Plant Operations Leader - Manufacturing & Process Improvement

Corning Inc.; Keller (TX); On-site; USD 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

Pension plan

Health benefits

Recognition program

Job summary

Corning Inc. seeks a senior supervisor to manage manufacturing operations, lead engineering and facilities teams, and drive cost, safety, quality and productivity improvements across the plant.

You will develop talent, manage capital projects and collaborate with multiple functional groups to meet targets. Role requires 4–5 years of supervisory manufacturing experience, strong leadership, and expertise in cost accounting, safety, and lean/six sigma practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field required with a minimum 4-5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing.
• Experience developing, implementing and driving results for MBOs and manufacturing line metrics.
• Proven capability to manage, coach, direct and develop salaried exempt and nonexempt employees.
• Training or demonstrated competence in employee effectiveness, conflict resolution, coaching, listening skills and supervisory effectiveness.
• Training and demonstrated competence in cost accounting and managing for profitability.
• Trained and experienced in fundamentals of safety and health.
• Experience managing talent development strategy and programs to attract, develop and retain key talent.
• Experience leading cross-functional manufacturing teams for key improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Champion process control and change management to adapt to upstream and downstream changes.
• Provide leadership to team leaders, Supply Chain, technicians and engineers.
• Lead Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities and Technical Support to ensure safe, reliable operations.
• Communicate and report department progress to plant staff and division leadership.
• Build relationships with Engineering, IT, Supply Chain, Quality and EHS to improve production performance.
• Approve process and equipment changes and new product trial runs.
• Drive improvements focused on productivity, quality, reliability and cost reduction.
• Sponsor capital projects, equipment upgrades and facility improvements.
• Promote organizational effectiveness through manufacturing process innovations.
• Coordinate and integrate work across groups to meet manufacturing targets.
• Ensure production operations are efficient and aligned with improvement goals.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Conflict resolution

Supervisory effectiveness

Cost accounting

Safety and health

Talent development

Cross-functional collaboration

Process optimization

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt

Job description

Corning Inc. seeks a senior supervisor to manage manufacturing operations, lead engineering and facilities teams, and drive cost, safety, quality and productivity improvements across the plant.

You will develop talent, manage capital projects and collaborate with multiple functional groups to meet targets. Role requires 4–5 years of supervisory manufacturing experience, strong leadership, and expertise in cost accounting, safety, and lean/six sigma practices.