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06/02/10
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#91842 Senior Process Engineer Prepreg
“People are excited because we are building a composite business which
is unique to the industry and the world.” Start-up company with state of
the art equipment will be producing both advanced composite prepreg and
composite parts at the same facility. After producing prepreg product
the Sr.Process Engineer will be able to observe and get rapid feedback on the
laid up parts being produced from the prepreg. This will provide greater
understanding of the total (fiber to finished part) process and lead to faster
development of new prepreg products for both the Candidate and the prepreg
customers. Promotion to Engineering Manager possible within three
years for the right Candidate. Company makes both hot melt and
solution prepregs. Will report to the Director of Manufacturing who has
25+ years of prepreg experience both hot melt and solution. Company also
has expertise in both processes at R&D facility. Requires BS Chem
Engr, Chemistry, or Mechanical Engr with five + years in the prepreg industry.
Hot melt or
solution process experience both acceptable. Competitive salary, annual
bonus eligible after first year. Excellent benefits. Low cost of
living.
#91863 General Manager, for a world-class
glass fiber plant start-up in a beautiful area of the
Middle East
. Three-year renewable contract.
Generous salary. All local
taxes paid, housing (with cook and maid), company vehicle, five weeks annual
paid vacation, nine weeks salary at end of contract, family medical insurance,
and negotiated annual and three-year success bonuses.
One Business Class or two Economy trips to hometown for entire family
per year. US
income tax savings of about $50K on salary and company paid living expenses.
Duties: Oversee
recruiting of local management personnel, build a company “Experts Team”
from friends and colleagues, set up operation procedures for all key glass
fiber manufacturing areas, direct Purchasing Dept to raw material supply,
direct initial production plan, start up and stabilization, and identify and
train your successor.
Requirements: Qualified
Engineer with at least 20 years of progressively responsible positions in world-class
glass fiber facilities in the West. Willing
to relocate to
Middle East
(family status definitely available) for at least three years.
Generous salary plus negotiated annual and three-year success bonuses.
Let us know what you require to be sincerely interested.
#91613, Facility
(Plant) Manager Mexico. Requires strong ERP, fluent Spanish and General
Management Experience in composites and currently living in US.
Education required is BS in Business preferred, Engineering degree
acceptable. This rapidly growing
company is operating a new facility in an attractive far suburb of
Mexico City
. They are active in US,
India
and elsewhere. Company operates
one of the largest FRP facilities in the world and has strong financial
backing. In this position you will
be responsible for day to day management of the facility, controlling quality,
cost, safety, and promoting continuous improvement.
All positions at the facility will report to you.
Limited travel is involved. Qualifications
include a background in composites, strong ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning) skills, management experience, and you must
speak Spanish. The personality
which would fit in well? Motivator,
Coach, Trainer, Team Player. This
is a newly created position reporting to Vice President of Operations, who
does not like the term ‘BOSS” which spelled Backwards is double SOB.
He is a people person with excellent technical skills who enjoys people
and seeing them progress. The
company is growing rapidly so promotional opportunities are plentiful.
We are working with the VP of Operations who along with the President
will be making the hiring decision. This
is a replacement for someone who has spent a two-year hitch in the job and is
now relocating back to US. Their
greatest weakness is that they are growing rapidly and need talent.
Company benefits are “The Best.”
$90-100K USD.
91856 Plant
Manager, Fiberglass Pipe. Leading
US based composite pipe company seeks Plant Manager for an expansion
Middle East
plant. The country is Muslim, but has a
very open society which is accepting of other cultures. Would be
US-based for up to a year learning the company’s systems and processes and
then spend three years starting up the new plant.
Plusses include: No US Tax on first compensation
(Must be out of US for 330 days per year.)
All local taxes company paid, Free
housing, Free utilities, Free Company Vehicle, Two trips home to US
for you and spouse or to have someone visit you per year.
Up to one year in US learning company’s processes and then three
years in country.
91862 Bus Development Offshore Oil and Gas
Leading company seeks Business Development Professional to find new
applications for carbon fibers in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.
Location open, but
Houston
would probably work well for the right person. Must
know oil companies, contractors, construction companies active in Offshore Oil
and Gas and also know composite products.
Applications involved might be tethers or risers.
91858 Product Development Engineer
to
$150K. Manufacturer of
prepreg laid up and wet laid up composite parts seeks Product Development
Engineer. Must
be degreed engineer with ten years experience in design and manufacture of wet
laid up and prepreg laid up composite parts.
$100-150K depending on person. Must
be serious about making a long-term commitment to the company and the location
in KY/TN area.
91846 Sales Manager European Company with a
manufacturing facility in the South East United States making non-woven glass
for Marine, Industrial, and particularly Alternative Energy applications.
Major growth potential in Wind Energy market segment with chance to grow.
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Business to Business Sales and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or Engineering.
