Plant Leader

Owens Corning•Aiken, SC

About The Position

Owens Corning Non-Woven Technology LLC seeks a Plant Leader in Aiken, South Carolina, to oversee the entire manufacturing facility and develop and implement organizational strategies, standards, and practices that support best-in-class performance. The Plant Leader collaborates with other Plant Leaders and business leadership to advance enterprise success and represents Owens Corning in local affairs. The role is responsible for plant safety, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, production and quality performance, and deployment of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices. The Plant Leader drives improvements in manufacturing processes and standardized work using Lean tools, leads employee relations and development, oversees production supervision across all shifts, and develops production schedules that meet internal goals and customer expectations. The position also establishes and directs plant policies and procedures, facilitates process improvement, serves as the plant ambassador for quality and process excellence, and holds full P&L responsibility in partnership with Finance and Sales & Marketing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field.
Five years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience utilizing engineering practices, including Total Productive Maintenance and continuous manufacturing strategies.
Experience driving metrics including job efficiency (JE), financial productivity, Operational Efficiency (OE), and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Experience leading a facility toward zero injuries, zero defects, and zero losses using TPM methodology.
Experience with plant financial metrics, including productivity and product cost.
Experience leading TPM Pillars and implementing stable-operations methodology using tools such as OPL, Kaizens, QC Story, and PM Analysis.
Experience executing Policy Deployment using Loss Trees and Cost Tree approaches, including identifying and implementing critical projects.
Experience liaising with global teams.
Experience leading capital projects for asset relocation, capacity expansion, cost reduction, and improved plant profitability.
Experience with quality management systems, process troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation to eliminate losses and improve efficiency using tools such as 5Why, 8D, and causelink.
Experience using tools including 5S, SAP, Six Sigma, Minitab, and AutoCAD to support projects.
Experience creating skills matrices to identify gaps, standard work for employee training, and best-practice implementation across a network.
Ability to travel nationally 10%.

Responsibilities

Oversee the entire manufacturing facility and implement organizational strategies, standards, and practices to achieve best-in-class performance.
Collaborate with other Plant Leaders and business leadership to drive enterprise success.
Represent Owens Corning’s interests in local affairs.
Drive company safety policies, practices, and procedures, and monitor operations for safety and compliance with applicable regulations.
Monitor plant production and quality performance standards.
Deploy TPM techniques across quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time deliveries, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls, and plant performance measures.
Manage operational labor metrics and improve Team Improvement Process and OEE metrics.
Improve plant operations, manufacturing processes, and standardized work using Lean tools to increase productivity and efficiency.
Lead employee relations through communication, coaching, training and development, and problem resolution.
Oversee production supervision staff for all shifts.
Develop production schedules to meet internal goals and customer expectations.
Establish and direct plant policies and procedures.
Facilitate process improvement opportunities throughout the plant and serve as the plant ambassador for quality and process excellence.
Hold full P&L responsibility and partner with Finance and Sales & Marketing toward sales objectives.