Project Manager

Corning•Austin, TX

9d•$116,625 - $160,360

About The Position

The Engineering Project Manager will lead process-improvement and equipment-design projects supporting Corning’s Unlock Productivity program. Working under the direction of the program leader, the role translates productivity opportunities and business priorities into well-defined engineering projects and owns them throughout the lifecycle—from defining opportunities, developing scopes, and validating business cases to concept development, detailed engineering, prototype builds, startup on live manufacturing lines, validation, and manufacturing acceptance. The position requires technical capability in process engineering and mechanical/equipment design. The project manager leads cross-functional and cross-site teams and is accountable for meeting safety, quality, cost, schedule, performance, and manufacturing acceptance requirements. The role includes travel of up to 25%, including to domestic and international manufacturing locations and suppliers. Immigration sponsorship is not supported.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or another relevant technical field.
Minimum of 8 years of project-management or project-leadership experience involving manufacturing process or equipment improvement.
Experience leading projects from definition and concept development through equipment or process implementation.
Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and managing project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, risks, and stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Strong process-engineering, mechanical-design, and equipment-development expertise.
Ability to balance technical rigor, manufacturing practicality, project urgency, and business value.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Experience with equipment, automation, process-improvement, productivity, or cost-reduction projects.
Experience with multi-site or global projects, cost modeling, value engineering, or business-case development.
Advanced technical degree, MBA, project-management training, or relevant certification.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project-planning tools.

Responsibilities

Partner with program, manufacturing, and engineering stakeholders to identify, define, prioritize, and scope productivity projects.
Develop project objectives, business cases, budgets, schedules, resource plans, success criteria, and implementation strategies.
Lead teams through problem definition, root-cause analysis, concept development, technical evaluation, and solution selection.
Provide technical leadership for process improvements, mechanical design, equipment, tooling, and automation development.
Lead design reviews, risk assessments, prototype builds, testing, and technical validation to ensure solutions meet safety, quality, productivity, cost, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
Lead equipment and process installation, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, validation, and manufacturing acceptance on live production lines.
Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, operations, maintenance, quality, safety, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution.
Manage project scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, changes, suppliers, and technical deliverables from definition through implementation.
Track project results against approved business cases and drive actions to achieve and sustain productivity improvements.
Communicate project status, value, risks, resource needs, and key decisions to program, manufacturing, engineering, and senior leadership.
Build alignment across organizations and drive timely decisions, accountability, and problem resolution.