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The Senior Product Engineer is responsible for developing new products and enhancing existing products for the Insulation Systems business unit to increase sales and provide Johns Manville with a competitive advantage. The Senior Product Engineer will be responsible for leading projects, conducting research, designing and running pilot/plant trials, developing intellectual property, and providing strategic technical direction for their dedicated product lines.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Lead and manage projects resulting in significant business advantage to Insulation Systems.
• Provide strategic technical direction for major programs that may have a business unit and/or operating group impact.
• Develop patents, trade secrets and/or other intellectual property that provides a strategic business advantage.
• Actively participate in laboratory bench work and product trials with technicians and operators.
• Provide core product engineering support for the insulation product lines.
• Maintain finished product specifications and support plant quality to ensure product performance meets industry standards.
• Keep informed of competitors' product actions, performance, and improvements through product testing to maintain and improve on JM's competitive advantage in the market.
• Support plant regulatory requirements by being the technical contact with code agencies and external test laboratories.
• Support new product development and commercialization projects within the Performance Materials portfolio.
• May be required to perform other related duties as assigned.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of process/product engineering work experience
• Proven ability to partner with business teams and develop technical strategies
• Proven project management skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Proven analytical and quality improvement ability
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to interface at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Supervises/Leads individuals or a project team to achieve milestones and objectives by setting priorities and providing direction. May provide feedback for performance evaluations.
• Travel required is project dependent up to 25%
• Work environment is typical of a research and development facility; when running pilot/plant trails may be exposed to environmental conditions of cold, heat, high noise levels, moving mechanical parts, heights, dust/mist/gas/fumes, extensive walking or climbing, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science preferred
• Manufacturing and product scale up experience preferred
• Building materials and industrial products experience is a plus

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