Senior Facilities Engineer

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.

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At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.

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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.

In this position you will provide the leadership to plan, scope, coordinate and control complex projects involving multiple disciplines for Optical Fiber and Cable manufacturing processes worldwide, improving our ability to understand and control these processes services and thereby meeting our manufacturing objectives. You will also solve state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing problems requiring sophisticated engineering approaches, computational procedures and broad engineering and scientific knowledge.

You will act as the principal lead on one or more projects and provide technical leadership on facilities projects.

• Propose, plan (scope), and implement projects requiring engineering analysis and modeling. Define the scope, financial impact, key activities and method of evaluation on projects. Monitor and control the technical, cost and time objectives of the projects. Re‑allocate funds and personnel to meet project requirements.
• Initiate and implement major process improvement projects leading to improved understanding, significant cost reduction or quality improvement.
• Develop staffing requirements for projects. Ensure coordination, interaction and effective resource utilization of appropriate groups on projects.
• Direct the activities of other engineering personnel assigned to the projects.
• Provide technical leadership on one or more projects. Primary technical leadership on Facilities Projects. Project management will be required on a wide variety of projects and not restricted to any one discipline or groups of equipment.
• Act as a division consultant on problems involving delivery and integration of process services worldwide for Optical Fiber and Cables (OFC) locations.
• Maintain knowledge of current work being conducted both inside and outside of Corning in the areas of OFC.
• Effectively communicate plans, progress and problems to all concerned parties.
• Document results.
• Ensure coordination and interaction with other organizations that are involved in the projects.
• Train other specialists in project engineering, modeling and engineering analysis.

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical disciplines.
• 10+ years of experience doing project management for large teams and large facilities.

Your travel could be as much as 25‑50% and could include international travel. Travel duration is based on project work.

• Project Management experience at green field / brown field building construction site and/or site modification.
• Experience from development through production.
• Experience working with suppliers, contractors, technical staff.
• Skilled at reading and interpreting drawings and piping and instrumentation diagrams.
• Ability to deliver lowest total costs and identify savings…