UPDATED  05/28/10

This is just a sampling.  There are many more Candidates available.   We locate specific Candidates who fit your spec's and only send those who are qualified and interested.

MATERIALS AND PROCESSES  

MANUFACTURING  

DESIGN/ANALYSIS/ENGINEERING  

SALES/MARKETING/APPLICATIONS DEV.  

PRE-PREG AND FIBERS  

QUALITY  

INTERNATIONAL  

TOOLING  

RESINS  

 

MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

#38746  Composite Materials and Design Engineer, MS Materials Science with 5 years of experience after school and 2 internships during, seeks a new opportunity with a Composites Materials or Parts Manufacturer.  Project Management experience working on continuous improvement of Filament Winding as well as Part Design to meet customer specifications.  Is open to relocation within the US .  $85K

#38548 Composite Design Engineer, BS Mechanical Engineering and MS Material Science, 2 years as a Research Assistant in the Composite Material Research Group while in Grad School .  A CCT with 3 years industry experience doing FEA and Design of Composite Parts working closely with Customers and Sub-Contractors.  Open to exploring opportunities in Texas with a team oriented environment  $85K

#39091 PhD Polymer Engineering, 6 years non-school work experience.  Thesis on characteristics of RTM glass fiber hybrid nano-composites.  Pre grad school did hand lay up for rotor blades, and also lead engineer on a project to design structural parts for aerospace applications via RTM.   Post grad school working with coatings, linings, and sealants.  Seeks engineering or R&D position with an industry leader for the development of innovative technologies related to polymers, polymer composites, nanocomposites, coatings and/or elastomeric products.  Open on location. $90K  

#40555 BS Polymer and Fiber Engineering, 3.4/4.0, seeks entry level engineering position.  Medal winning veteran of war in Iraq.  Very open on location.   Excellent interpersonal skills.  $47K.

#39410 BS Chemist.  10+ years exp. Ceramic Matrix Composites development.  Integrated Ultra High Temperature Ceramics into polymer composites.  New England.  $70K.

#39410  BS Chem,  New England ,  Ten years experience, inorganic/ceramic materials and composites.  Has participated in many successful SBIR projects.  $65K. 

 

MANUFACTURING

#38746  Composite Materials and Design Engineer, MS Materials Science with 5 years of experience after school and 2 internships during, seeks a new opportunity with a Composites Materials or Parts Manufacturer.  Project Management experience working on continuous improvement of Filament Winding as well as Part Design to meet customer specifications.  Is open to relocation within the US .  $85K   

#38548 Composite Design Engineer, BS Mechanical Engineering and MS Material Science, 2 years as a Research Assistant in the Composite Material Research Group while in Grad School .  A CCT with 3 years industry experience doing FEA and Design of Composite Parts working closely with Customers and Sub-Contractors.  Open to exploring opportunities in Texas with a team oriented environment  $85K     

#40917,  Engineering Manager, Texas,  A dedicated and dependable professional with a strong work ethic and 15+ years of diverse experience in Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, as well as a Bachelors degrees in Manufacturing Technology and Business Quality Management. Computer proficient  in the  use  of CAD,  CADAM-CATIA V5,  ProE  3-D  modeling,  and Microsoft Office software, and JD Edwards software applications.  Highly knowledgeable about all aspects of manufacturing processes, Competent at designing of products and related tooling, Good analytical skills for identifying process and machinery problems, Adept at calculating production costs and making recommendations to management, Communicate effectively with people at all levels including management and shop personnel,  Previous welding and sheet metal layout experience,  Strong organizational and time management skills,  Stable employment record.  Great references.  $90K.

#40555 BS Polymer and Fiber Engineering, 3.4/4.0, seeks entry level engineering position.  Medal winning veteran of war in Iraq.  Very open on location.   Excellent interpersonal skills.  $47K.

#3193 PULTRUSION EXPERT,   Dynamic, practical hands on leadership with management skills.  Solid background, 24 years in the pultrusion industry and R&D.  Product development and processing skills.       Processing capabilities to increase throughput and minimize scrap.  Project coordination skills and excellent time management.   $80K.

