Civil Structural Engineering Leader

Civil Structural Engineering Leader

Location(s) :

Granville, OH, US, 43023-1200

Function :

Research and Development

Audience :

Experienced Professional

Work Arrangement : Hybrid

Requisition ID : 65257

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Civil, Structural, & Architectural Mechanical Engineering Leader plays a key role in partnership with Global Capital Delivery, business units, manufacturing plants and other key business stakeholders in leading aspects for medium to large projects within Owens Corning's business units. The role serves as civil, structural and architectural lead for major capital projects typically ranging from $10MM to $150MM. This role provides technical direction for capital projects as it relates to site development and building construction, including architectural guidance when a brownfield / greenfield project, which includes office space. The individual in this role will provide a knowledge base of common and commercially available methods from the general construction industry and develop internal OC specific solutions as required. Design work is typically done by external engineering firms on smaller projects, but when new site or buildings are involved, the Owens Corning philosophy is to execute the work utilizing an EPC contract. This role is critical in leading various external resources in multiple forms of construction SME's, in order to deliver a successful project. Another key function is the ability to leading international projects by gaining an understanding of the local building norms and develop EPC packages utilizing what is normal for the region.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Reports to : GCD Engineering Group Leader

Span of Control : Large capital projects may be in any Insulation or Composites plant, primarily supporting the Americas and Europe, and usually fall in a range from $10MM to $150MM. Project results of this role impact plants financial performance, customer satisfaction and return on investment over the life cycle of installed equipment. Work of this role impacts key operational results at all these facilities.

Location : Granville, OH. This position requires 20-30% travel. Travel may be domestic or international depending on plant location.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides design leadership and management of design resources on civile, structural & architectural improvements to improve product quality, equipment uptime, and line utilization throughout the business.

• Develop EPC packages for Brownfield / Greenfield site development and building work.
• For smaller projects direct work of local engineering firms to create traditional design-bid-build construction packages.
• Support process areas in best practices and / or optimize solutions for structural work supporting the process. This often takes the form of shoulder taps for minor issues where the process engineer is simply looking for validation of an approach. Sometimes the engineer needing guidance is the external engineering firm. You are the Owens Corning authority allowing the engineer to relax what is often a very conservative solution to an effective design.
• Challenge the external, and sometimes internal, engineering resources to seek solutions that may be unconventional but support reducing project timelines. This could take the form of transferring activities from an outage and moving it to pre-downtime, or possibly include more preassembly thus reducing time required during an outage.
• Be a catalyst for highly effective and efficient constructability reviews.
• Improve safety through the reduction of labor hours, labor density, and changing the work tasks to a safer alternative.
• Continue the culture change inside OC to establish modular and offsite construction execution strategies in our project where it adds value - business case and life cycle analysis.
• Prioritize efforts that bring the most value to the business including capital cost reduction, critical path activities, and process-level specification changes. Leverage the long-range planning guide.
• Ensure the use of best practices though steering team, gated reviews, and specification-level changes.
• Assist Sourcing organization in evaluating potential EPC or EPCM suppliers for major building / site development projects.
• Track and report progress of the projects against established metrics.
• Support to strategic initiatives such as; SAFE, HazOps and Critical 6 requirements as needed new processes for existing & new facilities.
• Adhere to all plant and position-specific safety policies, procedures, and standards.
• Monitor projects for compliance to applicable codes and accepted engineering practices.
• Utilize effective project management techniques to lead projects.
• Ensure all projects are delivered consistent with scope and expectations around operability and cost.
• Achieve zero injuries in capital projects by ensuring safety through design and in construction and start-up.
• Provides consultation services as needed to be a subject matter expert on all civil, structural, & architectural issues.
• Helps to develop personal growth and development plans with their immediate supervisor to ensure projects are supported with accurate engineering data in a dynamic marketplace. Provides concepts for construction effectiveness and capital efficiency opportunities on an individual basis and for the GCD team. Coaches, trains, mentors and provides leadership to key people within GCD.

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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 that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer.