SR PRODUCT ENGINEER

Job Overview

The Performance Materials emerging BU requires a Sustaining Product Engineer who will enhance existing heat-shrink tubing from input provided by Product Management, Marketing, customers, Operations, Development Engineers and other employees. The role will also involve maintaining existing heat-shrink specifications, including modifications for new applications consistent with manufacturing techniques and economies. They will also initiate and implement activities to continuously improve quality and cost, enabling customers to achieve optimum performance and safety in harsh environments while meeting the exacting demands of customers at pace. They will be another key expert in the Sustaining Engineering team for multiple heat-shrink product families in the PfM eBU.

Key responsibilities:

• Design authority for Performance Materials’ heat-shrink compounds: 
• • Preparation and maintenance of approved compounds list
  • Collaborating with Procurement and compounding plants in identifying and evaluating raw materials due to supply/obsolescence issues and cost-savings or other strategic reasons
  • Determining the final disposition of non-conforming compounds 

• Design authority for existing tubing products owned by Performance Materials:  
• • Recommending corrective actions following any routine test failures
  • Approval and updates of internal specifications, drawings and other product documentation
  • Review of qualification reports
  • Maintenance of external agency approvals in conjunction with experts from other BUs as appropriate
• Operations support
• Quality support
• NPD/NPI support
• Regulatory Compliance and other support

Required Skills, Experience and Attributes

• Degree in Polymer Science/Materials Science, Chemistry or a similar field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• At least 2 years’ experience in polymer processing, preferably compounding, extrusion, irradiation, expansion and product testing would be an advantage
• Demonstrable experience of coordinating process trials, verification and data analysis
• Good proficiency (writing and speaking) in English
• Analytical, methodical and problem-solving mindset
• Pro-active and agile with the ability to react and adapt to changing priorities
• Strong work ethic and ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to manage multiple projects producing clear and concise reports
• Intermediate competency in TE methodology and systems e.g. SAP, TEBIT, TE Project, TEOA, PDMLink, CPR and PCT
• Czech proficiency is desirable

• Ability to influence without authority
• Genuine interest in sustainability
• Passion for fast turnaround
• Intermediate knowledge of compounding and extrusion

Desired Skills, Experience and Attributes

• Czech and English  proficiency
• Ability to influence without authority
• Genuine interest in sustainability
• Passion for fast turnaround
• Intermediate knowledge of compounding and extrusion

Competencies