#6016 MS and BS in Chemical Engineering,  15 years of  experience mostly in pultrusion.  Co-extrusion coating.  Thin-walled, thick-walled, Technical Management.  Great references.  $110K  

#37776, HR Manager, BS Business,  thirty years diverse experience in union and non-union environments, construction, composites.  An experienced professional with extensive HR generalist background, a strong work ethic and the ability to build trust and earn credibility with employees, staff and senior management.   Committed, self-motivated team player who finds solutions with effective communications while exhibiting patience and a high degree of pragmatism and realism. Thoroughly experienced in leading and managing all HR operational and administrative issues including recruiting, training, coaching, organization development, industrial relations, payroll and compensation, and health and safety.  $140K.

#40288 General Manager for composites fabrication business.  Pultrusion and compression molding. BS ME, Has P&L responsibility for two plants producing glass polyester composite sheet and pultruded products and fabricated insulating components.  Annual sales over $10 MM with a total staff of over 50.  $135K

#35999 BS Mechanical Engr Tech, two years composites experience, Prepreg Layup, Wet Layup, RTM, VARTM, Vacuum Bagging.  AutoCAD 14, Solid Works, Strong knowledge of PLC. Licensed Pilot.  Prefers Upper Midwest.  $90K. 

#38083,   BS Chemical Engineer, Ten years experience in composite part and glass fiber business.  Currently Asst General Manager for company making windmill blades.  Experience in infusion molding, pultrusion, and prepreg layup.    $90K.

#37808,  BS Mechanical Engineer,  Very open on location.  Two years as a production engineer/manager for a rotational molding company.  Helped train employees with new mold making techniques (vacuum bagging) which reduced voids in the molds and increased surface quality of parts. Has worked with carbon, Kevlar, hybrids, and S2 glass.  Familiar with epoxy, polyester, and vinyl ester.  Has worked with both room temperature and elevated temperature curing prepregs.  Consolidation techniques include vacuum molding, compression molding, bladder molding, and wet lay up.  $65K.    

 

DESIGN/ANALYSIS/ENGINEERING

#40448,  Engineering Manager, BS Mechanical Engineer, Superb references, five years with one employer with involvement in both pultrusion and filament winding.  SolidWorks and other sophisticated composite design capability.  Good leader of other Engineers. $80K. 

#36846   BS ME,  Ten years experience.  Product Engineer, Design of filament wound rocket motor cases.  Strong knowledge of experimental composite materials and processes.  Composite design and analysis, lamination theory and strength of materials.  Lead Engineer for R&D programs. SDRC, IDEAS, CAD.  Carried products from conception to design, prototype, and testing.  Also has good experience in injection molding of metal containing thermoplastic carriers to make sintered metal products.  $95K.  

#36704, MS Engrg Mechanics,      Structural and thermal Analysis.  Lead Engineer,  Seeks Program/Project Manager slot.  Supervises group of three engineers.  Eight years experience in composite parts, using ABAQUS and I-DEAS  Experience with filament wound and VARTM fabrication, and formulation of epoxy and vinyl esters.  Fatigue and viscoelastic response evaluations.  Open on location.  Seeks $160K.

#35021 BS Mech Engr, Six years Post BS Experience.  Composite Materials engineer in structural design, materials selection and processing.  SolidWorks, CAD, ProMechanica FEA, RTM, Light RTM, VARTM and Prepreg Lay-up.  Seeks Texas or Pacific Northwest .  $90K.   

# 35315,  BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stress Engineer, Thesis is composites, 12 years experience, design, analysis, CAD, Unigraphics, manufacturing, knowledge in layup, autoclave processing, VARTM, filament winding, Contractor,  $160K  He is worth it.

 

 

SALES/MARKETING/APPLICATIONS DEV.

Pipe relining sales Candidates.  We have five or ten excellent candidates with pipe relining sales experience.  The type people who work with contactors and municipalities.  Located throughout US.

#40610 Sales Representative, Pipe,  Three years sales experience to a variety of industries in the Houston area.  BS degree,     Needs $75K.

#34526 Marketing Executive, business and product development. BA Communication.  In most recent position has shown a 20% increase in sales annually and increase profit margins and market share.  20 years experience marketing composite parts.  Open on location. Prefer Dallas, Fort Worth  $120K.

#4591, Program Manager BS ME, MS Engineering,  MS Business.  20 years experience, currently Program manager for $20+MM program, has diverse experience in composites, filament winding, RTM, aerospace, sporting products,  $120K .

