Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager

THE EMPLOYER

Take your career up a few notches with a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications

THE JOB

Responsibilities

The Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager in the Insulation Systems I&C organization is responsible for team development while acting as technical liaison to R&D, Product Management, Operations, Marketing and Technical Service personnel. The role manages the development of product engineering specifications, standards, tools, procedures, and documentation, and leads technical projects including new product development through the stage gate process for the spray foam portfolio. As a Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager your responsibilities as follows:

• Responsible for team development and guidance, including but not limited to: personnel appraisals, creation and maintenance of engineering development matrices, goal and objectives setting and review, strategic planning, training, career development and salary administration for the technical portfolio staff.
• Lead and execute technical projects including new product development.
• Coordinate with Product Management team to establish priorities, forecast manpower requirements, and allocate resources to meet schedule requirements.
• Acts as technical and managerial advisor to internal and external customers.
• Develop fitness for use customer requirements and commercialize new products and/or product extensions based on those customer needs.
• Generate and maintain assignments, schedules, and budgets pertaining to department responsibilities and customer projects.
• Review all proposed projects and initial design scopes to ensure technical and budgetary feasibility.
• Ensure the stage gate process is utilized and communicated at each phase of every project.
• Manage the development of product specifications, standards, tools, procedures and documentation to ensure all products and systems are designed in accordance with industrial codes and company philosophies.
• May be required to perform other related duties as assigned.
  
  

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Most Importantly, You Need To Be a Passionate Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager Who Enjoys His Work And Is Considered To Be One Of The Best Within Your Organization. The Ideal Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager Would Be Someone With Deep Experience In Many (if Not All) Of The Following

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry or other related technical field with a minimum of 10 years of experience managing technical projects, 7 years of experience in a senior engineering role, engineering manager role, product engineering role with responsibility over direct reports and 5 years of experience managing teams, both direct and cross-functional peers.
• Strong preference for Spray Foam chemistry/formulation experience.
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Solid budgeting skills
• Experience with stage gate product development process and Design of Experiment (DOE)
• Working knowledge of business case development.
  
  

We understand that even if you are a seasoned Spray Foam Product Engineering Manager you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, lets talk.

Additional Information

Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry

Minimum Education: Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate in engineering, chemistry or other related technical field

Minimum Experience: 10 years of experience managing technical projects

Type of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefits

Telecommute: No

Location: Littleton, CO

Relocation accepted: Yes