Manufacturing Section Lead: Drive Safety & Output

Corning Incorporated; Keene (NH); On-site; USD 89,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonuses

401(k) with company match

Health, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in Keene, NH seeks a Manufacturing Section Supervisor to lead daily operations of assigned manufacturing departments, drive safety and quality, and coordinate staffing to meet production goals. You will collaborate with Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and HR to optimize performance across shifts.

The role emphasizes coaching hourly staff, monitoring key metrics, and implementing corrective actions while upholding plant policies, safety standards,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Three+ years of front-line or department-level leadership experience in a manufacturing, industrial, technical, or production environment; equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, communicate performance, prioritize work, and drive corrective actions.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, coaching, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing, production, scheduling, or timekeeping systems.
• Ability to support a multi-shift environment, including off-hours support as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for assigned manufacturing departments, ensuring execution of established production schedules, plant priorities, customer requirements, and business needs.
• Directly supervise, coach, train, develop, and hold accountable hourly manufacturing employees.
• Manage department performance against key metrics, including safety, quality, output, yield/selects, uptime, delivery, schedule adherence, labor utilization, scrap, and productivity.
• Monitor performance, identify gaps and risks, communicate results, and lead department-level corrective actions and recovery activities.
• Coordinate daily labor assignments, shift coverage, overtime, work sequencing, and workflow adjustments within established staffing and production plans.
• Maintain a safe, organized, compliant, and productive work environment; ensure adherence to plant policies, work instructions, quality requirements, safety standards, housekeeping expectations, and environmental procedures.
• Serve as area owner for assigned departments, supporting audit readiness, process discipline, visual management, 5S, Kaizen, and operational-risk-management activities.
• Lead or support safety investigations, incident follow-up, corrective actions, containment, and preventive actions.
• Drive continuous-improvement efforts that improve safety, quality, throughput, productivity, cost, material utilization, and employee effectiveness.
• Use production data, equipment trends, control charts, checklists, and employee feedback to troubleshoot issues and support sustainable solutions.
• Partner with Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations to execute schedules and address material, equipment, staffing, capacity, and workflow constraints.
• Oversee time and attendance, overtime administration, production reporting, training records, and required departmental documentation.
• Ensure clear communication across shifts and departments regarding production status, equipment conditions, quality concerns, staffing needs, schedule changes, and open actions.
• Administer company policies, performance expectations, and disciplinary actions as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Coaching

Organizational skills

MS Office

Timekeeping systems

Shift flexibility

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Manufacturing ERP

Scheduling software

Job description

Corning Incorporated in Keene, NH seeks a Manufacturing Section Supervisor to lead daily operations of assigned manufacturing departments, drive safety and quality, and coordinate staffing to meet production goals. You will collaborate with Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and HR to optimize performance across shifts.

The role emphasizes coaching hourly staff, monitoring key metrics, and implementing corrective actions while upholding plant policies, safety standards,