Manufacturing Engineer: Process Excellence & Safety Leader

Owens Corning; Nephi (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Owens Corning in Utah is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead safety-focused process improvements and drive reliable, capable manufacturing. You will establish control plans, analyze data, and partner with maintenance and quality to reduce variation, improve yield, and cut costs.

The role emphasizes TPM-based practices, operator coaching, and cross-functional collaboration to sustain robust, standardized processes on the NPH1 line.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a manufacturing or technical environment.
• Working knowledge of process control, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture where safety and sustainability are core values and personal responsibilities.
• Ensure manufacturing processes, control plans, and work instructions are designed and executed to protect employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Lead and support risk assessments, job hazard analyses, and safe work planning for critical tasks.
• Drive proactive safety and environmental initiatives to prevent incidents and nonconformities.
• Support safety readiness and operational safety efforts connected to layout/design and operational procedures (e.g., safe job changeover protocols, defined walkways/zones, and movement/traffic patterns) as applicable to line operation for the NPH1 line.
• Establish and maintain process recipes, control strategies, and operating standards to achieve consistent process performance.
• Conduct regular process audits, analyze process capability, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Apply statistical tools, data analytics, and structured problem-solving to reduce variation and improve performance.
• Analyze process and quality data to improve yield, uptime, throughput, and cost performance.
• Ensure nonconforming products are effectively contained and prevented from shipment.

Skills

Process control

Statistical analysis

Structured problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Owens Corning in Utah is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead safety-focused process improvements and drive reliable, capable manufacturing. You will establish control plans, analyze data, and partner with maintenance and quality to reduce variation, improve yield, and cut costs.

The role emphasizes TPM-based practices, operator coaching, and cross-functional collaboration to sustain robust, standardized processes on the NPH1 line.