Packaging Process Area Lead

The Packaging Process Area Lead is responsible for global packaging operations support, best practice gathering and proliferation, and equipment design/definition that result in higher product quality, improved operational performance, and increased productivity for all product families manufactured in fiberglass insulation.

The Packaging Process Area Lead will work closely with Science and Technology, capital delivery, sourcing and the plant manufacturing teams.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe.  A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Reports to: Focused Improvement Director, Fiberglass Technical Platforms – Global Insulation Center of Excellence

Span of Control: No direct reports.

Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.

•  Implement a personal safety action plan and review with leader

Lead, consult, and execute new packaging equipment and packaging improvement projects across Owens Corning’s business and manufacturing groups

• Develops a deep understanding of the dynamics between packaging systems and the finished goods properties.
• Collaborate with Central, Regional, and Factory Engineers to deliver new and enhance existing packaging systems to optimize OEE and product quality.
• Provide technical expertise to major capital projects that may include new factories, capacity expansion, and new product introductions.
• Minimize equipment downtime and failures by analyzing production data to determine indicators of impending system failure modes.
• Provide technical support to the operations and maintenance departments to help troubleshoot and diagnose issues related to automated packaging equipment, including PLC and HMI programs.
• Define system requirements and success criteria and recommend packaging equipment that meets safety requirements, best cost, and performance needs.
• Support plant maintenance and operations teams in packaging controls systems and equipment troubleshooting, and in technology transfer.
• Develops and leads both formal and informal training programs designed to teach personnel the operating and troubleshooting techniques for packaging equipment and controls systems
• Research, monitor, and assess new packaging equipment, in the market, that has potential application to Owens Corning.
• Has an awareness/knowledge of packaging equipment industry suppliers and technology trends relative to our business.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education Requirements - A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, etc) is required
• Technical Expertise – 5 years of experience in packaging operations or design including development and implementation of new packaging equipment.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Technology Leadership - Strong working knowledge of engineering design, machine and industry safety standards, and integrated system design with the ability to apply it to our manufacturing processes
• Project Leadership – Small to medium scale project management experience, including, but not limited to scope, schedule, cost, risk, resource, and change management.
• Communication - Clearly conveys relevant information and ideas with confidence and in a manner that inspires the audience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Self-Knowledge / Creativity - Ability to understand a broad range of technical issues and having a sound understanding of scientific/engineering Principles.  Demonstrates unconventional, out of the box thinking in approaches to problem resolution.  Ability to analyze data and focus on the root cause of a problem.
• Adaptability - Ability to respond quickly to the demands of the moment.  A flexible person who can stay productive when the demands of work pull in many different directions at once.  Shifts focus as necessary to maintain effectiveness in a variety of environments.  Can quickly come up to speed on a project and be a contributor.
• Accountability - Knows what needs to be done and gets it done.  Willingly takes responsibility for the organization as a whole; unafraid of owning the results, actions, and decisions of self or organization.  Committed to follow through to completion – excuses and rationalizations are totally unacceptable.
• Curiosity - Naturally curious, leading one to seek knowledge about people and things that stretch beyond one’s own work environment.  Thrives in a dynamic work environment, where new subject matter is learned and quickly put into practice.  An information “sponge” – constantly absorbing new methods, technologies, and approaches that will deliver business outcomes.
• Decisive - Able to decide both through analytics and under conditions of high uncertainty.  Weighs risks and prioritizes actions to deliver organizational effectiveness with speed.
• Risk Taker / Innovator - Is willing to push the envelope to meet stretch goals.  Not satisfied with the status quo but willing to be aggressive to implement the next breakthrough technology and get our operations to the next level.

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