About the role

Product Engineer ensuring product designs meet quality management standards and participating in new product development projects at Owens Corning. Collaborating with technical and manufacturing teams while driving initiatives critical to the business.

Responsibilities

The Product Engineer acts as a key partner across business functions; responsible for ensuring that current product designs continue to meet Enterprise Product Quality Management Standards (EPQM) customer/business expectations while also participating in new product development projects.
This role is responsible for clearly understanding the ways our customers interact with our products, required critical product features & benefits and translating those into measurable product characteristics in the Manufacturing Specification.
Product Engineers also possess a fundamental understanding of the manufacturing process.
They are required to have excellent communication skills and be able to speak to all levels of the organization as this position works closely with other technical and manufacturing teams as well as business and operations leaders.
Although this role is considered individual contributor, leadership of projects with horizontal leadership will be key to driving initiatives critical to S&T and the business.
Reports to : Product Engineering Team Leader
Span of Control : Individual Contributor

B.S. in Engineering (Mech./Elec./Industrial), Chemistry or similar field
Six Sigma Green Belt (or willingness to obtain belt)
Ability to travel 20-25%. Travel schedule will be determined in advance.
Working Knowledge of industrial manufacturing processes
Demonstration of safe work practices
Leadership (direct or indirect) of interdisciplinary teams to achieve a common goal
Demonstrated ability to generate new and innovative, customer inspired solutions
Effective communicator
Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Minitab, Power BI, and Proficient

Safer Together: Actively participates in monthly safety meetings
Ensures rigorous compliance to safety procedures and OC corporate policies
Focuses on sustaining a safe work environment for self and coworkers
Translates work safety knowledge to personal/home.
Enterprise Product Quality Management Champion, leads portions of the Product Passport and Product Compliance Scorecard (PCS)
Identifies, understands, and effectively translate Customer Fitness For Use (CFFUs) into clear, measurable manufacturing and testing specifications.
Regularly evaluate market environment and performance through customer visits, competitive product audits and comprehensive product line reviews (PLRs)
Engages process teams and manufacturing to identify opportunities for capability improvement
Develops test methods to quantify critical product characteristics
Manage project information in VelOCity, our corporate stage-gate project management tool
Work with Plant/Business Leaders to develop a working knowledge of the financial drivers for each product and participate in development of product strategy for optimization of cost/performance.
Provide training and knowledge transfer to manufacturing organizations on customer requirements and changes to the specifications
Communicate effectively with people at all levels and placement within the organization