Production Development Lead

Requisition Number: 79549

The company built on breakthroughs.

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Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what's possible.

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations - not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.

At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.

Come break through with us.

Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with:

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Role Purpose

Grow your leadership career on the manufacturing floor of a life sciences operation. As a Production Development Lead, you will learn our operations and lead improvement processes across the floor. You will also develop through providing backup production supervision, enhancing our plant training program, and driving continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and productivity. This developmental role is a pathway toward future production leadership or process improvement positions. It follows normal business hours with flexibility to support a manufacturing operation that runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, and limited travel may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide backup floor supervision coverage, including assigning work, balancing labor to production demand, and escalating issues as needed.
• Support daily execution of the production schedule by identifying constraints, bottlenecks, and staffing gaps to improve schedule adherence and labor utilization.
• Lead and improve the plant training and cross-training program, including onboarding, qualification, training materials, and work instructions.
• Coach and develop cell leads in shift handoffs, problem solving, and day-to-day leadership practices, and coordinate communication across shifts.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement projects using production, labor, and training data, while following safety policies, quality standards, and good documentation practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a similar field
• 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, production scheduling, and labor utilization
• Experience analyzing problems, identifying root causes, and implementing sustainable improvements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Experience creating and delivering training materials and presentations
• Availability for flexible hours to support a 24-hours-a-day, five-days-a-week operation

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in production leadership, training, scheduling, continuous improvement, or workforce development
• Experience leading teams, projects, or improvement activities
• Experience