Manager - ArcX

Overview

About The Position The ArcX Technology Center is a customer-focused R&D facility supporting US and global applications for Höganäs’ Coatings and Brazing Technology division. This role manages all technical support and operations for the North American ArcX facility.

• Oversees technical market needs and solutions, promoting innovation and sustainable growth.
• Leads and develops the technical support team in application processes like Thermal Spraying, PTA, Laser Cladding, and Powder Welding for NOAM and SOAM markets.
• Provides technical customer and sales support, application and customer development at ArcX.
• Acts as a key technical interface for customers, sales, product management, and business development.
• Supports technical inquiries on applications, materials, selection, parameters, and complaints.
• Identifies technology trends, market needs, and technology gaps based on business plans.
• Leads application development projects and technology roadmaps for key customers and markets, aligning with global strategies.
• Drives strategic technical engagement for key accounts and markets; introduces new products and solutions.
• Participates in customer visits, conferences, and exhibitions.
• Ensures a safe working environment and supervises daily ArcX operations.
• Hosts customer demonstrations, project work, and training at ArcX.
• Leads the ArcX team, including goal setting and performance reviews.
• Manages budget, forecasts, and cost center responsibilities for the facility.
• Coordinates technical service investigations, including failure analysis and material development.

• Bachelor’s in Metallurgical or Materials Engineering (Master’s/PhD preferred), with at least 10 years’ experience in thermal spray or related applications.
• Expertise in welding, laser cladding, or thermal spraying is a plus.
• Proven leadership and project management skills in a global business context.
• Strong industry network, communication, and organizational skills.
• Dedicated, collaborative, and proactive mindset.
• Skilled in problem-solving, data analysis, and process improvement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; excellent verbal and written English.

Location: Tomball, TX facility.

We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world - and we - face.

Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.

Höganäs is the world leader in the market for metal powders, with a yearly capacity of 500,000 tons. Höganäs vision is to inspire the industry to make more with less, and its ambition is to be the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powders. In close cooperation with customers, Höganäs develops tomorrow's solutions for automotive components, electrical motors, brazing, surface coating, and additive manufacturing.

Höganäs operates 17 production centres across the globe and has a workforce of 2,400 employees. The turnover for 2024 was €1.034 biljons. Höganäs, which was founded in 1797, is owned by Lindéngruppen and Wallenberg owned FAM.

Interested? Apply today!