Thermoplastics Materials Developer - PVC & Compounding

Continental Industry; San Luis Potosí; Presencial; MXN 391.000 - 614.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Continental Industry in Mexico seeks a Material Developer Thermoplastics to advance PVC formulation and develop new thermoplastic compounds. You will lead lab and pilot-scale trials, validate performance, and document specifications.

You will collaborate with global teams, manage material changes, and support manufacturing quality while traveling up to 10% of time. Fluency in English is required.

Formación

• University degree in Chemistry or related field.
• Deep PVC formulation and compounding expertise required.
• Experience with PVC additives, stabilizers and processing aids.
• Experience in thermoplastic compounding and scale-up desirable.
• Strong analytical methods for PVC and structure–property relations.

Responsabilidades

• Scout, evaluate and qualify new raw materials, additives and thermoplastic compounds to enhance product performance, sustainability and cost competitiveness.
• Continuously improve existing material solutions through formulation optimization, performance monitoring and lifecycle management.
• Develop processable, robust and sustainable thermoplastic compound formulations; run lab and pilot-scale trials.
• Characterize and validate material performance using analytical methods and translate results into improvements.
• Approve new materials and drive implementation within the recipe management system.
• Create and maintain material specifications, standards and documentation.
• Manage material change requests and support industrialization, manufacturing and quality activities.
• Provide technical expertise to cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers regarding PVC and thermoplastic solutions.

Conocimientos

PVC formulation

Thermoplastic compounding

Analytical testing

Structure–property relationships

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

University degree in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Materials Science/Plastics Engineering

Herramientas

DSC

TGA

DMA

FTIR

Rheology

Descripción del empleo

Continental Industry in Mexico seeks a Material Developer Thermoplastics to advance PVC formulation and develop new thermoplastic compounds. You will lead lab and pilot-scale trials, validate performance, and document specifications.

You will collaborate with global teams, manage material changes, and support manufacturing quality while traveling up to 10% of time. Fluency in English is required.