Manufacturing Engineer
Owens Corning · Newark, OH
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An engineer-level manufacturing role at Owens Corning (industrial) in Newark, OH.
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- Root cause, PLC
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $80k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 15 live postings that list pay, out of 113 manufacturing engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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Typical $80k–$115k, from 14 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 42%
- ✓ Root cause 38%
- Team leadership 36%
- Tooling 35%
- Six Sigma 28%
- Automation 27%
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This plant: Owens Corning in Newark
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Manufacturing Engineer at Owens Corning in other locations
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Full description from Owens CorningAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Purpose of the Job
The Binder & Washwater Engineer provides technical ownership and day-to-day engineering support for binder preparation, storage, distribution, application, and associated water systems. This role ensures binder systems operate safely, reliably, and cost-effectively while meeting product quality and manufacturing performance requirements. The Binder Engineer partners closely with production, maintenance, quality, sourcing, and technical teams to troubleshoot process issues, maintain system capability, coordinate planned work, support trials and job changes, and implement sustainable process improvements.
Reports to: Plant Technical Leader
Span of Control: All chemical manufacturing processes, wool plant washwater and reclaim systems, wool plant cullet water supply
Job
Safety and Compliance
- •Champion safe handling and use of binder chemicals and raw materials.
- •Ensure compliance with required personal protective equipment, chemical hazard and, SDS/MSDS.
- •Participate in area audits, risk assessments, management-of-change activities, and development of safe standard work.
- •Identify and address process, equipment, environmental, and chemical-handling risks.
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Binder Chemistry and Formulation
- •Develop a working understanding of binder components and their function within the formulation.
- •Monitor and adjust binder solids, pH, ingredient ratios, LOI, BAE, and other critical parameters.
- •Evaluate the effects of formulation and process changes on binder performance, product quality, and manufacturing cost.
- •Support recipe development, formulation changes, and raw-material conversions.
Binder Mix System Operation and Control
- •Provide technical support for automatic and manual binder mixing systems.
- •Coordinate and support calibration mixes, routine production mixes, job-change mixes, and recipe changes.
- •Configure and maintain binder recipes, ingredient parameters, tank parameters, and system operating settings.
- •Use HMI, PLC, OnSpec, PanelView, mass-flow meter, and process-reporting information to monitor system performance and respond to alarms.
- •Work with controls and electrical resources to improve system reliability and address instrumentation issues.
Storage, Transfer, Filtration, and Application
- •Provide process ownership for binder storage tanks, circulation tanks, transfer systems, filtration equipment, pumps, valves, and associated piping.
- •Ensure adequate binder flow and pressure to the forehearth and application systems.
- •Monitor filtration performance and coordinate filter changes, pump inspections and valve work.
Water and Reclaim Systems
- •Provide technical support for wash water, wash water neutralization, and reclaim systems.
- •Monitor and optimize reclaim-water solids and reuse rates.
- •Support bacterial control, pH management, system cleaning, and water-treatment activities.
- •Coordinate technical needs with water-treatment suppliers and internal operating and maintenance teams.
Quality and Process Monitoring
- •Monitor binder solids, pH, cleanliness, ingredient ratios, temperatures, pressures, flow rates, LOI, BAE, and other key process measures.
- •Interpret laboratory results, inline refractometer readings, free-formaldehyde testing, and process trends.
- •Investigate abnormal conditions and establish appropriate corrective actions.
- •Maintain process-control documentation, calibration records, audit results, and performance dashboards.
- •Use IP21, Seeq, SQL, or comparable process-data tools to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Troubleshooting and Root-Cause Analysis
- •Serve as a primary technical resource for binder-system and related production issues.
- •Diagnose abnormal solids or pH, high reclaim-water solids, low reuse, low binder pressure, flow interruptions, and equipment-control problems.
- •Lead or support structured root-cause analysis.
- •Implement corrective actions and monitor results to verify that improvements are sustained.
- •Provide timely technical support for operator calls, process upsets, trials, and production interruptions.
Maintenance and Work Coordination
- •Develop and maintain priorities for binder-related maintenance work.
- •Create notifications or work requests and follow items through completion.
- •Support coordination of planned cleanings, inspections, calibrations, filter replacements, valve repairs, and preventive-maintenance activities.
- •Verify completed work meets operational and technical requirements.
- •Coordinate production, maintenance, electrical, contractor, and vendor activities to minimize disruption to manufacturing.
Process Improvement and Cost Management
- •Identify and execute projects that improve safety, quality, reliability, waste, productivity, and operating cost.
- •Understand the binder cost model and the economics of solids recovery and reclaim-water reuse.
- •Develop technical and financial justification for improvement opportunities.
- •Support capital projects, process trials, equipment redesigns, and new-material implementation.
- •Follow applicable project-management, change-management, stage-gate, and management-of-change processes.
Training and Standardization
- •Develop and maintain standard work, job breakdown sheets, troubleshooting guides, operating procedures, and training materials.
- •Train operators, maintenance employees, and technical personnel on binder chemistry, equipment, controls, and operating expectations.
- •Coach others in troubleshooting and process decision-making.
- •Build organizational capability by documenting system knowledge and lessons learned.
Expected Proficiency
The successful Binder Engineer should be able to
- •Independently perform normal binder-system engineering responsibilities.
- •Lead troubleshooting and co