#4232Technical Representative / Sales Engineer:   Ph.D. in pultruded composites.  9 years experience in Technical Support and Sales.  Extremely knowledgeable in fiberglass, resins and pultrusion.  Expert at providing solutions to customer application issues and product development.  Champion in developing cost estimation and material analysis software.  15 years unrivalled hands-on and theoretical experience in pultruded medical and structural composites, and thermal and curing behavior.  Excellent customer service skills, presentation and computer skills.  50-100 % travel.  Great references.  Located in Florida.  Not able to relocate.   $125K  

#36822,  Product manager in composites or thermoplastics,  BS/MS Mechanical Engineer,  Extensive experience in glass fiber manufacture, thermoplastics compounding, long fiber thermoplastics, filament winding process development,  Open on location including Canada.  $125K.

#34422,  Composite Materials Sales Engineer,  Fifteen years sales of composite materials, and 15 years prior to that in manufacture of commercial fiberglass items.  Good experience with fiberglass rovings and thermoset resins.  Open to relocation.  Currently securely employed, but open to better situation.  $120K package.    .

#33648  Manager, Application Development, PhD Chemical Engr.,  Five years experience, Leading, motivating and managing staff to conduct product and application R&D.  Identifying and developing markets for company products.  Preparing business strategies to sell products.  Identifying customer needs. Providing customer support. Organizing and conducting technical trials at customer locations.  Leading development of prototype products and manufacturing processes using company’s novel resin system.  Products include: prepregs, sporting goods, industrial products, automotive and aerospace products.  Processes include: pultrusion, liquid molding, compressive molding, air bag, scrimp, casting, extrusion, injection molding, rotational molding. Open on location.  $110K              

#9782Sales Candidate.  Lives in Florida .  18 years of experience in composites manufacturing both aerospace and marine.  Has supervised crews of 50 people.  Excellent communicator and good listener.  Seeks composite material sales position in Southeast US .  $60K package.   

#37473Composite Materials Sales Rep,  Degree in International Business.  Excellent track record selling to marine, aerospace and industrial accounts.  Will relocate for opportunity.  US born, speaks fluent Spanish and English is his native language.  Seeks International sales slot where his Spanish will be an asset.  $200K         

#34480BS Business, MBA,  14 years experience in sales of fiberglass rovings.  Previous experience in  manufacturing of glass products. Good track record.  Open on location.  $100K   

# 4232,  Sales Candidate.  Extremely knowledgeable in pultrusion, both applied on-the-floor, and theoretical including modeling of chemical and flow phenomena in the pultrusion die.  Variety of resins, fibers and products, Good references.  Needs to be within 20 miles of a major US City . $90K +   

#36573,  BS Business, National Sales Manager, Twenty years pipe sales and manufacturing experience. Has sold filament wound, concrete, and thermoplastic pipe and conduit to a variety of industries. Open on location. Very good references. $210K.

#36754,  BS Marketing, 15 years in sales to marine industry in Southeast selling tooling resins, tooling and adhesives. Very familiar with equipment used in adhesive mixing and pumping. $90K. 

#36755,  BS Marketing, 20 years in sales of plastics, pultrusions, profiles, industrial laminates. Very good references. Ohio,  $75K.

#34526,  BS Business, 15 years sales experience, composite materials for the printed circuit board industry. Covers Pacific Northwest. Looking for a smaller company where he can take a leadership roll. $120K..

 

PRE-PREG AND FIBERS

#1568  COO BS Chem Engr,  15 years experience in Prepreg and Fibers  R&D, R&D mgt, Operations mgt, Engr Mgt, Sales.  Seeks plant mgt slot. $180K.   

Glass Reinforcement Operations Management.  We have recent contact with a number of excellent fiberglass manufacturing experts.  Degreed, top quality Candidates.  Give us a call, and we can tell you more.

#34538,  BS EE, Twenty years exper, Operations and Plant Engineer for Glass Fiber plants. Experience as Forming Supt, Maint Engr Supv, Proj Engr, $70K.

#33817,  MS Polymers/BS Chem, Six years exper, finish/sizing development for reinforcing fibers, $75K.

#2403,  BS Chem Engr, Sr Engr/Supv, Tech Serv, Quality, Process Engr, Production, Prepreg, 3-D Laminated Structures, , $100K

 

QUALITY

We can identify a number of suitable Quality Supervisor/Manager candidates if you have a need.

#40488 BS Chemist Quality testing, ASTM, gel time, NVM’s, SPI’s, viscosity. Technical service CCT. Great phone skills.  Handles self well on the phone.  Chicago $65K.    

