Our client is a leading supplier of SMC & BMC solutions for the Automotive, Electrical & Electronics (E&E), and Construction markets across Europe. They are looking to hire a Technical Manager to join their team.
This is a key hire for the business and will be reporting directly into the Managing Director.
Key Responsibilities
* Full responsibility of the technical department following handover from retiring technical director after almost 50 years’ service, reporting into the Managing director.
* Responsibility for product development, using techniques to ensure the highest quality and in accordance with customer requirements.
* Strong involvement in R&D projects at local and group level.
* Gaining experience and knowledge of company practices and moulding technology to support progression within the business.
* Providing excellent technical support to customers
* Oversee quality testing and specifications, in-line formulation changes when necessary.
Day to Day Activities
* Research and Development
* Organising Production Prototyping
* Optimising formulations
* Accounting for batch-to-batch variability
* Plan the work for the following week and issues for the month
* Liaising with production and quality for production schedules
* Maintain record of plan, take note and escalate any issues promptly
* Maintaining customer relationships
* Lead technical project appraisals and approvals.
* Liaise with customers on requirements, testing and technical data sheets.
* Offer technical support to moulders/customers and their respective OEM’s
* Firefighting customer issues, with technical support in the event of quality issues.
* Understand and track changes with market trends and future opportunities and risks.
* Potential innovation/ development of new ideas and applications with regards both SMC/BMC and raw materials.
* Point of escalation for quality control failures.
Our expectations of candidates are:
* Being a good team player is of utmost importance, working so closely with other teams.
* Good understanding of the manufacturing industry
* Ideally an organic chemist, with a background in composite materials
* Good understanding of thermoset materials and Compression/Injection moulding
If this sounds like a job opportunity for you, then please apply for immediate consideration, and one of our team will be in touch to discuss your application further.