Areas of tasks, responsibility, and goals in the organizational aera R&D Materials
Comprehensive knowledge in rubber compound formulation and development with focus on application properties of compounds
Continuous process engineering development and technical adaptation of production processes (compound processing, extrusion, curing cycles), including writing SOPs with focus on ensuring and maintaining production quality stability
Roll Cover Process technological development and scale up of new and further developed rubber compounds with focus on compound mixing, processing and curing
Active support in the new and further development or modification of rubber compounds for pulp & paper and other industrial applications with focus on large scale producibility and processability
Mixing and testing of new and further developed rubber compounds
Comprehensive laboratory work in the frame of production quality control and rubber roll cover product / formulation development
Analysis of customer roll cover & rubber complaints
Cooperation and collaboration with development and process engineers in the mentioned organizational unit Lectures or presentations at internal and external events
Collaborate on and create your own new patents
Handling and coordination rubber related projects
Coordination of rubber products items for SAP configurations on site (EMEA Team)
Communication with Andritz sites globally for hands on/best practice
Important individual orders/significant powers:
Represent a link between R&D and production as team player
Acting as a contact person between European production sites
Responsible and independent process engineering development of production processes
Implementation, compliance, control, and documentation of quality control
Direct collaboration with the European development and process engineers in Düren (DE), Gallarate (IT) and Kerava (FI) as well as with external institutes within the framework of agreed projects
Compliance with project-specific quality, time, and cost specifications
Support global product management in specific customer projects from the product idea to implementation in production
Support global R&D projects as agreed and communicate/align activities with global R&D Material responsible
University degree in Process Engineering or Chemical Engineering
Relevant experience in the field of 3-5 years (R&D or Rubber manufacturing)
Collaboration with other entities:
Product management, sales, development and specialist departments in the organizational unit, quality assurance, production and production planning, management functions of the European ANDRITZ Fabrics and Rolls organization
Expectation / requirements of the job holder:
High customer orientation (internal and external)
Proactive and socially competent personality
High self-motivation, frustration tolerance and results orientation
Affinity for planning and optimization of production processes
Analytical and conceptual thinking as well as a structured approach
Willingness to travel
Feeling for the material and its industrial application
Required competences / additional knowledge:
Language skills: Fluent in spoken and written Italian and English
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