#36416 MS Organic Polymer Chemistry, Six Sigma Certified, Eight years experience in formulation of epoxy resins for prepreg and other applications. Seeks MD, NJ, DE, PA area, but open for a good opportunity from NC to New England, Supervisory experience, Company has had massive cutbacks, but he is a keeper. Seeks $80K.

#35173,  BS/MS Mechanical Engineer, Superb GPA’s. (RTM) and compression molding (BMC and SMC), SCRIMP, filament winding, Quality Management, Seeks position commutable from Newark, Delaware. $85K. 

 

INTERNATIONAL

We have access to a large number of excellent composite engineers who live in other countries.  Many would like to relocate to the United States, but most will consider opportunities in other countries.

##3532,  MS Industrial Tech,  Twenty years of experience in composites industry.  Strong knowledge in pultrusion, Diverse knowledge of the pultrusion industry with most users of this type equipment.  Fluent Spanish and English, knowledge of Portuguese and Italian.  Extensive international experience, Thailand, UAE, Indonesia, Japan, etc.  Several patents.  $125K.  

38452 BS Mechanical Technology,  Five years experience in manufacturing via VARTM composite windmill blades.  Training in AutoCAD.   

#37780,  BS Polymer Science.  12 years of polyester resin Development and Production.  Located in India , but very open to relocation to  UK , US, or elsewhere.      

#36335,  BS Mtrls Sci, Manufacturing and Quality Engr, five years of exper., Tooling design for composite materials processes (Material selection, Thermal analysis), CATIA N/C programming (prepreg cutting, laser projection, machining) Curing parameters optimization for Hand Laid up aerospace structures, Mechanical, physical and rheological properties Laboratory activity, New technologies development related to RTM (tooling, finite element flow simulations, Plastics packaging Quality Control for thermoplastics (DSC, TMA, DMA, IR, Rheometrics). 45K Euros. 

#9792,  BS ME, Seven years experience, Engr Mgr, Mfgr Engr, R&D, Equipment Installation, Maintenance, Customer and Supplier interaction, Purchasing. Excellent References. Pultrusion, Compression Molding, $75K.

#33946,  BS Aero Engr, Seven years composites experience, Design, Repair, MRB, sporting goods, Coatings, Customer Liaison, $70K.

# 34682,  MS Mech Engr, Two years experience, VARTM, RTM and prepreg lay-up, 3D CAD, Prototype Testing, Made parts for composite go-cart, motorcycle front suspension, and small and large aircraft. $50K.

#35513,  BS Mechanical Engr, 20 years exper, R&D Management, design of automated equipment for high volume manufacture of composite sporting goods, injection molding, pultrusion, RTM, bladder molding, Steady promotions, $100K.

 

 

TOOLING

#38625,  Tooling, Fabrication, Repair, Estimating for Aerospace and Automotive Race Car parts. Open on location.  No ties.  $55K. 

# 36505,  BS/MS Mechanical Engineering from an excellent Composites School. Thesis in composites testing. Strong background in tool design to support RTM and Filament Winding processes. 15 years industrial experience. $80K.

# 36365,  BS Aerospace Engineer, five years experience making composite parts and tooling for aerospace and other applications. Customers include DuPont, Bosch and others. Flight testing of UAV aircraft. Very good machining background, can "make" things to very exacting specifications. Very proficient design engineer, thoroughly skilled with composite manufacturing, CAD modeling, and CNC machining, including running the machine himself. His work is direct, hands on, an6d performed to the highest exacting standards. Seeks Southeast US.  Currently employed.  $47.5K.

#36093,  BS Ind Tech, 3.8/4.0 GPA, Hands-on tool maker and repair specialist, filament winding, low observable, NDT, Materials Review Board off site Liaison MRB both composite and metallic, $75K.

 

 

RESINS

#37483,  BS Chemist,  SMC formulation and synthesis, seven years experience.  Very good candidate.  $80K.

#37107,  BS Technical, Product Manager, thermoset resins. Source of support for sales, technical service, and distribution. Engaged in the development of new products and provided training for sales and distribution. Assisted the sales organization with product selection. Created and maintained product data sheets. Supplied information and assisted marketing team with the creation of product literature. Previous experience in Tech Service, Chemist, QC and Development Chemist. 30 years of experience with major companies. $85K.

#36984,  BS Mech Engr with Composites emphasis. Applications Engineer responsible for scaling up resins from pilot plant to main plant. Involves automation, weighing, pneumatic conveying, and other aspects. Five years of experience. Prior experience in open molding manufacture. Serves as lead on various projects. $75K.

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