Roofing & Asphalt Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer - Roofing & Asphalt, Toledo, OH (50% travel)When people think of Owens Corning, they often picture the Pink Panther™, who appears predominantly in its advertising campaigns. Best known for its PINK FIBERGLAS® home insulation and other products that conserve energy, which helps protect the environment, Owens Corning is a world leader in building materials systems and composite solutions. Owens Corning’s people redefine what’s possible each day to deliver high-quality products and services ranging from insulation, roofing, siding and manufactured stone to glass composite materials used in high-performance applications.Owens Corning achieved sales of $6.3 billion in 2005 and employs more than 20,000 employees in 25 countries. The Company continues to grow rapidly, with sales increasing each year since 2001.A Fortune 500 company for more than 50 years, Owens Corning has cultivated a culture that emphasizes safety, performance and accountability, openness and stewardship. Newly hired employees report that a key reason they were attracted to the Company is that the people working for Owens Corning are confident in their abilities, yet open and approachable. Owens Corning’s emphasis on its people and its commitment to its corporate values - Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Fun, Sharing, Candor and Innovation - result in a unique employment experience.Additional information is available at http://www.owenscorning.com/career.The Roofing & Asphalt Process Engineer is responsible for Roofing & Asphalt Divison projects and engineering. This position is accountable for analytical solutions to chronic and/or complex problems within plant or business operations related to Roofing & Asphalt operations.
This person will provide the guidance, analysis, planning and implementation for permanent solutions to issues to insure safe, optimum performance of processes and equipment.Typical Responsibilities include:Leading or participating in projects and project teams in the investigation, problem analysis, alternative evaluation and implementation of permanent solutions to chronic issues that require the use of Six Sigma problem solving techniques.Provide tactical Roofing & Asphalt equipment technical assistance to operations personnel.Document solutions, provide training for correction and/or implementation of solutions, put follow-on procedures and audit routines in place to assure permanency of solutions while functioning as Asphalt technical operations expert within the Division.Provide counseling and coaching to manufacturing engineers, production management and all other manufacturing support personnel.Bring World Class/Best In Class techniques, procedures, processes and know-how into the plant operations: equipment, facilities, production processes as well as interfunctional processes.Initiate, plan and insure closure on any issues found during Asphalt Process Surveys.Will serve as a member of Equipment Standards team and keep standards up to date and accessible.Training and background in Six Sigma tools and methodology will be a plus 5 or more years in Manufacturing, Engineering, Essential Leadership skills Essential Bachelor Degree in an Engineering discipline is required. Ability to broadly conceptualize issues and solutions is Essential Ability to perform detailed analytical analyses is Essential Ability to prioritize many projects and requests is EssentialMust be eligible to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. REQUIREMENTS
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