TS​/AD Technical Leader - Blow Molding - Circular Plastic Packaging

TS&D Technical Leader - Blow Molding

Job Requisition

As the Technical Service / Application Development (TS/AD) Technical Leader, you will serve as the primary technical lead supporting regional and global strategic marketing initiatives for Eastman's Specialty Plastics business, with a strong focus on blow‑molded circular plastic packaging applications. You will work directly with brand owners, converters, and blow molders to enable packaging solutions that align with brand circularity commitments.

This role is located onsite at our Kingsport, TN headquarters.

In this role, you will build and sustain deep technical relationships across the value chain to support circular solutions, ensure packaging performance while meeting sustainability targets, and enable successful market adoption. The position requires strong technical expertise in blow‑molding processes, including Injection‑Stretch Blow Molding and Extrusion Blow Molding, combined with a working knowledge of recycling systems, compatibility with existing infrastructure, and evolving regulatory and brand‑owner expectations.

Key responsibilities include leading launch‑phase customer projects, providing advanced technical support and onsite consultation, collaborating cross‑functionally with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, Quality, and Manufacturing, and translating brand‑owner sustainability goals into actionable technical solutions that drive business growth.

• Lead launch‑phase technical projects that enable blow‑molded circular packaging solutions, including validation and qualification of materials containing PCR and/or circular feed stocks, supporting brand commitments and regulatory requirements.
• Engage proactively with brand owners, converters, and blow molders to drive adoption of packaging solutions that meet sustainability targets while maintaining required processing performance and package integrity.
• Support opportunity‑management processes that prioritize circular packaging initiatives aligned with business strategy (new business, protect, and grow); apply consultative selling skills to communicate technical value related to sustainability, performance, and total system compatibility.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, and Manufacturing to translate brand sustainability goals—such as increased recycled content, elimination of non‑recyclable structures, and improved recyclability—into differentiated polymer and application solutions for blow‑molded packaging.
• Serve as the technical authority on blow‑molding processes (e.g., extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, injection‑stretch blow molding), especially as they relate to processing PCR materials, managing variability, and ensuring consistent quality; guide junior team members in resolving complex, high‑impact technical challenges.
• Design, execute, and interpret application and validation trials to assess PCR performance, recyclability compatibility, and processing robustness, translating results into scalable technical recommendations, specifications, and processing guidelines for commercial deployment.
• Conduct customer training, technical seminars, and conference presentations focused on circular packaging enablement, including PCR integration, and the intersection of polymer science, process capability, and recycling system requirements.
• Translate customer feedback, evolving brand circularity roadmaps, and regulatory or market trends into prioritized development opportunities; partner with R&D to advance material and application concepts that improve recyclability, circular content utilization, and overall lifecycle performance.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and tools—including PCR processing guidelines, recyclability assessments, test methods, failure‑mode playbooks, technical reports, and application guides—to institutionalize circular packaging knowledge and accelerate response time to customer needs.
• Mentor and coach Technology and Business colleagues to strengthen organizational capability in circular packaging, recycled materials, and blow‑molding applications through knowledge…