Manufacturing Process Optimization Engineer

Corning Incorporated; Harrodsburg (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses and long-term incentives

Company-paid pension

Health and well-being benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in Kentucky is seeking an Operations Process Engineer to support, optimize, and maintain mixing manufacturing processes, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production. You will work with cross-functional teams to solve technical problems, drive continuous improvement, and apply data analysis to improve yield, throughput, and cost, while complying with health and safety standards.

This full-time role offers growth opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, or materials engineering with 2+ years in manufacturing.
• Experience applying engineering principles and statistics to improve performance.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, DMAIC, and root cause analysis; Green Belt preferred.
• Proficient in MS Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and action-closure skills.

Responsibilities

• Own daily process performance by supporting production, monitoring metrics, and responding to process issues.
• Develop process knowledge in materials, manufacturing processes, and equipment technologies.
• Troubleshoot process excursions and drive corrective actions through root cause analysis.
• Apply engineering principles, statistical analysis, and data to improve stability, yield, throughput, cost, and variation.
• Lead continuous improvement projects that reduce defects, downtime, scrap, cycle time, and process variation.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements while identifying risks and supporting mitigation actions.
• Support new raw material, process, and equipment introductions through trials, qualifications, ramp-ups, and documentation.
• Build and sustain process knowledge by improving standards, documenting learnings, and maintaining technical discipline.
• Communicate priorities, elevate issues, and collaborate with operators, production leadership, maintenance, quality, safety, and engineering partners. Provide shift supervision coverage as needed to support production priorities, maintain operational continuity, and ensure effective communication across shifts.

Skills

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Statistical analysis

Continuous improvement

Six Sigma

LEAN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Green Belt certification

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Corning Incorporated in Kentucky is seeking an Operations Process Engineer to support, optimize, and maintain mixing manufacturing processes, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production. You will work with cross-functional teams to solve technical problems, drive continuous improvement, and apply data analysis to improve yield, throughput, and cost, while complying with health and safety standards.

This full-time role offers growth opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.