Polymer Engineer - Rubber

Midland-Marvel Recruiters, LLC; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Midland-Marvel Recruiters, LLC is seeking a seasoned professional to become the company's rubber compounding expert. You will manage mixing and preparation processes from raw materials to uncured rubber delivery to molding operations, while supporting the mixing department and materials lab.

This role requires hands-on rubber mixing experience, strong problem-solving in cross-functional teams, and the ability to lead improvement initiatives with plant management.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of polymer compounding experience.
• Hands-on expert in rubber mixing environments.
• Able to troubleshoot with production and maintenance staff.
• Experience in online research; including searches and summarization for colleagues/teams.
• Rubber rheology and molding processing experience preferred.
• Work with plant manager and engineering leader to establish annual improvement initiatives; cross-functional alignment.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Capacity to learn new technologies quickly and apply them.

Responsibilities

• Become company expert in rubber compounding, mixing, and preparation from raw materials to delivering uncured rubber to molding operation.
• Support mixing department and materials lab; investigate equipment and tooling options for current and new processes/products.
• Lead multi-department troubleshooting with chemists, materials lab, and process engineers.
• Reduce variation in compounding operation, measured by rheology and molding results using DOE and other methods.
• Develop and improve mixing programs (steps, times, temps) for new and existing materials.
• Write technical reports detailing methods and findings; present to engineers, management, and colleagues.

Skills

Polymer compounding

Rubber mixing

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Learning new tech

Experimentation

Tools

Design of Experiments (DOE)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Become company expert in rubber compounding, mixing, and preparation. This includes all steps of the process from raw material receipt to delivering uncured rubber to the molding operation.
• Supporting mixing department and materials lab, investigating equipment and tooling options for both current and new processes and products.
• Lead multi-department troubleshooting efforts with chemists, materials lab, and process engineers.
• Reduce variation in compounding operation, measured by rheology and molding results utilizing DOE and other methods.
• Develop and improve mixing programs (steps, times, temps) for new and existing materials.
• Write technical reports that detail methods and findings. Present findings to engineers, management and other colleagues.

"Right fit" candidates for this role will have education and experience suitable for the role.

Requirements

• 5 to 10 years of polymer compounding experience.
• Hands-on expert comfortable working in a rubber mixing environment.
• Experienced working with production and maintenance staff to facilitate troubleshooting and improvement of operational production equipment.
• Experience in online research; includes appropriate searches, disseminating information, and summarization of information for delivery to colleagues/teams.
• Rubber, rheology of rubber and molding processing experience is preferred.
• Work with the plant manager and engineering leader to establish annual improvement initiatives; then work cross-functionally to align efforts and targets.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Capacity to learn new technologies / concepts rapidly and apply them to the needs of the company
• Experienced leading troubleshooting efforts through experimentation.