Location: Rockford,IL, USA
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Process & Quality Leader provides technical leadership and hands-on guidance over the extrusion process and quality. Interfaces throughout all levels of the plant and the foam network to provide solutions and advancements to product manufacturing challenges. The Process & Quality Leader is the subject matter expert on the plant's extrusion process, product quality, and raw material areas. This position has two hourly direct reports to help manage and facilitate daily operations and reporting.
This position reports to the Plant Leader and is a member of the Plant Leadership Team (NLT). As a member of the leadership team, the Process & Quality Leader helps develop and deploy strategies to meet the business objectives.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Safety is a key value for Owens Corning
* Builds and supports a culture where safety is a fundamental value
* Ensures a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work environment
* Adhere to and continuously improve all safety policies, procedures, and standards
* Actively participates in and follows requirements for Process Safety Management (PSM)
* Develops safe work practices and job training that reduce risk for process related tasks
* Operate with zero environmental non-conformities to applicable company and government regulations
* Support and participate in wellness and community initiatives
Lead plant extrusion process and technical excellence
* Responsible for driving excellent performance in our 24/7 extrusion process
* Deliver exceptional production performance and constantly drive for improvement in product characteristics, system capability, and consistency of results
* Hands on engagement with extruder WonderWare and Ignition systems
* Establish repeatable recipes and settings for each product
* Drive product changeover consistency and effectiveness
* Deliver on KPI's for product density efficiency, yield, and pack rate
* Create and implement best practices at the extruder level for process setup and control
* Interface with divisional engineering to solve all product and material challenges
* Lead implementation of new processes, production codes, and raw material blends
* Conduct process improvement trials and incorporate learning into technical improvement plans
Drive Plant Quality Excellence
* Owns and develops all plant product quality specifications to ensure the specification is adequate to ensure customer FFU
* Ensures all products meet ASTM, UL, R&D Industries and FM Global standards
* Maintain master files and history on all internal product specifications and procedures
* Stay current on all Quality Control (QC) specifications and act as the subject-matter expert for QC
* Educate all plant leadership and primary employees on quality control requirements
* Interface with regional Foam QC resources to ensure alignment with QC expectations
* Develop and sustain practices to minimize Cost to Non-Quality (CONQ)
* Constantly strives to improve product performance in all areas and matches up customer needs with technical solutions to ensure customer Fitness for Use (FFU) are met with our products
* Provide technical and process support to our customers and sales support team as required
Lead and develop talent
* Owner of the training and development process for extrusion operator and quality technician
* Cross-functional team member on the Foam Divisional Process Engineers Network
* Hands on guidance to extrusion operators and quality technicians on the manufacturing process and process control procedures
* Leads, coaches, and teaches employees to reinforce Owens Corning values and ownership of plant processes and performance
Lead FI Pillar
* Work with the TPM steering team to develop the master plan and subsequent strategies for the implementation of FI Pillar
* Utilize FI methodologies to drive continuous improvement, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
* Partner cross-functionally with finance, engineering, and other teams to understand the current performance challenges, while developing sound solution strategies
* Effectively mentor teams and individuals of the plant around FI principles and processes
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* 3-5 years manufacturing experience required
* Extrusion processes strongly preferred
* Bachelor's degree in engineering or other industry related degree
* Lean certification such as Six Sigma or other related methodology
EXPERIENCE:
* Hands on leadership and engagement in a high performing manufacturing environment
* Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in a high employee empowerment culture, while training and developing technical skills in others
* Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives
* TPM, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and other lean concepts
* Experience utilizing computer programs and Microsoft Office products
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
* Ability to travel as required (10%)
* Conducts himself/herself with the highest ethical and moral standards
* Learns concepts and new skills at a very rapid pace and applies learning to the job
* Achieves results fast, individually and through teams - can synthesize data and multiple points of view quickly and creatively to arrive at balanced solutions and has a strong bias for action
* Understands deep and complex concepts and can troubleshoot problems based on abstract data
About Owens Corning
Masonite is now proudly part of Owens Corning. Owens Corning is a global building and construction materials leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our four integrated businesses - Roofing, Insulation, Doors, and Composites - provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders, and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2023 sales of $9.7 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer.
Nearest Major Market: Rockford