Polymer Engineer - Rubber

Growing and well established consumer products company has an excellent opportunity available for a Rubber Engineer. Responsibilities will include:
• Become company expert in rubber compounding, mixing, and preparation. This includes all steps of the process from raw material receipt to delivering uncured rubber to the molding operation.
• Supporting mixing department and materials lab, investigating equipment and tooling options for both current and new processes and products.
• Lead multi-department troubleshooting efforts with chemists, materials lab, and process engineers.
• Reduce variation in compounding operation, measured by rheology and molding results utilizing DOE and other methods.
• Develop and improve mixing programs (steps, times, temps) for new and existing materials.
• Write technical reports that detail methods and findings. Present findings to engineers, management and other colleagues. “Right fit” candidates for this role will have education and experience suitable for the role. This includes:
• 5 to 10 years of polymer compounding experience.
• Hands-on expert comfortable working in a rubber mixing environment.
• Experienced working with production and maintenance staff to facilitate troubleshooting and improvement of operational production equipment.
• Experience in online research; includes appropriate searches, disseminating information, and summarization of information for delivery to colleagues/teams.
• Rubber, rheology of rubber and molding processing experience is preferred.
• Work with the plant manager and engineering leader to establish annual improvement initiatives; then work cross-functionally to align efforts and targets.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Capacity to learn new technologies / concepts rapidly and apply them to the needs of the company
• Experienced leading troubleshooting efforts through experimentation.