Senior Process Development Engineer

Johns Manville•Waterville, OH

1d•$115,300 - $158,500

About The Position

Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a global leader in insulation, commercial roofing, glass fibers, and nonwovens supporting industries such as aerospace, automotive, building products, filtration, transportation, and wind energy in over 80 countries. The Sr. Process Development Engineer provides technical leadership to improve the equipment, systems, and technologies supporting fiberglass mat, furnace, and spunbond manufacturing. This role drives process efficiency, equipment reliability, product quality, and best-practice deployment across multiple JM sites (OH/TN/MS/SC).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
5+ years in process-focused industrial manufacturing
2+ years troubleshooting
Demonstrated history of productivity improvements resulting in quantifiable cost savings
Proficiency with CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) and engineering drawings
Strong SPC and statistical analysis skills
Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills
Ability to work independently and cross-functionally
Comfortable in manufacturing environments; able to lift 50 lbs
Proficient in Microsoft Office; basic SAP experience
Travel common up to 50%

Nice To Haves

Experience with HVAC in forming rooms or industrial utilities
International experience; German or Slovak language skills
Experience with DOE, Lean, Six Sigma, RCA, 5 Whys, or Kepner-Tregoe
Proficiency in SolidWorks, Minitab, and data tools
Experience managing capital projects up to $1M
Fiberglass mat, furnace, chopping, or spunbond manufacturing
Batching, pneumatic conveying, conveyors, packaging systems
Combustion systems, industrial gas/oxygen trains, RTO fundamentals
Airflow/fan/blower systems; motors, drives, and powertrain basics
Reliability engineering, maintenance strategy, equipment lifecycle management

Responsibilities

Engineering & Technical Support
Troubleshoot and optimize support equipment and utilities.
Apply engineering fundamentals to improve process performance.
Support FMEA, Preventive Maintenance (PM) optimization, and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) improvement.
Operational Excellence
Lead productivity, cost-reduction, and process-improvement projects.
Conduct structured RCA and implement corrective actions.
Deploy best practices across facilities.
Support KPI development tied to OPEX objectives.
Project Leadership
Manage full project lifecycle: scoping, execution, evaluation.
Develop CapEx requests including ROI analysis.
Ensure safe, on-time, on-budget project delivery.
Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees.
Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid.
Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance.
JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match.
JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.
Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.
Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.
The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account.
JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.
Johns Manville supports employee growth with vast educational opportunities and a company-wide mentoring program.
This program pairs employees and leaders to grow skills, build stronger internal networks and strengthen the company’s succession planning process.
Johns Manville also offers soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters.
Our talent management team prioritizes the holistic growth of our workforce.