Corporate Engineer IV

About the Role

At GAF, we cover more than buildings—we cover each other. The Corporate Project Engineer IV is a recognized technical authority who handles the most critical, large-scale capital projects and serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for the project execution process and engineering standards. Operating at an advanced-to-expert level across technical and cognitive skills, this role drives strategic thinking, high-level risk management, and successful execution. It is also recognized as an expert in financial governance and the capital funding (AFCE) process.

Responsibilities

• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the primary technical authority for the plant's capital portfolio.
• Design Oversight: Approve major design deviations and provide high-level solutions for execution roadblocks, ensuring all engineering solutions meet or exceed standards.
• High-Level Decision Making: Lead critical decision-making processes, utilizing expert-level data analysis, reasoning, and risk identification.
• Project Execution Process: Serve as the recognized SME of standards, ensuring projects do not advance to the next phase without a fully defined scope, budget, and adherence to the Project Execution Process and engineering standards.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and present comprehensive business cases for critical, large-scale capital projects.
• Portfolio Management: Ensure projects do not move to the execution phase without a fully defined, locked-in scope, schedule, and budget.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive high-level continuous improvement and adaptability strategies across the engineering department to prevent capital project delays or budget overruns.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: While operating as a senior individual contributor, lead cross-functional teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, managing complex scopes that include major site expansions and critical technology upgrades.
• Stakeholder Management: Leverage advanced communication skills to influence without authority, managing complex stakeholder relationships up to the executive level.
• Resource Balancing: Assist management in monitoring the workload of the project engineering team and identify when external engineering firms are required to supplement internal execution capabilities.
• Talent Development: Assist in elevating the capabilities of the broader project engineering network through practical guidance, knowledge sharing, and translating lessons learned into best practices.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in an engineering role.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite.
• Large capital project management capability.
• Advanced knowledge of financial governance, the capital funding (AFCE) process, and large-scale portfolio management.
• Advanced knowledge of corporate engineering standards, acting as a recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the project execution process.
• Ability to develop, analyze, and present comprehensive business cases for multi-million-dollar capital investments.
• Ability to evaluate, approve, and oversee major design deviations and provide high-level engineering solutions for execution roadblocks.
• Skill in expert-level root cause analysis to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning.
• Ability to develop, interpret, and revise complex technical documents and engineering drawings.
• Expertise in standard manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience within manufacturing or roofing/building products.
• Advanced proficiency in engineering and project management tools.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, prioritize, and execute plans to deliver results on multiple projects.
• Large-scale capital project management skills.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to quality and accuracy.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Able to influence and lead others over whom he/she has no direct authority.
• Willing to drive for change in the interest of continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work under limited supervision, make independent judgments, and decisions as necessary.
• Excellent organization skills.

Physical Demands

• Stationary Position: Occasionally
• Move/Traverse: Occasionally
• Stationary Position/Seated: Occasionally
• Transport/Lifting: Occasionally
• Transport/Carrying: Occasionally
• Exerting Force/Pushing: Occasionally
• Exerting Force/Pulling: Occasionally
• Ascend/Descend: Occasionally
• Balancing: Occasionally
• Position Self/Stooping: Occasionally
• Position Self/Kneeling: Occasionally
• Position Self/Crouching: Occasionally
• Position Self/Crawling: Occasionally
• Reaching: Occasionally
• Handling: Occasionally
• Grasping: Occasionally
• Feeling: Occasionally
• Communicate/Talking: Frequently
• Communicate/Hearing: Frequently
• Repetitive Motions: Frequently
• Coordination: Frequently

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold: Frequently
• Extreme heat: Frequently
• Humid: Frequently
• Wet: Frequently
• Noise: Frequently
• Hazards: Frequently
• Temperature Change: Frequently
• Vibration: Frequently

Pay

Base Salary Range: $139,500–$178,250. Individual compensation offers will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant candidate experience and skill, education, and/or qualifications.

Benefits

• A wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Family-building benefits supporting fertility and parenthood journeys.
• A robust 401K plan with an employer match contribution for pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• Wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates for your primary residence.
• Professional growth and development through internal training programs, courses, and a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• Employee Resource Groups focused on education and allyship for all employees.

Travel Requirements: 50%