Senior Facilities Engineer

Requisition Number: 73238

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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry‑leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry. This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical‑based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications.

The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical‑based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

In this position you will provide the leadership to plan / scope, coordinate and control complex projects involving multiple disciplines for Optical Fiber and Cable manufacturing processes worldwide, improving our ability to understand and control these processes services and thereby meeting our manufacturing objectives. You will also solve state of the art manufacturing problems requiring sophisticated engineering approaches, computational procedures, and broad engineering and scientific knowledge.

You will act as the principal lead on one or more projects and provide technical leadership on facilities projects.

• Propose, plan (scope), and implement projects requiring engineering analysis and modeling. Define the scope, financial impact, key activities, and method of evaluation on projects. Monitors and controls the technical, cost, and time objectives of the projects. Re‑allocates 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 Projects. Project management will be required on a wide variety of projects and not restricted to any one discipline or groups of equipment.
• Act as a division consultant on problems involving delivery and integration of process services Worldwide for Optical Fiber and Cables (OFC) locations.
• Maintain knowledge of current work being conducted both inside and outside of Corning in the areas of OFC.
• Effectively communicate plans, progress, and problems to all concerned parties.
• Document results.
• Ensures coordination and interaction with other organizations that are involved in the projects.
• Trains other specialists in project engineering, modeling, and engineering analysis.
• Business Continuity
  • Prepare and present quarterly Business Continuity Steering Committee meetings to provide updates on continuity plans, risk assessments, and incident response strategies.
  • Annually update the organization’s Incident Response Plan to ensure readiness for potential disruptions, crises, and emergencies.
  • Conduct business impact analysis for all OFC products and annual risk assessments for all OFC sites, identifying vulnerabilities and risks that could impact ability to invent, make, and sell.
  • Develop and maintain product and site‑specific Business Continuity Plans, ensuring that updated, reviewed, and tested…