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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