Civil Project Leader

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Corning's Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering division (MTE) is recognized as the leader in engineering excellence & innovative manufacturing technologies by providing diverse skills to Corning’s existing & emerging businesses.

We anticipate & provide timely, valued, leading edge manufacturing technologies and engineering expertise. We partner with Corning’s businesses and the Science & Technology division. Together we create and sustain Corning’s manufacturing as a differential advantage.

Manage a cross functional team in the design, build, and commissioning of facility construction projects for new or existing manufacturing facilities. Apply fundamental engineering principles to develop, design, and resolve solutions to a variety of technical problems related to Civil, Structural, Environmental, and Architectural systems and processes.

• Lead project team, including external engineering and construction management firms in the design, construction, and turnover to manufacturing operations. This includes ensuring the project’s compliance with safety, scope schedule, cost, and other project specific deliverables such as those associated with product quality, equipment and process capability, machine and line rates, equipment uptime, etc.
• Deliver strong project leadership skills through the project initiation, planning, implementation and closeout phases
• Develop the Statements of work and RFPs for Consultants, CMs, and/or Contractors related to the specific projects
• Lead, guide, coach & help develop internal Corning & contingent employees as well as external contractors to meet the project requirements
• Establish requirements and acceptance criteria with customer
• Assist in the evaluation and verify justification for project. This includes providing inputs on cost, schedule and resources for various scenarios under consideration
• Identifies and drives key decisions for such things as scope, design, schedule, spending, vendor selection, etc.

• Must be available for significant travel, primarily domestic, to multiple locations to support business needs. International travel could be required as well
• Project assignments can be in excess of 1-2 years in duration
• Flexibility is required
• Normal Business Hours (8 – 5, M –
  
  F): however, expected to work hours required to achieve objectives
• May include weekend and off-shift hours

• BS degree in Civil, Structural, Architectural or equivalent
• 7 years of engineering and professional work experience
• Project Management Skills (understanding and application)
  • Scope development and acceptance criteria
  • Establish and manage a budget
  • Spending control
  • Change control
  • Planning, organizing and executing the plan
  • Schedule management
• Team coalescence, guiding, directing and accountability
• Effective interaction with internal and external customers
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Conflict resolution and problem solving
• Relationship Building
• Demonstrates respect for the perspective of others
• Effective and timely decision making – uses data, listens to others, establishes the criteria and then drives/leads the organization
• Ability to adapt and effectively lead a team through to changing circumstances
• Ability to prioritize multiple requirements
• Communication – able to effectively communicate within different levels in the internal Corning organization and with external engineering and construction companies
• Flexibility
  - Has ability to…