Manufacturing Associate

Manufacturing Associate

About the Role

As a Manufacturing Associate – Cables, you will support cable production by operating equipment, checking product quality, handling materials, and helping keep production running safely and efficiently. This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where reliability, attention to detail, and a safety-first mindset matter every day.

Why Join Corning:

• Be part of a company known for innovation, quality, and operational excellence.
• Work in a team-focused environment where safety comes first.
• Build valuable manufacturing skills in a hands-on production role.
• Join an organization that values dependability, teamwork, and continuous learning.
• Help produce products that support connectivity and technology around the world.

What You’ll Do

• Operate and monitor cable manufacturing equipment.
• Perform product quality checks and report issues when identified.
• Follow standard work, safety procedures, and production instructions.
• Support line start-up, changeovers, and routine production tasks.
• Load, unload, move, and stage materials for production.
• Complete production records and use computer systems as needed.
• Keep the work area clean, safe, and organized.

What We’re Looking For:

• Reliable attendance and strong work habits.
• A safety-first mindset.
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Ability to follow written instructions and standard procedures.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
• Willingness to learn, adapt, and work as part of a team.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Must be willing and able to work a rotating 12-hour schedule, including days, nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
• Ability to meet pre-employment and work authorization requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1 or more years of manufacturing or related experience.
• Background in manufacturing, assembly, packaging, warehouse, machine operation, or material handling.
• Familiarity meeting production goals, quality standards, quotas, line speeds, or other output expectations.
• Experience with inspections, documentation, inventory movement, or quality checks.
• Exposure to safety procedures, PPE, and quality-focused work environments.
• Experience with product inspections, quality checks, documentation verification, inventory transactions, or material handling.
• Forklift experience or willingness to obtain certification, if required.

Work Environment:

• Most roles are performed in a conditioned manufacturing environment, with the exception of warehouse area.
• Manufacturing environment with exposure to noise, dust, or dirt in some areas.
• Standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, and moving materials during the shift.
• Required PPE must be worn in designated areas.
• Must be able to perform the physical requirements of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Schedule:

• This role follows a rotating 12-hour day/night schedule supporting a 24/7 operation, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

• This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

• The range for this position is ​$23.75 hourly rate - $28.88 hourly rate. 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, vetera