Job Overview
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee assistance program
Training and Development
performance bonuses
Job Description
Owens Corning is a globally recognized leader in building products, with a legacy that spans over eight decades since its founding in 1938. Headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, this Fortune 500 company specializes in roofing, insulation, and doors, catering primarily to residential markets in North America and Europe. Owens Corning is distinguished by its integrated go-to-market strategy, which leverages a unique combination of strengths, including its iconic brand, cutting-edge technology, robust commercial capabilities, and a competitive cost structure. This strategy enables Owens Corning to deliver superior value to customers and maintain a leadership position in the marketplace.
Committed to fostering innovation, sustainable growth, and operational excellence, Owens Corning places a strong emphasis on building partnerships, advancing performance, and engaging its workforce. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OC and upholds a reputation as an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment for all employees.
The Maintenance Leader position at Owens Corning's Tallmadge Plant is a pivotal role focused on ensuring stable and reliable plant operations. This leadership role embodies the company’s core values with an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, productivity, and cost management. Reporting directly to the Tallmadge Plant Leader and being a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, the Maintenance Leader will oversee a dedicated team of approximately 12 hourly maintenance employees within a plant that operates two manufacturing lines and employs about 80 personnel in total.
The essence of this role is to cultivate a strong safety culture and lead efforts to maintain a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant workplace. This includes developing risk assessments, executing safety plans for critical tasks, and fostering a zero-incident work environment. The Maintenance Leader is also responsible for guiding and developing the maintenance team through ongoing training, engagement, and performance management to enhance skills and ensure operational reliability.
In addition to safety leadership, the Maintenance Leader will develop and implement strategic maintenance plans aligned with broader business objectives. This includes setting performance targets, managing the maintenance budget, and partnering with stakeholders to identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve safety, and enhance productivity. The role also involves continuous improvement initiatives such as root cause failure analysis and executing predictive and preventive maintenance programs to sustain high equipment reliability.
A critical aspect of the role is talent development, where the Maintenance Leader will build and maintain an effective team environment that promotes accountability, respect, and collaboration. This leader will ensure that maintenance personnel are adequately trained and certified, fostering an atmosphere where clear communication and continuous feedback help drive team and individual success. By leveraging strong interpersonal skills and a strategic mindset, the Maintenance Leader will drive employee engagement and operational excellence, contributing significantly to Owens Corning's ongoing success in manufacturing operations.
Committed to fostering innovation, sustainable growth, and operational excellence, Owens Corning places a strong emphasis on building partnerships, advancing performance, and engaging its workforce. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OC and upholds a reputation as an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment for all employees.
The Maintenance Leader position at Owens Corning's Tallmadge Plant is a pivotal role focused on ensuring stable and reliable plant operations. This leadership role embodies the company’s core values with an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, productivity, and cost management. Reporting directly to the Tallmadge Plant Leader and being a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, the Maintenance Leader will oversee a dedicated team of approximately 12 hourly maintenance employees within a plant that operates two manufacturing lines and employs about 80 personnel in total.
The essence of this role is to cultivate a strong safety culture and lead efforts to maintain a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant workplace. This includes developing risk assessments, executing safety plans for critical tasks, and fostering a zero-incident work environment. The Maintenance Leader is also responsible for guiding and developing the maintenance team through ongoing training, engagement, and performance management to enhance skills and ensure operational reliability.
In addition to safety leadership, the Maintenance Leader will develop and implement strategic maintenance plans aligned with broader business objectives. This includes setting performance targets, managing the maintenance budget, and partnering with stakeholders to identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve safety, and enhance productivity. The role also involves continuous improvement initiatives such as root cause failure analysis and executing predictive and preventive maintenance programs to sustain high equipment reliability.
A critical aspect of the role is talent development, where the Maintenance Leader will build and maintain an effective team environment that promotes accountability, respect, and collaboration. This leader will ensure that maintenance personnel are adequately trained and certified, fostering an atmosphere where clear communication and continuous feedback help drive team and individual success. By leveraging strong interpersonal skills and a strategic mindset, the Maintenance Leader will drive employee engagement and operational excellence, contributing significantly to Owens Corning's ongoing success in manufacturing operations.
Job Requirements
- a minimum of 5 years of industrial manufacturing and maintenance assignments and experience
- a bachelor’s degree preferably in engineering or science
- able to engage and care for people starting with safety
- experience leading reliability work process and total productive maintenance preferred
- excellent listening and follow-up skills
- strong process, engineering and technical abilities
- business and financial acumen
- capital project execution skills
- continuous improvement mindset
- never satisfied with current state, always seeking to improve
Job Qualifications
- a bachelor’s degree preferably in engineering or science
- minimum of 5 years of industrial manufacturing and maintenance experience
- experience leading reliability work process and total productive maintenance preferred
- strong process, engineering and technical abilities
- business and financial acumen
- capital project execution experience
- continuous improvement mindset
- excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- ability to engage and care for people starting with safety
- effective communication and team-building skills
Job Duties
- live the safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities
- ensure a safe, clean environmentally compliant work environment and build a culture where safety is a priority
- develop risk assessments and safe plans of action for critical tasks
- lead and support safety initiatives to drive to zero incidents
- train and develop employees to safely perform their jobs
- participate in work area self-inspections and accident investigations, recommend corrective actions
- develop and execute plant maintenance strategy aligned with business goals
- determine performance objectives for the plant and maintenance department
- maintain maintenance budget including labor, repairs and replacements
- identify process improvement opportunities to eliminate waste, enhance safety, reduce cost, increase capacity and productivity
- continuously improve safety and housekeeping
- lead maintenance department to achieve best-in-class safety and machine performance
- ensure effective deployment of employee and labor relations practices
- control and reduce operating cost
- conduct root cause failure analysis on chronic maintenance issues
- execute effective preventive maintenance and work order programs
- develop and execute TPM and RWP plans
- collaborate and build strong relationships with production and technical teams
- build and lead effective teams that increase plant performance
- communicate effectively ensuring people have the right information
- coach team members to high standards and expected performance
- attract, develop and retain top talent
- evaluate strengths and development opportunities of the team
- monitor and enforce plant and corporate policies and procedures
Job Criteria
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
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