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R&D Project Manager

DS Smith

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Opis stanowiska:

As a R&D Project Manager for Surface & Barrier, you will be responsible for developing, testing, and optimizing barrier solutions that enhance the performance of fibre-based packaging. This role focuses on improving material properties such as moisture, grease, oxygen, and aroma resistance while ensuring sustainability, recyclability, and cost-efficient production. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to accelerate innovation and bring barrier technologies from laboratory scale to industrial implementation. This role will develop the needed proof of concepts (PoC) into industrial demonstration. Special focus will be in the development of cost effective and sustainable barriers for a paper-based board designs both for direct food contact and non-food contact applications.

Obowiązki:

Develop new barrier solutions, surface treatments, and functional layers for fibre-based packaging
Screen and evaluate bio-based, water-based, polymer, mineral, or hybrid barrier chemistries
Design and run pilot trials for barrier coating applications (e.g., blade, rod, curtain, extrusion, dispersion). Analyse failure modes and identify root causes of barrier performance variation
Liaise with new suppliers of surface treatment/barrier solutions/ technology to validate their offering
Support and carry out lab studies when needed on barrier property testing (WVTR, OTR, grease resistance, COBB, heat sealability, adhesion, etc.)
Scale laboratory formulations toward pilot and industrial production readiness
Develop project framework and project deployment information, preparing projects for hand-over to the business
Plan and execute projects as agreed with manager and available steering/reference groups
Design, plan and execute pilot trials for business demonstrators
Carry out baseline technical work, designing and developing solutions for project success

Wymagania:

Educated to a degree level in a technology field (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar)
Previous experience in an industrial environment, preferably within the Fibre based Packaging or materials industry
Excellent technical, laboratory and measurement skills
knowledge of coating technologies, material characterisation, printing, packaging or recycling technologies
Demonstrable success in Project Management, working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering to deadlines and within budget
Very good knowledge in Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project
Fluent English, written and spoken
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, open minded, creative and curious
Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Flexibility to travel across Europe (1-2 times per month)