Process SME Engineer

Owens Corning • Tega Cay, SC

3d

About The Position

The Process SME Engineer provides process and controls support to Doors plant sites and develops and implements gold standards and best practices to improve door-making performance. The position focuses on process improvement, troubleshooting, project startups, and serving as a subject matter expert for Doors plants. It is a technical champion for the design and commissioning of capital projects for the Doors business.

The role collaborates with operations teams and the Center of Excellence to improve and sustain manufacturing stability by increasing material efficiency, equipment uptime, and process stability. It works with plant teams to eliminate waste and improve safety, quality, and productivity, using a customer-centric approach. The position supports 4–6 Doors Division plants in the United States, excluding Components, with minimal support in Canada and Mexico as needed. Travel is typically 40–50%, or as needed. The role has no direct reports and provides support and coaching to process and technical teams and site subject matter experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing or technical environment.
• Ability to travel 40–50% as needed.
• Ability to analyze and use data to drive sustainable equipment improvements.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects simultaneously.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to use data to establish concrete return on investment for recommendations.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and transferring knowledge at all levels through effective communication.
• Experience with project management and understanding internal and external needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in heavy manufacturing, particularly discrete operations or the wood industry.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Skills in Braincube and AspenTech.
• Knowledge and experience with root-cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and other Total Productive Maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe work environment through employee coaching and engagement.
• Educate team members on safe work processes and procedures and enforce safe practices when visiting Doors plants.
• Communicate Owens Corning safety standards to external contractors and parties and ensure they follow those standards.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Doors business processes.
• Lead projects that improve plant performance, eliminate losses, document training, and enhance equipment OEE.
• Collaborate with plant teams to standardize best practices, improve process capability, and create and implement process gold standards across plants.
• Analyze process data to identify chronic issues, implement sustainable solutions, provide feedback to plants, and recommend ways to optimize performance.
• Support product and process experimentation with Science & Technology.
• Train and enable plant teams to use new process technologies effectively.
• Network with Door plants, Science & Technology, and relevant groups to identify and implement best practices for continuous improvement.
• Use root-cause analysis and digital tools to implement corrective actions for issues surfaced through losses.
• Identify and implement equipment improvements with Capital Engineering and Productivity teams.
• Apply a comprehensive Management of Change process to projects and capture lessons learned after project completion.
• Ensure preventive and predictive plans, work instructions, and procedures for equipment installation, maintenance, and repair are developed and executed.
• Assist with development and implementation of the Doors capital plan, site improvement plans, and process stability plan.
• Commission and support project startups as a technical and process resource, working with plant and Capital Engineering teams.
• Execute training plans for plant Operations, Maintenance, and Technical Leaders and foster continuous learning.
• Train and direct skilled craft personnel in advanced process control.
• Document knowledge in the knowledge repository and share it with key personnel and stakeholders.
• Perform other work or responsibilities as directed by plant leadership, the operations team, or the Division.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level