Corporate Engineering Lead

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Purpose

The Process Engineering Lead is responsible for process stability, including process control improvements, quality initiatives, identifying and solving process issues, providing technical support to the plants, and implementing productivity gains. This requires the use of process engineering skills and leading through influence in our sites. This will also include commissioning and design of capital projects. The main responsibility is to collaborate with operations teams to improve and sustain stability of shingle sites by increasing material efficiency, machine uptime, and process stability. This role will focus specifically on the wrapper, palletizer, and autocatcher areas to become the Subject Matter Expert for the Shingle sites, with a strong emphasis on controls systems.

Reports to

This position reports to the Roofing Corporate Engineering Leader

Span of Control

This position has no direct reports. This role is expected to provide support and coaching to Technical Leaders and the site subject matter experts across the division. This position will support all Shingle Manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Living the Safety stand and adhering to safety responsibilities
• Educate team members on safe work processes and procedures and enforce good safety practices when visiting roofing plants
• Effectively communicate Owens Corning's Safety Stand with external contractors / parties and ensure they work according to our safety standards
• Wrapper, Palletizer, Autocatcher Subject Matter Expert
• Learn the Shingle Making process and become the expert for the wrapper, palletizer, and autocatcher process areas for the roofing division
• Lead projects and analyze process data, provide feedback to plants, and make recommendations to optimize process performance of the wrapper, palletizer, and autocatcher systems
• Drive improvements in process controls, including PLC logic, HMI interfaces, and automation strategies to enhance uptime and reliability
• Enable effective use of new process technologies in the Roofing process through training and enabling plant teams
• Network with roofing plants, Science & Technology (S&T), and other relevant groups to identify and implement best practices for continuous improvement of plant performance metrics
• Support the commissioning and startup of capital projects as needed
• Implement root-cause analysis and corrective actions for issues surfaced through losses, leveraging digital tools
• Support Design and Commissioning of Capital & Productivity Projects
• Identify and implement equipment and controls system improvements, provide technical oversight for design reviews, and support commissioning efforts with the Capital Engineering team and Productivity team as needed
• Ensure preventative and predictive plans, work instructions, and other procedures related to installation, maintenance, and repair of plant equipment and machinery are built and executed
• Commission and support project startup as the technical and process resource when applicable, working directly with plant and Capital engineering teams
• Coaching and Consulting
• Support and train site employees at all levels regarding technical information and problem solving, with a focus on Technical Leaders
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for wrappers, palletizers, autocatchers, and associated controls systems
• Document knowledge into a knowledge repository and share knowledge with key personnel and stakeholders

Qualifications

The base salary range for this position is $89,000-$125,000 with the potential for additional if the applicant hired has additional related qualifications. We also offer a substantial benefits package including insurance (medical / dental / vision / life / disability / supplemental offerings), 401k (company contribution regardless of employee participation – plus match), liberal paid time off (vacation, personal floating and standard holidays), Employee Assistance Services, Stock Purchase Program – and more.

About Owens Corning Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions and we are global in scope with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.

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