Product Development Engineer

IKO Industries; Brampton; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary 96k–108k CAD

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Long-term Disability

RRSP Match

Paid Vacation

Floating Days

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition reimbursement

Service Awards

Employee Perks & Discounts

Awards and Recognition

Job summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is seeking a Product Development Engineer to join the R&D and Quality Department in Brampton, Canada.

You will develop, commercialize, and continuously improve products for residential and commercial use, working with Plant Operations, Corporate Engineering, Supply Chain, and Sales to meet codes, standards, and cost targets. You will guide projects from concept to validation, plant trials, and post-launch review, applying materials expertise and optimizing formulations for

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a technical field as listed.
• Experience with product development and process engineering.
• Experience interpreting product specifications and compliance requirements.
• Experience with data analysis and problem solving.
• Exposure to asphaltic materials or related formulated products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new and improved products meeting performance, quality, cost, timing, and manufacturability targets.
• Lead projects from concept through plant trials and commercialization.
• Optimize materials and formulations for performance and cost.
• Ensure decisions are supported by data, risks, and validated results.
• Partner with Plant Operations for trials and scale‑up.
• Solve quality issues using root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Communicate progress and results with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Laboratory testing

Data analysis

Technical problem solving

Interpret specifications/compliance

DOE/Statistics

Lean/Six Sigma

Written/Verbal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

M.A.Sc./M.Sc./PhD in chemical or materials engineering

Chemistry/Polymer science background

Job description

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description The Product Development Engineer is a member of the R&D and Quality Department and is accountable for developing, commercializing, and continuously improving new and existing products and materials for residential and commercial applications. Working closely with Plant Operations, Corporate Engineering, Supply Chain, and Sales, the engineer delivers products that meet applicable codes and standards, customer requirements, internal quality expectations, manufacturing capabilities, and cost targets. This role requires practical materials expertise and an understanding of how raw materials, formulations, and processing conditions influence product performance.

Job Responsibilities

Product Development and Improvement

Deliver new and improved products that meet defined performance, compliance, quality, cost, timing, and manufacturability requirements. Lead projects from concept and laboratory evaluation through plant trials, validation, commercialization, and post-launch review.

Improve existing products by optimizing materials, formulations, code-driven performance, consistency, manufacturability, and cost.

Ensure technical decisions are supported by reliable data, documented risks, and validated results.

Materials and Product Performance

Establish relationships among raw-material properties, formulations, manufacturing conditions, and finished-product performance.

Translate applicable codes, standards, certifications, customer specifications, and internal requirements into product-development and validation plans.

Qualify materials, suppliers, formulations, and technologies that improve product performance, quality, cost, or supply resilience.

Develop practical expertise in asphaltic materials and apply it to product and business priorities.

Plant and Quality Support

Partner with Plant Operations to deliver successful trials, product introductions, material changes, and production scale-up.

Resolve product, material, and production-quality issues through disciplined root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions.

Use production, laboratory, and quality data to reduce variation, improve consistency, and identify emerging risks.

Ensure material, formulation, supplier, equipment, and process changes are assessed and validated before implementation.

Maintain specifications, test methods, technical records, and manufacturing controls needed to support ongoing product compliance.

Project Delivery

Deliver assigned projects against agreed technical, timing, cost, and business objectives.

Establish measurable success criteria and communicate progress, risks, findings, and recommendations.

Coordinate cross-functional teams to remove barriers and achieve timely decisions.

Confirm that improvements deliver measurable and sustained business or operational value.

Qualifications

Graduate degree (M.A.Sc, M.Sc, PhD) in chemical engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, or a related technical field.

Experience in product development, materials, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or product quality.

Practical understanding of relationships among materials, formulations, processes, and product performance.

Experience with laboratory testing, plant trials, data analysis, and technical problem-solving.

Experience interpreting product specifications, standardized test methods, codes, or compliance requirements.

Experience with statistical methods, Design of Experiments, Statistical Process Control, Lean Manufacturing, or Six Sigma is preferred.

Experience with asphalt, bitumen, polymers, coatings, composites, adhesives, roofing products, construction materials, or other formulated products is an asset.

Effective project management and cross-functional collaboration.

Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication.

Strong materials and technical foundation.

Ability to travel to manufacturing facilities as required.

Candidates with strong transferable materials experience are encouraged to apply, even if they do not have direct asphaltics experience.

Benefits of Employment

• Competitive salary - $96,000-$108,000 based on experience
• Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health, and HCSA), Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, Short-term Disability RRSP Match Paid Vacation Floating Days Employee Assistance Program Employee Engagement Events Awards and Recognition Tuition reimbursement Service Awards Employee Perks & Discounts

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment

IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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