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Owens Corning · 1 week ago

Technical Engineering & Quality Leader

Jackson, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Owens Corning is a leader in residential and commercial building products committed to sustainable material innovation. The Technical Engineering & Quality Leader will lead process optimization efforts and a team of engineers, ensuring quality assurance and maximizing productivity across multiple processes.

Building MaterialConstructionManufacturing

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead safety and security for an injury free work environment

Ensures a culture which enables a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors

Shows passion and care for our people and leads from a place of “safety and” the other objectives of the business with a focus on safe behaviors and choices

Ensures that all control plans, work instructions, and other procedures related to the technical operation of the production lines ensure the safety of employees

Ensures a clear and effective measurement system is followed and used to drive results; rewards and celebrates safe behavior and achievements; ensures accountability

Support the facility through a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) operating system targeting:

Zero injuries

Zero defects

Zero losses

Know the business and our customers

Has the responsibility to ensure customer satisfaction is paramount in designing, implementing, and maintaining processes and quality systems

Identifying, understanding, and teaching others the critical product characteristics required to provide our customers with a quality product

Developing and implementing procedures and systems to ensure products consistently meet or exceed customer expectations

Supporting experiments or trials for new and existing products to ensure they meet customer’s fitness for use

Responsible for investigating all customer complaints, determining root causes, implementing corrective actions, and communicating with the customer

Technical Excellence and Process Optimization

Identify, lead, and implement process development improvements and new process developments utilizing TPM methodology at all times

Leader of Focused Improvement (FI) Pillar responsible for providing direction for process improvement projects

Participate in the scope development and execution of all major projects, including rebuilds, to ensure safety, performance, schedule, and cost goals of the projects are met or exceeded utilizing EM principles and MOC

Set clear and measurable expectations in line with plant goals; proactively analyzes and manages all relative performance metrics

Share accountability for successful delivery of all aspects of the plant operating plan with other plant leadership team members

Effectively communicate objectives holding people accountable to deliver results

Actively drive understanding of customer requirements and the relationship to plant process variables to ensure products always meet the customer Fit For Use

Develop, evaluate, improve, and document manufacturing processes / controls utilizing TPM methodology

Demonstrate the ability to develop and meet key milestones, to work and communicate effectively with people at all levels within the organization, and to technically contribute to the development of the process solutions

Applies statistical methods/data analytics to estimate future manufacturing requirements

Coordinates and utilizes OC NW Center of Excellence (COE) to insure proper sharing of best practice and utilization of technical expertise

Lead and Develop Talent

Create an environment where talent is developed, and full potential is realized

Ensure a positive, creative, diverse, and collaborative work environment where employees own the success of the business

Actively participate in talent reviews as well as invest in the growth and development of self and others to achieve sustained success

Assist the Plant Leader with other duties as required

Development and Execution of Strategy

Develop scope & budget for growth initiatives

An analysis of investment execution risks and their potential impact on the business segment results and the definition of a mitigation plan which addresses the risks with identified actions

Develops and leads the contracting and execution strategy for large / complex CAPEX projects

Identifies and evaluates new technologies

Environmentally friendly production processes that minimize the environmental footprint of the facility

Cost effective production processes that allow OC to effectively compete on the marketplace

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringChemical EngineeringProcess OptimizationTotal Productive MaintenanceSix SigmaData AnalyticsCustomer OrientationTalent DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Required

Bachelor's Degree required in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline

At least 7-10 years of progressive technical experience in a manufacturing environment

Exposure to cross-functional team leadership or participation outside of manufacturing

A history of hiring, growing, and promoting talent within the organization

Experience meeting customer demands

Automotive, electronics, bulk industries

Continuously builds an intimate insight and knowledge of technical processes, production lines and their products

Understand what is necessary for the asset to be productive and the value that our current and future assets bring to the business

Utilize data and data collection systems, and Six Sigma methods for problem-solving and decision-making to eliminate manufacturing losses and unnecessary costs

Create and implement strategic and operations plans

Accomplish the goals of the business; translates strategies into actionable operating plans; sets goals for personal accomplishment; uses measurement methods to monitor progress; quickly overcomes barriers and adapts plans to ensure goal attainment

Understand that all business opportunities start with knowledge of how to create value for customer

Able to achieve results fast both individually and through teams

Customer orientation: Has an external perspective and understands that all business opportunities start with knowledge of how to serve our customers

Must be able to travel up to 5% of the time

Benefits

Health and Wellness Opportunities

Adoption and Family Assistance- OC is committed to helping employees in their endeavor to build a family, including financial assistance for adoption and surrogacy

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) provides U.S. employees the opportunity to purchase Owens Corning stock at a 15 percent discount every six month

Parental leave- Four weeks of paid time off for all new parents; this includes both mothers and fathers at the time of birth or the adoption of a child

A rebate program that allows employees to receive a rebate of up to $2,000 every four years for purchases of OC’s wide range of products for new construction or home improvement

Company

Owens Corning

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Owens Corning maintains an unconditional commitment to safety. In its quest for an injury-free workplace.

Founded in 1938

Toledo, Ohio, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.owenscorning.com/

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