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Product Development Manager (Materials)\n\nSt Helens (commutable from Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and surrounding areas)\n\nSalary - £55,000 - £60,000 (depending on experience)\n\nPermanent\n\nSRG is working with a leading UK manufacturer specialist rubber and glass material products. Based in the St Helens, they have recently started hiring for a new member of their team. This is a great opportunity for a senior chemist or engineer with a background in polymers and materials to take a step into a management role, or someone with previous management experience. Applications encouraged from experienced materials scientists with and without experience managing a team.
Job Responsibility:
Advising senior management with product, customer and market insight to inform technical direction and business decisions
Defining detailed processing parameters to support accurate costing and pricing of new products
Driving innovation and collaboration by generating new product ideas and working cross‑functionally to solve technical challenges
Co-ordinating, developing and engineering high performance glass and carbon fibre products for use in various commercial industries such as automotive and construction
Maintaining a strong customer focus by translating internal and external requirements into effective technical solutions
Providing technical leadership in an advanced materials R&D environment.
Requirements:
Ideally hold a degree/equivalent in a Chemistry, Physics or Materials Science related discipline
Significant recent experience in composite/polymer/material R&D
Ability to identify, gather, analyse, and interpret data to support decision-making and clearly present findings
Possess strong practical skills with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy