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The Materials Engineer is key to securing continued production across Asphalt, Shingles, and Components by qualifying dual raw material sources. This position plays a key role in the completion of materials focused projects across roofing, including the development of qualification plans, required screening and testing, plant trials, data analysis, and implementation of solutions.

The Materials Engineer will collaborate across Roofing Science & Technology, Operations, Sourcing, Product Stewardship, and Product organizations to assure product quality and availability.

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:  Roofing Materials Leader

Span of Control:  Individual contributor

MATERIALS TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP: PLANT TRIALING, QUALIFICATION PROTOCOL & TEST METHOD DEVELOPMENT

• Partner with sourcing professionals to screen materials in the lab prior to plant trialing for qualification.
• Lead raw material dual sourcing/supply security qualifications using already established qualification protocols.
• Coordinate plant trials and required product testing, analyze data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations for trial material use. Identify challenges and obstacles to qualification. Identify and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Apply knowledge of material and scientific fundamentals and experimental design in projects.
• Communicate technical results to project teams.  Author summary reports on technical findings, when applicable.
• Collaborate across Roofing Science & Technology to develop materials qualification protocols and new test methods where protocols or protocol requirements do not already exist.
• Proactively mitigate supply security/dual sourcing needs by ensuring supplier material specifications meet the current production needs, and collaborating with stakeholders (Sourcing, Lab, Pilots, etc)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Manage 2-3 materials/dual sourcing projects across the Roofing Division, which allow for rapid response to critical supply shortages and prevent or minimize any lost production.

• Lead dual sourcing/materials qualification projects from Sourcing concept through material qualification, including successful handoff to manufacturing.
• Define, manage and communicate the scope, timeline and resources needed using project management methodologies
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks to effectively manage changes throughout the projects.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with people across different functions in the organization.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Science field or Associates Degree with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated use of fundamental engineering and business principles to deliver a desired outcome.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and meet key milestones, to work and communicate effectively with people across different functions of the organization, and to technically contribute to the development of solutions.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25-40% of the time (varies depending on project need).

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated project management effectiveness and tool usage in R&D and/or manufacturing environments is preferred (developing plant trials, communication plans, timelines, etc.).
• Experience with statistics to drive data based decisions and develop customer-inspired test methods, as well as organizing and presenting data to key stakeholders
• Multi-functional communication skills (ability to manage across functions from Operations, Sourcing, and other R&D functions).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Strong desire to innovate and own delivery of project outcomes.
• Self-motivated with the ability and desire to work independently to learn and apply new technical areas.
• Team oriented, with high energy and desire to build strong relationships, collaborate and drive results across multi-functional and discipline boundaries in a dynamic, multi-project environment.
• Ability to present data to multifunctional audiences and drive the decision-making process.
• Resilience and agility to adapt to an ever-changing environment and business.
• Passion for understanding how things work and the ability to navigate through large data sets to provide project direction.
• Out of the box thinking to identify new approaches to overcome obstacles.
• Practices safety-conscious behaviors in all operational processes and procedures.
• Attention to detail and dedication to documenting and embedding knowledge within the organization.

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