SUSTAINING 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.

What your background should look like:

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

Requierements:

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

Competencies