Project Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Operations Management

Location: Hickory, NC, US, 28601 Charlotte, NC, US, 28216 Austin, TX, US, 78726 Keller, TX, US, 76248

Company: Corning

Requisition Number: 78426

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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.

This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

The Engineering Project Manager will lead process-improvement and equipment-design projects supporting the Unlock Productivity program. Working under the program direction of the Unlock Productivity program leader, this position will translate productivity opportunities and business priorities into well-defined, executable engineering projects.

The role owns projects across the complete lifecycle—from opportunity definition, scope development, and business-case validation through concept development, detailed engineering, first prototype build, startup on live manufacturing lines, validation, and manufacturing acceptance.

This position requires an experienced project manager with strong technical capability in process engineering and mechanical/equipment design. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional and cross-site teams and will be accountable for delivering projects that meet established safety, quality, cost, schedule, performance, and manufacturing acceptance requirements.

• Partner with program, manufacturing, and engineering stakeholders to identify, define, prioritize, and scope productivity projects.
• Develop project objectives, business cases, budgets, schedules, resource plans, success criteria, and implementation strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams through problem definition, root-cause analysis, concept development, technical evaluation, and solution selection.
• Provide technical leadership for process improvements, mechanical design, equipment, tooling, and automation development.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, prototype builds, testing, and technical validation to ensure solutions meet safety, quality, productivity, cost, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Lead equipment and process installation, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, validation, and manufacturing acceptance on live production lines.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, operations, maintenance, quality, safety, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution.
• Manage project scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, changes, suppliers, and technical deliverables from definition through implementation.
• Track project results against approved…