Filtration Tech Engineer & Project Lead

Rush & Company; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rush & Company on behalf of a leading North American manufacturer of nonwoven filtration media seeks a Technical Engineer / Project Manager with 2–5 years of experience to drive development from concept through scale-up and commercialization.

You will coordinate with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams, own defined workstreams, run lab evaluations and pilot trials, and translate results into pragmatic scale-up decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Materials, Polymer, Textile, Mechanical, or related engineering field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in product development, process engineering, materials engineering, filtration, nonwovens, textiles, polymers, or manufacturing technical support.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project tasks, timelines, test plans, action items, and follow-through with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication, organization, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own defined workstreams within R&D and product development projects from concept through prototype, pilot trial, scale-up, and launch.
• Build and maintain project timelines, milestones, action-item lists, test plans, and deliverable trackers.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Commercial, and external suppliers to keep projects moving forward.
• Identify technical, schedule, material, and operational risks and elevate issues with recommended solutions.
• Lead regular project updates and prepare concise summaries, data reviews, and presentations for internal stakeholders.
• Balance collaborative team execution with independent ownership of assigned project tasks and technical deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Lab evaluation

Filtration materials

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Materials, Polymer, Textile, Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

DOE methods

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Rush & Company on behalf of a leading North American manufacturer of nonwoven filtration media seeks a Technical Engineer / Project Manager with 2–5 years of experience to drive development from concept through scale-up and commercialization.

You will coordinate with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams, own defined workstreams, run lab evaluations and pilot trials, and translate results into pragmatic scale-up decisions.