Senior Product Development Engineer
Henkel Jebel Ali FZCO
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Job summary
Henkel seeks a Senior Product Development Engineer to enable localization, scale-up, pilot trials, and validation, connecting Product Development Engineering with manufacturing to accelerate commercialization and regional growth.
You will collaborate with PDE engineers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations to resolve process and manufacturing issues while upholding safety and quality standards.
Qualifications
- Strong hands-on mechanical and troubleshooting skills for process, equipment, and manufacturing issues.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- Excellent documentation, communication, problem-solving, and safety mindset.
- Experience in pilot trials, manufacturing transfers, process validation, and product commercialization.
- Proactive in resolving process and manufacturing-related issues with a collaborative approach.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, global manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Support pilot and production trials for new product introductions and localization projects.
- Execute process validation activities and collect process data during trials.
- Assist with equipment setup, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
- Prepare raw materials, formulations, samples, packaging, shipment requests, and trial documentation.
- Maintain accurate records, test results, technical documentation, and trial summaries.
- Work with PDE engineers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations to resolve issues.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and operational procedures.
Education
Job description
The Senior Product Development Engineer will support the future localization initiatives by providing hands-on technical support for product scale-up, pilot trials, manufacturing transfers, and process validation activities. This role will serve as a key link between Product Development Engineering and the manufacturing site, helping accelerate commercialization and regional growth.
- Support pilot and production trials for new product introductions and localization projects.
- Execute process validation activities and collect process data during trials.
- Assist with equipment setup, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
- Prepare raw materials, formulations, samples, packaging, shipment requests, and trial documentation.
- Maintain accurate records, test results, technical documentation, and trial summaries.
- Work closely with PDE engineers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations teams to resolve process and manufacturing-related issues.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and operational procedures
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing, pilot plant, laboratory, process engineering, product development, or scale-up environment.
- Strong hands-on mechanical and troubleshooting skills for process, equipment, and manufacturing issues.
- Experience supporting pilot trials, manufacturing transfers, process validation, and product commercialization activities.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- Strong documentation, communication, problem-solving, and safety mindset.
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
- Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
- Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
JOB ID:26099813
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How is work at Henkel
About Henkel
Building on a strong legacy of almost 150 years, we are leading the way to reimagine and improve life every day. Today and for generations to come. Through our innovative and sustainable brands and technologies, across our teams around the world.
Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the 'rule' is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our "Triple Two" philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
Here you will get further information on our training programs.
Our recruiting team will help you with all requests regarding your application. Contact the team here .
India, Pune, Adhesive Technologies, R & D
India, Pune, Adhesive Technologies, R & D
India, Pune, Adhesive Technologies, R & D
India, Pune, Adhesive Technologies, R & D
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