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Owens Corning · 20 hours ago

Sr Plant Engineering Lead

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. The Sr Plant Engineering Lead provides process and technical expertise to enhance operational stability, quality improvements, and productivity within manufacturing processes.

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Responsibilities

Live the Owens Corning Safety Stand –
Ensures a safe and environmentally compliant workplace where safety is a priority
Sustainability and Environmental Compliance / Stewardship
Operationalizing Product/Process Development –
Early involvement in the product development and process trials
Participate in HAZOP analysis for process changes and new equipment introduction
Conversion and rollout support (NGX recipes, BA development, new raw materials, new equipment technology, etc.)
Productivity initiatives –
Involved in new product qualification, Network optimization work
Raw Material substitution implementation
Identify and Lead Product Development Cost Optimization, collaborates with plant cost reduction initiatives
Knowledge Retention / Training –
Critical Process Variable (CPV) and Critical Process Outputs (CPO) audits
Development & delivery of training to ensure necessary product/process knowledge in plant technical teams
Accelerate learning after heavy attrition or for new engineers in plants with heavy investment/project activity though mentoring and coaching of new foamies supporting plant activities
Business FI/QM Leader: problem solving methodologies and case studies
New Capability Development
Digital Manufacturing – Remote Monitoring and Upset Prediction/Alerting, Process Modeling (i.e. TwinThread, S&T models, Seeq tool for analysis, etc.)
Partners with Regional Controls & Automation Engineers for implementation of process automation projects (AspenTech DMC controllers, Foam Touchless Process)
Partners with Circular Economy and S&T on Sustainability and GWP reduction initiatives
Escalation point for technical / process troubleshooting
Collaborates to solution identification and replication for common issues across plants
Helps troubleshoot chronic problems in operations (i.e pieces in the die, tear offs, melt temperature oscillations, unmelted particles in the board and other common process/product upsets)

Qualification

Chemical EngineeringLean ManufacturingSix Sigma Green BeltData Systems UtilizationProcess ImprovementPlanning SkillsDelegation SkillsInspirational LeadershipVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Required

Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
Six Sigma Green Belt and/or Lean Manufacturing experience
3+ years technical experience in manufacturing operations (i.e. Manufacturing /Process Engineer)
Proven results in driving product and process improvement in the manufacturing environment
Utilizing data systems, TPM and/or Six Sigma methods to eliminate manufacturing losses/waste
Impactful verbal and written communications
Business and financial acumen
Strong planning, resourcing and delegation skills
Ability to engage and care for others starting with safety
Ability to achieve results fast both individually and through teams
An inspirational leader

Company

Owens Corning

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

H1B Sponsorship

Owens Corning has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2023 (1)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2006-11-01IPO

Leadership Team

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Brian Chambers
Chief Executive Officer
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Todd Fister
Chief Financial Officer
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