Plant Leader

Owens Corning; Roseland (SC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Owens Corning Non-Woven Technology LLC in Aiken, SC seeks a Plant Leader to oversee the entire manufacturing facility and implement strategic standards for best-in-class performance.

You will drive Lean and TPM initiatives, monitor safety and quality, develop production schedules, and collaborate with finance and sales to meet internal goals and customer expectations. This leadership role requires strong coaching, cross-functional collaboration, and a commitment to zero losses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience with TPM, Lean, OEE, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with TPM Pillars and capital project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire manufacturing facility to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Deploy TPM and Lean tools to improve OEE, cost, and on-time delivery.
• Direct production scheduling and staff across shifts.
• Collaborate with finance, sales and marketing to drive profitability.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and safety policy adherence.

Skills

Leadership

Process improvement

Coaching & development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related field

Tools

SAP

Six Sigma

Minitab

AutoCAD

OPL

QC Story

Job description

Plant Leader

Location(s):

Aiken, SC, US, 29801

Function:

Manufacturing

Audience:

Experienced Professional

Work Arrangement:

On Site

Requisition ID:

70949

Owens Corning Non-Woven Technology LLC, seeks a Plant Leader in Aiken, SC to be responsible for entire manufacturing facility, and oversee development and implementation of organizational strategies, standards, and practices to achieve best‑in‑class performance. Collaborate with other Plant Leaders and leadership across the business to drive success of the enterprise. Represent Owens Corning's interest in local affairs. Drive all company safety policies, practices and procedures to ensure compliance. Monitor operations for efficiency and safety ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are met/followed. Monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards. Deploy TPM techniques in the area of quality, cost reduction, complete and on‑time deliveries, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures. Responsible for operational labor metrics, improvement in the Team Improvement Process and OEE metrics. Drive improvements in plant operations, manufacturing processes and standardized work procedures lead to productivity and efficiency gains through application of Lean Tools. Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development and problem resolution. Oversee production supervision staff for all shifts. Develop production schedules to meet internal goals and customer expectations. Establish and direct plant policies and procedures. Facilitate process improvement opportunities throughout the plant and be the plant ambassador for quality and process excellence Full P&L responsibility; work closely with finance and sales & marketing to partner towards sales objectives

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field, and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in a related occupation: utilizing engineering practices including Total Productive Maintenance and using continuous manufacturing strategies; driving metrics including job efficiency (JE), financial productivity, Operational Efficiency (OE) and Overall Equipment effectiveness (OEE); leading facility through an operating system of zero injuries, zero defects, and zero losses using TPM methodology; working with Plant financials metrics including Productivity & Product cost; leading TPM Pillars and implementing methodology for Stable operations by using tools including OPL, Kaizens, QC Story, and PM Analysis; executing Policy Deployment using Loss trees & Cost tree approach including identifying critical projects and implementation; liaising with global teams; leading Capital project for Asset relocation, capacity expansion, cost reduction and improve profitability of plant; working with quality management system, process troubleshooting and Root Cause investigation to eliminate losses & improve efficiency using tools like 5Why, 8D, causelink; utilizing tools including 5S, SAP , Six Sigma , Minitab & Autocad to assist with projects; creating skills matrix to identify gaps, standard work for training employees and best practice implementation across network. 10% travel required nationally.

Nearest Major Market:

Augusta

Nearest Secondary Market:

South Carolina