Senior Staff Engineer - Industrial and Lean Engineering
Corning · Painted Post, NY
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Base pay
- $123k–$169k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 22 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior continuous improvement role at Corning (industrial) in Painted Post, NY. Lean, Theory of Constraints, or related operational excellence certification.
- They ask for
- 15+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Value stream mapping, Automation
- Base pay
- $123k–$169k
- Day to day
- relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in New York: typical posted base $109k–$150k. This one lists $123k–$169k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 11 continuous improvement openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New York plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 10 other live lean / ci postings in New York.
- Base pay
- About 13% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 7+)
Typical $109k–$150k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 100%
- Six Sigma 91%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 73%
- Kaizen 73%
- Root cause 64%
- Black Belt 55%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Power BI / Tableau, Python, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Corning
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 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 CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Corning in Painted Post
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Full description from CorningAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Apply Industrial Engineering, Lean Principles, Systems Thinking, and Theory of Constraints to improve product and information flow, increase capacity, reduce inventory and complexity, and lower cost.
- ◆Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and business operations.
- ◆Conduct current-state and future-state assessments, value stream analyses, and operational performance evaluations.
- ◆Identify and prioritize productivity, throughput, capacity, cost reduction, and process simplification opportunities across multiple facilities and organizations.
- ◆Develop and execute project plans, including requirements, deliverables, resources, timelines, milestones, stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation.
- ◆Develop and deploy data visualization solutions that enable operational decision-making and clear performance reporting.
- ◆Apply advanced Industrial Engineering methods, including capacity analysis, manufacturing flow analysis, labor productivity improvement, cost modeling, and facility optimization.
- ◆Communicate recommendations, project status, business impact, and technical findings through presentations, dashboards, and technical documentation.
- ◆Coach and mentor engineers, analysts, and operational teams, and serve as a technical resource to manufacturing and business leaders.
- ◆Develop standards, methodologies, best practices, and technical documentation that strengthen organizational capability and institutional knowledge.
Qualifications
and Skills
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Engineering Management, or another relevant engineering or technical discipline.
- ✓15+ years of experience in Industrial Engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations excellence, systems engineering, or a related field.
- ✓Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-functional manufacturing improvement or business transformation initiatives.
- ✓Deep practical knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints, capacity analysis, value-stream improvement, and manufacturing flow optimization.
- ✓Experience using data and visualization tools, such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms, to analyze operational performance and communicate actionable insights.
- ✓Strong project leadership, stakeholder management, facilitation, written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to influence across functions and organizations.
Qualifications
and Skills
- ✓Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Analytics, or a related field.
- ✓Experience with discrete event simulation software such as SIMUL8, FlexSim, AnyLogic, or similar platforms.
- ✓Experience applying Operations Research, optimization, decision analytics, or mathematical modeling techniques.
- ✓Experience using Python for analytics, automation, optimization, or modeling.
- ✓Experience with advanced analytics, data preparation, workflow automation, or predictive modeling.
- ✓Lean, Theory of Constraints, or related operational excellence certification.
- ✓Experience working across multiple plants, business units, or global operations.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $122,970.00 - $169,085.00 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 educa
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Corning is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial and Lean Engineering to join our team in Corning, NY . This role supports manufacturing and business teams across Corning locations and requires approximately 50–60% domestic travel . Relocation assistance is available.
This is a high-impact, senior technical leadership role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex manufacturing and business challenges. You will apply Industrial Engineering, Lean principles, manufacturing systems thinking , and Theory of Constraints to improve the flow of products, materials, information, and decisions across operations. Projects may include resolving constraints on an active production line, increasing capacity and productivity, reducing inventory and cost, or building models and analyses that help leaders evaluate major manufacturing investments. You will work directly with plant and business teams to turn data and on-the-floor observations into practical, sustainable results—while coaching less-experienced engineers and strengthening the team’s Industrial and Lean Engineering capability.