Facilities Engineer III

About the role

The Facilities Engineer III leads complex projects involving multiple disciplines for Optical Fiber and Cable manufacturing processes worldwide. This includes solving advanced manufacturing problems, improving process understanding, and achieving manufacturing objectives.

Responsibilities

• Propose, plan (scope), and implement projects requiring engineering analysis and modeling.
• Define the scope, financial impact, key activities, and method of evaluation on projects.
• Monitor and control the technical, cost, and time objectives of the projects.
• Re-allocate funds and personnel to meet project requirements.
• Initiate and implement major process improvement projects leading to improved understanding, significant cost reduction, or quality improvement.
• Develop staffing requirements for projects. Ensure coordination, interaction, and effect resource utilization of appropriate groups on projects.
• Direct the activities of other engineering personnel assigned to the projects.
• Provide technical leadership on one or more projects. Primary technical leadership on Facilities Process systems. Project management will be required on a wide variety of projects and not restricted to only Facilities Process-related systems.
• Act as a division consultant on problems involving delivery and integration of process services Worldwide for Optical Fiber and Cables locations.
• Maintain knowledge of current work being conducted both inside and outside of Corning in the areas of optical fiber and cables.
• Effectively communicate plans, progress, and problems to all concerned parties.
• Document results.
• Ensure coordination and interaction with other organizations that are involved in the projects.
• Train other engineering personnel in project engineering, modeling, and engineering analysis.

Requirements

• Demonstrated project management skills
• Exceptional time management and organization skills
• Demonstrated ability to take projects from conception to commissioning, balancing several at a time
• Experience working with suppliers, contractors, technical staff
• Skilled at reading and interpreting drawings and piping and instrumentation diagrams
• Can identify potential problems and offer corrective or preventative actions
• Strong expertise in construction project scheduling, including development and management of baseline schedules, look-ahead schedules, and recovery schedules for field execution
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project for building detailed schedules, tracking progress, managing critical path activities, and reporting schedule updates to project teams and leadership
• Working knowledge of the Last Planner System, including pull planning, weekly work planning, constraint identification/removal, and percent plan complete (PPC) tracking

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering or similar required
• 5+ years of field engineering experience

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to secure cooperative and effective performance from associates assigned to projects
• Maintain and value diversity / quality of personnel recruited, trained, and promoted
• Deep appreciation for the safety aspects of the Process Services design and the implementation
• Self-starter. Able to work alone or in teams equally well
• Ability to build relationships within cross-functional groups; team building skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Able to manage large external teams of contractors/sub-contractors to achieve project objectives

Benefits

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
• 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career
• Health and well-being benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions