What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Technician Specialist position at Corning?
Requisition Number: 79371
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Corning is seeking a Process Technician Specialist to provide hands-on technical support for manufacturing processes within our Solar Modular operation. This role supports day-to-day production by monitoring process performance, troubleshooting process issues, assisting with process improvements, and helping maintain consistent product quality and manufacturing performance.
The Process Technician Specialist serves as an experienced technical resource on the manufacturing floor, partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Equipment teams to identify process issues, determine root causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical support for manufacturing processes and day-to-day production activities.
- Monitor process performance and identify trends, abnormalities, or conditions that may impact safety, quality, yield, cost, or production.
- Troubleshoot manufacturing and process-related issues using data, observations, established procedures, and structured problem-solving methods.
- Partner with Process Engineering, Operations, Quality, Equipment, and Maintenance teams to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Support efforts to improve process capability, consistency, yield, cycle time, and overall manufacturing performance.
- Assist with process trials, experiments, qualifications, and implementation of process changes.
- Collect, organize, and analyze manufacturing and process data to support troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities.
- Support the development and maintenance of process documentation, standard operating procedures, work instructions, process settings, and other technical documentation.
- Participate in structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis for quality issues, process deviations, scrap, production interruptions, and other manufacturing concerns.
- Support new product introductions, process changes, equipment installations, and manufacturing start-up activities as needed.
- Assist Engineering and Quality teams with process capability studies, data collection, testing, and validation activities.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities related to safety, quality, yield, cost, capacity, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Share technical knowledge and provide process guidance to manufacturing employees and other technicians as appropriate.
- Promote safe work practices and ensure process activities are performed in accordance with established safety and manufacturing requirements.
Work Hours
- Standard Hours (Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm).
- Provide occasional off-hours support as required for a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
Required Qualifications
- Associate degree, or equivalent experience.
- 3 years of experience supporting manufacturing processes, production operations, engineering, quality, or other technical activities in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot manufacturing or process issues using data and structured problem-solving techniques.
- Experience collecting, interpreting, and using manufacturing or process data to identify issues and support improvements.
- Ability to understand and follow technical documentation, process specifications, procedures, drawings, and work instructions.
- Strong attention to detail with demonstrated ability to recognize process abnormalities and manufacturing performance issues.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and other technical functions.
- Ability to work safely and effectively in a manufacturing-floor environment.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting automated or technically complex manufacturing processes.
- Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC), control charts, process capability, or other manufacturing statistical tools.
- Experience participating in process trials, qualifications, validations, or manufacturing experiments.
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, DMAIC, root-cause analysis, 5 Why, or other structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Experience supporting yield improvement, scrap reduction, cycle-time improvement, or process optimization activities.
- Familiarity with manufacturing data and visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, or similar applications.
- Experience supporting new product introduction, process scale-up, manufacturing start-up, or process changes.
- Additional technical training or certifications related to manufacturing processes, quality, Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $70,834.00 - $97,397.00 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.
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Salary : $70,834 - $97,397