Engineering Project Manager - Productivity & Process Leader

Corning Incorporated; Keller (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses and long-term or

100% company-paid pension

401(k) matching

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in the United States seeks an Engineering Project Manager to drive process-improvement and equipment design under the Unlock Productivity program.

You will lead cross-site teams through definition, development, prototype, startup, and manufacturing acceptance, delivering safety, quality, cost, and schedule gains.

This role requires a strong technical background and exceptional communication to align stakeholders and bring projects to life.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or another relevant technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years of project-management or project-leadership experience involving manufacturing process or equipment improvement.
• Experience leading projects from definition and concept development through equipment or process implementation.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and managing project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, risks, and stakeholders.
• Strong technical capability in process engineering and mechanical/equipment design.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with equipment, automation, process-improvement, productivity, or cost-reduction projects.

Responsibilities

• Partner with program, manufacturing, and engineering stakeholders to identify, define, prioritize, and scope productivity projects.
• Develop project objectives, business cases, budgets, schedules, resource plans, success criteria, and implementation strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams through problem definition, root-cause analysis, concept development, technical evaluation, and solution selection.
• Provide technical leadership for process improvements, mechanical design, equipment, tooling, and automation development.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, prototype builds, testing, and technical validation to ensure solutions meet safety, quality, productivity, cost, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Lead equipment and process installation, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, validation, and manufacturing acceptance on live production lines.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, operations, maintenance, quality, safety, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution.
• Manage project scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, changes, suppliers, and technical deliverables from definition through implementation.
• Track project results against approved business cases and drive actions required to achieve and sustain productivity improvements.
• Communicate project status, value, risks, resource needs, and key decisions to program, manufacturing, engineering, and senior leadership.
• Build alignment across organizations and drive timely decisions, accountability, and problem resolution.

Skills

Process engineering

Mechanical design

Equipment development

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Mechatronic/Electrical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management tools

Job description

Corning Incorporated in the United States seeks an Engineering Project Manager to drive process-improvement and equipment design under the Unlock Productivity program.

You will lead cross-site teams through definition, development, prototype, startup, and manufacturing acceptance, delivering safety, quality, cost, and schedule gains.

This role requires a strong technical background and exceptional communication to align stakeholders and bring projects to life.