Product Development Manager (Materials)
St Helens (commutable from Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and surrounding areas)
Salary - £55,000 - £60,000 (depending on experience)
Permanent
SRG is working with a leading UK manufacturer specialist rubber and glass material products. Based in the St Helens, they have recently started hiring for a new member of their team. This is a great opportunity for a senior chemist or engineer with a background in polymers and materials to take a step into a management role, or someone with previous management experience. Applications encouraged from experienced materials scientists with and without experience managing a team.
Benefits
Discretionary bonus scheme, annual salary reviews, training, voucher rewards scheme, competitive company pension scheme
Role Description
* Advising senior management with product, customer and market insight to inform technical direction and business decisions
* Defining detailed processing parameters to support accurate costing and pricing of new products
* Driving innovation and collaboration by generating new product ideas and working cross‑functionally to solve technical challenges
* Co‑ordinating, developing and engineering high performance glass and carbon fibre products for use in various commercial industries such as automotive and construction
* Maintaining a strong customer focus by translating internal and external requirements into effective technical solutions
* Providing technical leadership in an advanced materials R&D environment
Requirements
* Ideally hold a degree/equivalent in a Chemistry, Physics or Materials Science related discipline
* Significant recent experience in composite/polymer/material R&D
* Ability to identify, gather, analyse, and interpret data to support decision-making and clearly present findings
* Possess strong practical skills with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
* Effective communication/interpersonal skills
* Problem solving skills
* Full right to work in the UK
Application Process
If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV to For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Will on (phone number removed). If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit (url removed) to view our other vacancies.
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