Pilot Line Leader - Roofing R&D Location(s): Granville, OH, US, 43023-1200 Function: Research and Development Audience: Experienced Professional Work Arrangement: On Site Requisition ID: 62294 PURPOSE OF THE JOB Roofing Pilot Line Leader leads a team that operates and extend the capabilities to mimic products and processes. This team and asset are the engine for Roofing Innovation of shingles and self-adhered underlayment. Roofing Pilot Leader will collaborate across the Roofing R&D organization to understand pilot & mimic demand, and then align resources to priority requests. Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale. Reports to: Sr. R&D Leader, Prototyping and Performance Leader Span of Control: Roofing Pilot Line and team of 4 located at the Granville Science & Technology Center. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Living Safely Ensures rigorous compliance to safety procedures and OC corporate policies Focuses on sustaining a safe work environment for self, team, and coworkers People Leadership Provides leadership to team through coaching, mentoring, and support of pilot initiatives, automation/efficiency, and adding capabilities. Builds and maintains a high performing team and works to develop and engage team members according to growth plans. Completes individual team performance reviews and overall talent review, ensuring the team has the right talent and capabilities to be successful. Challenges team to achieve maximum potential and advances direct reports. Participates in identifying and recruiting talent to ensure a strong pipeline of talent within Roofing Develop Operational Standards, Prioritization, and Expertise Partner with pilot personnel to ensure proper training and documentation is maintained for all applicable operational capabilities. Obtains prioritization of pilot trial requests across Roofing's Innovation portfolio, then leads team to obtain all materials, equipment, and personnel necessary to execute per schedule Establishes themselves as subject matter experts on pilot and educates the team on capabilities, prototyping, and in-line and off-line tests of product mimics. Maintain Operational Excellence Manage overall pilot operations to ensure accurate data and samples from each trial. Ensure that preventative maintenance and equipment calibration plans met and performed to OC TPM standards Utilize metrics to report output of pilot, and then identify opportunity to improve processes, procedures, and controls to enhance quality and efficiency. Identify opportunities to drive innovation by changing Pilot technologies to support developments in Roofing and Building Materials industry. Ma