Technical Manager

2 days ago

Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom The Resource Group Full time £60,000 - £120,000 per year

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.

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