Production Development Lead

Requisition Number: 79549

**The company built on breakthroughs.  **

**Join us. **

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 applying Lean tools such as 5S, standard work, visual management, and Kaizen

• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, such as life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or training, and experience using production, labor, or training metrics to drive improvements

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $74,120.00 - $101,915.00 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. **

Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.

• 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 who make exceptional contributions.

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [email protected] .