Job description
Description: Materials Engineer- Coatings
Who Our Client Is- Fortune 500 global organization with strong brand name recognition
- The company has shown its ability to perform by acquiring businesses with iconic brands to accelerate into a bigger, faster growing, more global and more profitable company
- A diversified and inclusive organization with international influences in North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Why You Should Consider This Opportunity- Opportunity to drive change with a strong focus on process improvement.
- Partner with key leaders to ensure the successful on-time and on-target delivery of agreed-upon savings value goals associated with the Sourcing and Procurement, Manufacturing, Customer and Market Development, and Real Estate work streams
- Strong Executive leadership team that is investing in its talent and elevating its global financial organization
Where This Position Is Located
What You Will Do- Responsible for identifying and developing new coating technologies that meet consumer needs, while working within a cross-functional New Product Development (NPD) team.
- Lead the materials selection and evaluation of new coatings technologies on NPD projects from conception through product launch while meeting performance, cost and timeline targets.
- Identify new coating innovations that address unmet consumer needs through independent research, partnering with key suppliers and developing a network of research institutions.
- Lead coatings training development and delivery for the R&D organization.
- Identify and showcase new coatings technologies to cross-functional audiences.
- Solve quality issues through an understanding of first principles, experimental design and the use of analytical equipment
- Track record of successfully driving R&D projects to meet cost, performance and timeline requirements.
- Demonstrates creativity, innovation and the ability to drive the implementation of own novel ideas.
- Ability to solve complex problems using first principle analysis, structured problem solving and statistical tools
How You Are Qualified- Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Coatings Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Surface Science, Materials Science or related degree.
- 3 to 5 years of product development or manufacturing experience in coatings or coated products.
- Expertise in coating materials and processes (surface treatment, application and curing) such as powder coating, physical or chemical vapor deposition, fluoropolymer, electroplating or others applicable to consumer products.
Knowledge of design principles, physical properties and performance properties of coatings to ensure product specifications are met.