Electrical Maintenance Lead

Owens Corning; Newark (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Owens Corning in Newark, Ohio is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Lead to head the plant's electrical maintenance operations. You will mentor the team, uphold a safety‑first culture, and coordinate with plant leadership to drive reliability and performance.

The role requires guiding a unionized crew, developing preventive/predictive maintenance plans, and delivering consistent safety and quality improvements across power systems and equipment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years progressive leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Technology Diploma (electrical maintenance) or equivalent; Master’s preferred.
• Six Sigma / Lean manufacturing experience highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical maintenance operations for the Newark Plant.
• Ensure a safe, clean and compliant work environment and foster a safety-first culture.
• Develop risk assessments for critical tasks.
• Achieve 95% completion rate in <30 days for safety incident reports.
• Coach a unionized maintenance workforce and drive engagement.
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Improve reliability of plant power systems through maintenance and capital improvements.
• Collaborate with Production to improve machine performance and efficiency.

Skills

People leadership

Safety leadership

Data-driven decisions

Union leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Change management

Strategic and hands-on

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Tech Diploma

Six Sigma / Lean training

Tools

DCS controls

PLC applications

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Lead

Location: Newark, OH, US

This position will lead the Electrical Maintenance Operations for the Newark Plant. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the electrical maintenance process, motivate people, and act as a clear and credible communicator. They must have a passion for safety and be able to foster effective working relationships built upon trust and respect with plant employees and leaders. The Electrical Maintenance Lead reports to the Maintenance Leader.

Responsibilities

• Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.
• Ensuring a safe, clean and environmentally compliant work environment and building a culture where safety is a first priority.
• Developing risk assessments for critical tasks.
• Ensure 95% completion rate in <30 days for all safety incident reports.
• Implement a personal safety action plan and review with leader.
• Safety metrics – RIR, first aids, near misses, SAFE and Critical 6.
• Leader Safety Standard Work and Hazard ID.
• Ensures a safe work environment through employee coaching and engagement and strict adherence to OC's safety policies and procedures.
• Grow the service and quality culture in the department and meet/exceed established goals.
• Development and execution of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs.
• Further develop craft training plans and create a continuous learning environment for employees.
• Co‑Lead and coach a unionized primary maintenance workforce (crew of approximately 22) and drive engagement in the primary workforce.
• Improve the reliability of the plant power systems through preventative and predictive maintenance and capital improvements.
• Technical knowledge in DCS control systems, high voltage equipment, PLC applications, line drives, process instrumentation, data acquisition, etc.
• Identify opportunities for reliability performance and cost improvement.
• Develop and implement a work environment characterized by mutual trust and respect, open and honest communications, teamwork and a passion for winning.
• Effectively lead and manage change for their work group while maintaining high levels of employee engagement.
• Works closely with the Production Department in a team‑based environment designed to manage in a manner that will ensure continuously improving machine performance and employee efficiency.
• Ensure supervisory practices are consistent with the facility collective agreement and effectively manage the grievance resolution process.

Job Requirements

Experience

1. Minimum of 5 years progressive leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
2. Bachelor of Science in Engineering Discipline or Technology Diploma (electrical maintenance) or an equivalent combination of training and experience; Master’s degree preferred.
3. Six Sigma / Lean manufacturing experience highly desired.

Knowledge and Abilities

1. Ability to engage employees at all levels of the organization.
2. Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects at one time.
3. Lean Certification or evidence of Lean Manufacturing experience.
4. Ability to make decisions based on facts and/or data including having the basic mathematics and technical skills to analyze data, interpret graphs, and combine related data.
5. Ability to lead a unionized hourly employees.
6. Ability to create and drive change and effectively communicate to all levels in the organization.
7. Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as effectively facilitate open two‑way communication both within and outside of the organization.
8. Ability to work both strategically and hands‑on.

Personal Characteristics

1. Engages and cares for others, starting with safety.
2. Achieves results fast, individually and through teams.
3. Likes people and working in teams.
4. Takes business risks, grows from failures, celebrates successes.
5. Makes self and others better.
6. Has Company spirit.
7. Believes our Purpose.
8. Makes OC's values visible in words and actions.
9. Gets the whole customer thing.