reliability, waste, productivity, and operating cost; assess binder economics and reclaim-water opportunities; develop technical and financial justifications; support capital projects, trials, redesigns, and new materials; and follow project, change-management, stage-gate, and management-of-change processes.
Develop and maintain standard work, job breakdown sheets, troubleshooting guides, procedures, and training materials; train and coach operators, maintenance employees, and technical personnel; and document system knowledge and lessons learned.