Location: Hazelwood UK
Travel: 10%
Job Type: full-time; hybrid
At Lubrizol, we provide complete breadth and depth of knowledge, superior technical facilities, regional testing capabilities, and talented people, all of which allow us to continue introducing innovative performance packages for gear oil, transmission fluids, electric vehicle fluids and off highway fluids.
As a Deployment Manager (Lead Technical Service Technologist) for Driveline Europe, you will partner closely with customers and internal teams to deliver high‑value technical solutions supporting both new product commercialization and existing product optimization.
How You Will Make an Impact
1. You will translate customer needs into clear technical project plans, ensure high‑quality execution, and act as the primary technical interface for assigned accounts.
2. By building strong internal and external relationships, you will shape innovation pathways and help drive Lubrizol’s technology deployment strategy across the region.
3. You will lead projects from concept to completion, defining scope, coordinating resources, managing testing, and ensuring delivery to agreed timelines, quality, and cost while promoting and embedding project management best practice across a small team. You will act as a subject matter reference for project standards, tools, and ways of working without holding direct line management responsibility
4. You will hold portfolio management responsibilities, as part of the technical project management process
5. Your expertise will support robust formulation development, OEM approval processes, customer problem‑solving, and data‑driven decision‑making.
6. You will collaborate cross‑functionally with Operations, R&D, Testing, Sales, and other key functions while representing Lubrizol in customer meetings, technical forums, and industry events.
7. Your contributions will directly support regional business growth and reinforce Lubrizol’s technical leadership in driveline technology.
Required Qualifications That Enable Your Success
8. Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
9. Minimum of 2 years of technical experience within a relevant industry
10. Proven experience in a customer‑facing technical role
11. Effective project management capabilities, including project economics
12. General knowledge of statistics and data interpretation
13. Experience working in multifunctional and global teams
14. Strong problem‑solving abilities and technical rigor
15. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
16. Ability to travel up to 10%
Considered a Plus
17. Advanced degree in Chemistry or Engineering
18. Experience with experimental design and statistical techniques
19. Previous team‑leadership, mentoring, or coaching experience
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