Operations Area Leader
Owens Corning
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Waxahachie • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Driving a Strong Safety Culture
- Ensuring a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work environment and building a culture where safety is a priority
- Leading and supporting safety initiatives, proactive conversations around safety, and processes to drive towards zero recordable injuries
- Training and developing employees to safely perform their jobs
- Effectively communicating Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the department
- Executing Total Production Maintenance (TPM) Strategy and Managing Operations
- Lead operations and processes for respective assets/area of responsibility within the plant
- Provide direct supervision to employees in area of responsibility
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineers to identify and drive continuous improvement efforts
- Ensure effective deployment of employee/labor relations practices
- Proactively analyzes and manages all relative operations performance metrics making improvements to efficiencies, quality, and cost
- Set clear and measurable performance expectations, in line with plant goals
- Driving progress in area of responsibility through engagement of operators in TPM activities
- Making operational decisions or recommendations that could affect the financial, employee, or public relations posture of the organization
- Build an inclusive environment to drive sustainable operations
- Partner with peers, manufacturing engineers, process engineers, etc. to clearly understand process and customer expectations
- Drive salaried performance process with their team focusing on performance around results, impact, behavior, and talent
- Establish an engaged workforce characterized by mutual trust, open communications, teamwork, and recognition
- Actively leading and building effective work teams and committees to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline required
- Minimum of 3 years manufacturing experience
- Minimum 2 years leading people in a complex manufacturing environment or successful completion of a Manufacturing Leadership Program
- Experience leading in a Union environment
- Manufacturing Engineer experience preferred
- Six Sigma certification and Lean manufacturing experience preferred
- Willingness to relocate in the future with OC TPM knowledge and understanding
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Total Production Maintenance (TPM)manufacturing processesoperations managementcontinuous improvementperformance metrics analysisLean manufacturingSix Sigma
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteamworkemployee developmentengagementtrust buildinginclusivity
Certifications
Six Sigma certification