Project Manager (Mfg, Eng)

Job title: Project Manager (Mfg, Eng)

About the Role Join Corning's China region team as a Project Manager (Mfg, Eng) to help develop and deploy the technology and cost-saving roadmap in line with business priorities. You will lead and coordinate project portfolio management within the DEA team, driving prioritization, resource visibility, milestones, and delivery effectiveness while promoting an engineering excellence culture across the organization.

What You'll Do

• Support the managers and key stakeholders in defining and updating the China region technology roadmap and cost saving pipeline based on business strategy, operational priorities, and engineering opportunities.
• Identify, collect, and consolidate project opportunities related to technology upgrade, productivity improvement, cost reduction, quality enhancement, and process optimization.
• Drive DEA team project portfolio management including intake, prioritization, governance, schedule tracking, risk identification, and resource coordination.
• Establish and maintain portfolio review mechanisms to ensure transparency on project status, milestones, budget, risks, and expected benefits.
• Monitor execution progress of key engineering projects and follow up with project owners to ensure timely closure of actions and delivery of committed results.
• Develop and maintain project management tools, templates, dashboards, and reporting systems to improve portfolio visibility and efficiency.
• Track and analyze project performance metrics including cost savings, timeline adherence, resource utilization, and benefits realization.
• Support the DEA team in standardizing project management methodology, processes, and documentation.
• Promote engineering excellence through sharing of best practices, lessons learned, benchmarking, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Organize and coordinate workshops, review meetings, and capability development activities.
• Drive effective communication across stakeholders to align on priorities, expectations, and execution status.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in project management, engineering program management, manufacturing engineering, or operational excellence in a multinational company (preferred).
• Experience in driving cross-functional projects and managing multiple initiatives in a portfolio environment.
• Experience in cost saving, process improvement, technology deployment, or engineering transformation (highly preferred).
• Proven track record of delivering results in a matrix and cross-functional organization.
• Strong project management knowledge and practical experience in driving multiple projects simultaneously.
• Good understanding of engineering operations, manufacturing environment, and continuous improvement principles.
• Strong capability in portfolio management, project prioritization, and milestone tracking.
• Ability to translate strategic direction into actionable project plans and execution roadmap.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Good facilitation and coordination skills across functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to use data, metrics, and dashboards to support project tracking and decision making.
• Strong sense of ownership, initiative, and execution discipline.
• Team-oriented, proactive, and self-motivated.
• Fluent in written and oral English.
• Proficiency in common project management and reporting tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, and other project tracking systems.

Nice to Have

• Strong project management knowledge and practical experience in driving multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and other project tracking systems.
• Team-oriented, proactive, and self-motivated.