Senior Customer & Application Development Engineer - Coatings

Exxon Mobil Corporation; Brussel Hoofdstad; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil in Brussels, Belgium, seeks a senior technical specialist to support Proxxima polyolefin thermoset coatings across EU markets. You will demonstrate application and performance advantages, train customers, and collaborate with Baytown colleagues to deliver sample coatings that mimic real-world service conditions.

Your role requires a B.S. or higher in Engineering/Chemistry/Materials Science and 10+ years of industrial coatings experience; you will mentor new hires and co-author

Qualifications

• B.S. or graduate degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science.
• 10+ years of industrial experience formulating high-performance thermoset coatings.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Good team player and self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to EU customers using Proxxima™ polyolfein thermoset resins and catalysts to develop anti-corrosion, marine, atmospheric, and other industrial coatings.
• Educate customers on the advantages of coatings based on Proxxima™ resins and hybrids to optimize coating performance.
• Collaborate with technical and commercial colleagues to grow the Proxxima™ business in this segment.
• Collaborate with technical colleagues at Baytown facilities to fabricate coating samples for corrosion resistance tests.
• Assist customers in process optimization and equipment upgrades.
• Provide market insights to inform product development and strategy.
• Co-author promotional brochures and technical data sheets highlighting performance benefits.
• Train and mentor external hires and CADs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Administrative skills

Organizational skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/Chemistry/Materials Science

Job description

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Location:

Machelen, VBR, BE, 1831

Company Name: ExxonMobil

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

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Job Group

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About Us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

What role You will 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 wind turbine blades, electric vehicle parts, construction, and anticorrosion coatings.

Your role is to demonstrate the application and performance advantages of ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset coatings technology and help prospective customers adopt it for use in their existing coating products.

Your office is at the European Technology center located in Brussels, Belgium. However, a significant part of your time will be spent collaborating with technical and commercial colleagues located at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex (BTEC), in Baytown, TX, as well as occasionally traveling internationally to support customer trials.

What Will You Do

• Provide technical support to prospective EU customers using Proxxima™ polyolfefin thermoset resins and catalysts to develop anti-corrosion, marine, atmospheric, and other industrial coatings.
• Educate customers on the advantages of coatings based on pure Proxxima™ polyolfefin thermoset products and hybrids combining ProxximaTM resins and catalysts with epoxy, urethane, aspartic urea, and siloxane, to optimize coating performance for the numerous applications within these segments.
• Collaborate with technical and commercial colleagues to help grow the Proxxima™ business in this segment.
• Collaborate with technical colleagues at our Baytown, Texas facilities to fabricate smooth, defect-free coating samples needed to assess corrosion resistance and other performance parameters mimicking targeted industrial service conditions.
• Assist customers in process optimization and, where needed, provide guidance on equipment upgrades.
• Provide technical insights gleaned from the market to help guide new product and application developments.
• Provide market insights to inform and update business strategy.
• Co-author promotional brochures and technical data sheets highlighting performance benefits.
• Train and mentor external hires and future CADs that join and are less experienced.

About You

Minimum Skills & Qualifications:

• B.S. or graduate degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Material Science
• 10+ years of industrial experience formulating high-performance thermoset coatings.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Good team player and self-motivated

Functional Skills

Bench or Small Scale Experimentation

Molecular Reaction Mechanism Science

Process Discovery & Conceptualization

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