Senior Polymers Application Development Technologist

What role Will You Play In Our Team

Help grow our ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset system business.  These resin formulations are based on cyclic C5 monomers and other proprietary monomers and additives.

Our catalyst formulations have strong foundations in Nobel Prize-winning technology developed by Professor Robert Grubbs and his research team. This powerful combination produces polymers that have the capability to outperform today’s thermoset composite solutions across a broad set of everyday applications such as rebar, electric vehicle parts, construction, wind turbine blades, and anticorrosion coatings.Your role is to help prospective customers around the world convert from their existing thermoset products to ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset systems by demonstrating cycle time, weight, and physical performance advantages on their composite fabrication equipment. 

What Will You Do

•    Provide on-site technical support for customers producing composites via pultrusion, vacuum assisted (VA) and high pressure (HP) resin transfer molding (RTM), and filament winding processes.
•    Provide on-site technical support for customers producing non-reinforced molded goods through open mold and reaction injection molding (RIM) processes.
•    Assist customers in optimizing / troubleshooting their process to run ProxximaTM resins and, where needed, provide guidance on equipment upgrades.
•    Provide technical insights gleaned from the market to help guide new application developments.
•    Provide market insights to inform and update business strategy.
•    Author technical reports and technical publications to share learnings.
•    Co-author promotional brochures and technical data sheets highlighting performance benefits.
•    Train and mentor less experienced colleagues.

About You - Skills and Qualifications

•    10 yrs. of experience fabricating or supervising manufacturing of thermoset composites.
•    Working understanding of thermoset chemistry in systems such as epoxy, polyurethane, vinyl ester, or polydicyclopentadiene
•    Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally.
•    Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills. 
•    Proficient in use of computers and possess excellent administrative and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

•    Focuses on Customer – Seeks out customer input, engages in productive discussion, actively listens, and seeks to incorporate customer input into internal projects.
•    Shows Initiative – Foresees upcoming tasks or setbacks and works ahead to ensure smooth delivery and that deadlines are met.
•    Analytical – Uses sound judgement for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions.
•    Collaborates – Encourages mutual cooperation across the organization and appropriate external relationships.
•    Communicates Effectively – Conveys information in a concise and unambiguous way that is tailored to the audience and adapted to different situations.