Senior Lean & Industrial Engineering Leader

Corning Inc.; Painted Post (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

401(k) matching

Pension plan

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Corning is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial and Lean Engineering to lead manufacturing and business improvements across locations. You will apply Lean, Systems Thinking, and Theory of Constraints to optimize flow, capacity, inventory, and cost while coaching engineers and shaping the team’s capability.

The role requires 50–60% domestic travel and relocation assistance. You will partner with plant and business teams to turn data and on-the-floor observations into practical,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Engineering Management, or another relevant engineering or technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in Industrial Engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations excellence, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-functional manufacturing improvement or business transformation initiatives.
• Deep practical knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints, capacity analysis, value-stream improvement, and manufacturing flow optimization.
• Experience using data and visualization tools, such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms, to analyze operational performance and communicate actionable insights.
• Strong project leadership, stakeholder management, facilitation, written communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply Industrial Engineering, Lean Principles, Systems Thinking, and Theory of Constraints to improve product and information flow, increase capacity, reduce inventory and complexity, and lower cost.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and business operations.
• Conduct current-state and future-state assessments, value stream analyses, and operational performance evaluations.
• Identify and prioritize productivity, throughput, capacity, cost reduction, and process simplification opportunities across multiple facilities and organizations.
• Develop and execute project plans, including requirements, deliverables, resources, timelines, milestones, stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and deploy data visualization solutions that enable operational decision-making and clear performance reporting.
• Apply advanced Industrial Engineering methods, including capacity analysis, manufacturing flow analysis, labor productivity improvement, cost modeling, and facility optimization.
• Communicate recommendations, project status, business impact, and technical findings through presentations, dashboards, and technical documentation.
• Coach and mentor engineers, analysts, and operational teams, and serve as a technical resource to manufacturing and business leaders.
• Develop standards, methodologies, best practices, and technical documentation that strengthen organizational capability and institutional knowledge.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Systems Thinking

Theory of Constraints

Data visualization

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

SIMUL8

FlexSim

AnyLogic

Python

Excel/Power BI/Tableau

Job description

Corning is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial and Lean Engineering to lead manufacturing and business improvements across locations. You will apply Lean, Systems Thinking, and Theory of Constraints to optimize flow, capacity, inventory, and cost while coaching engineers and shaping the team’s capability.

The role requires 50–60% domestic travel and relocation assistance. You will partner with plant and business teams to turn data and on-the-floor observations into practical,