Operations Process Engineer
Corning · Harrodsburg, KY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $85k–$117k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Certification
- Green Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Corning (industrial) in Harrodsburg, KY. You will be responsible for supporting, optimizing, and maintaining mixing manufacturing processes to enable safe, efficient, and high-quality production.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree preferred · Green Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Green Belt, Root cause, DMAIC
- Base pay
- $85k–$117k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Kentucky: typical posted base $72k–$117k. This one lists $85k–$117k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 18 process engineer openings in Kentucky, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 17 other live process postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 56%
- Tooling 39%
- ✓ Six Sigma 33%
- FMEA 33%
- SPC 28%
- New product launch 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Green Belt, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Process team at Corning
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Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting mentions a Green Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
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This plant: Corning in Harrodsburg
4 other open roles at this site.
- Operations Shift Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
- Forming Process Engineer · Process
- Cold End Process Engineer · Process
- Senior Controls Engineer · Controls · Senior
Full description from CorningAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Own daily process performance by supporting production, monitoring key metrics, and responding to process issues.
- ◆Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in materials, manufacturing processes, and equipment technologies.
- ◆Troubleshoot process excursions and drive corrective and preventive actions through structured root cause analysis.
- ◆Apply engineering principles, statistical analysis, and process data to improve stability, yield, throughput, cost, and variation.
- ◆Lead continuous improvement projects that reduce defects, downtime, scrap, cycle time, and process variation.
- ◆Ensure compliance with all health, safety, environmental, and regulatory
requirements
while identifying risks and supporting mitigation actions.
- ✓Support new raw material, process, and equipment introductions through trials, qualifications, ramp-ups, and documentation.
- ✓Build and sustain process knowledge by improving standards, documenting learnings, and maintaining technical discipline.
- ✓Communicate priorities, escalate issues, and collaborate with operators, production leadership, maintenance, quality, safety, and engineering partners. Provide shift supervision coverage as needed to support production priorities, maintain operational continuity, and ensure effective communication across shifts.
Education and Experience: Required
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical or Materials Engineering preferred) with 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, process engineering or operations.
- ✓Demonstrated experience using engineering principles and statistical analysis to improve manufacturing performance.
- ✓Working knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, DMAIC, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools; Green Belt certification preferred.
- ✓Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically MS Excel for data analysis and basic reporting.
- ✓Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to define issues clearly, identify root causes, and drive actions to closure.
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Requisition Number: 77357
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Role Purpose
As an Operations Process Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting, optimizing, and maintaining mixing manufacturing processes to enable safe, efficient, and high-quality production. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to solve technical problems, improve process performance, and strengthen fundamental process understanding. You will drive continuous improvement initiatives and implement new technologies to enhance production efficiency and reduce costs.
Work Conditions
- •Full-time, Monday through Friday, typically 40–50 hours per week.
- •Schedule flexibility may be required for production needs, process trials, equipment startups, troubleshooting, training, or urgent operational issues.
- •Participates in a rotating on-call schedule.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $84,932.00 - $116,782.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
- •Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- •As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- •Our health and well-being benefits include 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) to support you and your family.
- •Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues wh