Plant Technical Manager

HEXPOL Compounding; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HEXPOL Compounding seeks a senior technical leader to guide chemists in delivering high-quality compounds, formulations, and customer service with safety and environmental stewardship. You will document developments, drive process technology via Six Sigma, and support plant operations at the Long Beach site.

Travel to other locations or customers may be required. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Sales, R&D, and QA to optimize formulations and cost initiatives while

Responsibilities

• Oversee and develop commercial compound recipes to support sales activities.
• Coordinate new recipe developments from R and D lab through production, trial production, monitoring customer needs in a timely manner.
• Recommend beneficial changes to customer formulations to add value to customer supplier relationship.
• Manage and distribute projects for development, cost savings, or raw material savings to technical staff.
• Provide technical assistance with customer processing problems by phone or site visit, as necessary.
• Coordinate new projects for launch with management, sales, and internal technical support groups. Follow trials, in plant and at customer location to successfully launch new business.
• Establish and maintain key cost initiatives and VAVE programs.
• Travel to other HEXPOL locations or to customers may be required.
• Perform any other project/task as assigned by Management.

Job description

To provide direct technical leadership to the Chemists to attain a high level of quality, customer service, and productivity in a safe, efficient, and environmentally sound manner. To maintain documentation of all developments, tech service, and other work relevant to compounds, formulations, and raw materials. To ensure the effective development and implementation of new process technologies and capabilities utilizing Six Sigma methodologies. Supports plant operations and reports to the designated GM/MD and is a site based at one of the manufacturing locations.

• Oversee and develop commercial compound recipes to support sales activities.
• Coordinate new recipe developments from R and D lab through production, trial production, monitoring customer needs in a timely manner.
• Recommend beneficial changes to customer formulations to add value to customer supplier relationship.
• Manage and distribute projects for development, cost savings, or raw material savings to technical staff.
• Provide technical assistance with customer processing problems by phone or site visit, as necessary.
• Coordinate new projects for launch with management, sales, and internal technical support groups. Follow trials, in plant and at customer location to successfully launch new business.
• Establish and maintain key cost initiatives and VAVE programs.
• Travel to other HEXPOL locations or to customers may be required.
• Perform any other project/task as assigned by Management.