Capital Project Engineer Jobs in Ohio (NOW HIRING)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Capital Delivery Project Manager serves as project lead for major capital projects typically ranging around $5MM to $20MM. This role partners with business leadership, internal engineering teams, and external partners to safely deliver projects on plan. They conceptualize, define, safely execute, and close out major capital projects while meeting prescribed metrics. The Project Lead will also use current standards and best processes to define and continuously improve the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Early Management (EM) capital project delivery process.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Reports to: Project Management Leader

Span of Control: Small to medium sized capital projects may be in any Non-wovens, or Insulation plant, primarily supporting the Americas and usually up to $20MM. Project results of this role impact plants financial performance, customer satisfaction and return on investment, over the operating life of installed equipment.

Location:Granville, OH

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Process and process improvement activities -

• The project lead is to work within the broader project management team to coordinate cost control, contract administration, construction site representation, expediting, scheduling and other project support roles that are typically filled by contract employees, that may be shared in support of multiple projects.
• Enable, enhance, and communicate standard processes utilized in capital delivery.
• Coordinates with Global Capital Delivery Leaders to align and implement standard procedures to ensure projects meet IP and SOX guidelines and corporate policy.
• Assists the Project Management Leader to provide tracking of current, and long-range planning of major capital projects in collaboration within the business stakeholders.
• Actively participates with the project management team to provide a process of maintaining and accessing key learnings on all projects for evaluation and use as reference on future projects.
• Ensures TPM EM process are considered in all projects and participates in TPM training activities.
• Completes all required regulatory training.
• Engage in PM training (CURT, PMI, RPM, etc.) as needed.

Provides project management of capital projects and ensures metrics are defined and met -

• Provide Leadership in support of conceptualizing capital solutions and methods to meet business objectives in collaboration with Business Stakeholders and area experts.
• Develop project team and Lead resources, in collaboration with Plants, Engineering, Environment/Health/Safety, Global Sourcing, vendors, engineering firms and other parties as necessary to define, estimate and safely execute all phases of a project through close out of the project.
• Accountable for delivering the project per the established metrics.
• Ensure all phases of the project are executed per the prescribed capital delivery process and according to Corporate Policy.
• Track and report progress of the project against established metrics.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Chemical preferred), Construction Management, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading Capital Projects in support of Manufacturing
• Background in manufacturing operations and/or design engineering
• Gated process engineering design/project experience
• This position requires 30-50% travel. Travel may be domestic or international depending on plant location.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or Primavera scheduling tools
• Project Manager will be part of our Global Capital Delivery team, based at our Owens Corning Science & Technology Center in Granville, OH.

PREFERREDEXPERIENCE:

• Engineering Procurement Construction Management (EPCM) Execution Strategy for Capital Investments
• Familiarity with TPM
• PMI training, and exposure to industry associations such as CURT, CII, PMI.
• Experience working in global locations and with global teams
• 6 Sigma training
• Ability to use design tools such as FMEA, DFMA, DFS, etc
• Use of AutoCad or other similar design packages

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to quickly assess situations, develop appropriate solutions, and manage execution
• Change Agent: Comfortable with the "what could be" mindset, innovative and able to drive change by fostering teamwork and engaging others
• Consultative Skills - ability to influence business partners in their decision-making. Shape solutions by helping partners articulate what they need.
• Continuous Improvement Knowledge - demonstrates ability to recognize waste and drives waste elimination efforts. Has knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma concepts and has applied those concepts when leading process improvement initiatives.
• Global Cultural Competence - understands, communicates, and effectively interacts with people across cultures and embraces diversity. Is aware of one's own cultural worldview; one's attitude towards cultural differences; one's knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and skills to interact effectively. Effectively achieves business results working across and with multi-national teams.
• Communication - clearly conveys relevant information and ideas with confidence and in a manner that inspires the audience. Adjusts approach to capture audience attention and ensures there is an understanding of the message. Seeks to understand others through active listening.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions 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 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.