$66-96K base + up to a 20% bonus
#91832
Project Applications Engineer/Manager Leading company making large diameter,
round and non-round pipe with a new facility in Texas seeks a PE with a BS in
Engineering preferably Mechanical. Must have excellent communication
skills, experience doing FEA, and be proficient doing piping design
calculations. Will be working closely with customers who range from
Chemical, Industrial, Marine, Municipal and Fuels (gas stations) to Oil Field.
Pay range is $70k-$100k depending on experience.
#91750
Manufacturing Engineer, Upper Midwest, Sporting goods, Degree Strongly
Preferred, BS, MS, even a PhD, Experience
will also be considered if it is right on the money.
Carbon Fibers in composites are a big plus.
Lean Experience a Plus, Visual Factory a plus.
Must be a go getter. This
is a fast-paced environment so manufacturing experience is critical.
Produce over 1000 parts per day. Processes
are prepreg bladder molding, coating and assembly.
Business is very healthy and "knocking the socks off it.
"
The boss is not a micro-manger who will stand over your
shoulder. Help is available
if you need it. Company has superb
large company ($500MM) benefits including a fitness center where you can use
the company's products. Company
has a good group of people and your personal life and family life are
important to the company.
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Filled
#91829, Design Engineer,
Houston
,
Texas
. “Dream Job for the right Candidate…” developing new products
that will work on the bottom of the ocean floor as part of a seven-member
team. This market segment is rapidly growing. Some work with
undersea ROV’s (Remotely Operated Vehicles) will be involved. A major firm
with 500
US
employees, this company is a world leader in syntactic and polymer based
product solutions for the offshore industry. This division makes
thermal insulation by casting syntactic thermoset foam and sales are forecast
to grow 20% yearly. Projects are longer term (3-5 years) so the economy
has not had much effect on sales and they will continue to grow as the oil
industry works at increasing depths. Promotional opportunities exist
within the Engineering, Project Management and Sales departments. This
person will: make presentations to Customers in support of sales, manage
day-to-day design related activities in the unit, identify design methods and
techniques to meet Customer requirements and be the engineering go-to person
for the team. Leader of the team is a dynamic individual who will be
very receptive to an Engineer who wants to push the limits of design and
product innovation. Requires BS Mechanical, Civil or Marine Engineering.
80-9 program and three weeks vacation add up to 51 paid days off per year.
Filled:
#91758
Composites Technical Director, Southern,
California Lead technical effort
to develop composites for aerospace, auto, marine and other related markets.
Our client is an established producer of composites, adhesives,
laminates, and related products for a wide range of industrial, military,
medical and diversified markets. Their
business is solid, and they are seeking an experienced chemical process
director who can lead a technical group in developing, qualifying, and getting
composite products specified for industrial and government programs, as well
as solving technical issues with existing business.
This person must be prepared to be out on the production floor as well
as in the marketplace to interface people at all levels in a
cooperative/open/leadership role to assure the company stays at the cutting
edge of technology for their industry. Candidate
needs 10-15 years experience. BS
preferred. Travel up to 25%.
$150-170K
Filled: #91782,
Composite Engineer / Department Head
Texas - Responsible for streamline / ramp up production using latest
techniques. Opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new company to
produce military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and General Aviation Personal
Air Vehicles (PAVs) using the company patented technology. Company
has developed a unique technology which achieves 1.5 times better efficiency
that the best competitive vehicles have ever achieved. This aircraft has
capabilities with the speed and efficiency never achieved with this type aircraft. We
can refer you to the company website for more info. Company recently signed a
Strategic Alliance with a major Aerospace Company. Experience
in Composite production and management required. Salary and benefits
commensurate with experience, skills and recommendations. Company presently
located in north central Texas, but may build plant elsewhere.
#91778
Stress Analysis Central East Coast BS Mechanical Engineer with Finite
Element Analysis course work and 5+ years (10+ preferred) of experience
working in the Aerospace Industry. Design and develop composite systems
to meet customer specifications. Work with marketing to help make sales
calls, support manufacturing to answer questions, and oversee
mechanical/environmental testing and structural analysis of composite systems.
Filled:
#91758 Bus
Development Manager, Texas, SBIR projects for Army, Navy and Air Force.
Need technical degree and solid contacts and success in business
development in the armed forces composites development arenas.
Texas
In
process: #91775
Sucker
Rod Production Manager/Foreman, West Texas or Oklahoma.
This is an excellent growth opportunity.
A major maker of steel sucker rods and a leading pultruder are forming
a joint venture to make and sell fiberglass sucker rods.
Position requires manufacturing leadership experience in an operation
where metal end-fittings are attached to fiberglass tubular structures in a
high volume operation, (such as sucker rods, drive shafts, high speed rollers
or similar applications). Compensation competitive.
Filled: #91752 Lead Mechanical Engineer.
Southern CA
and Eastern VA, The position
reports to the Engineering Manager who is responsible for managing and
coordinating resources for the engineering group. The primary role of the Lead
ME will be to service the basic technical needs of a project or program as
agreed upon with the EM. Engineering
leadership will include planning, task layouts, technical calculations, design
and analysis functions, technical report writing, presentations and other
engineering functions as the needs arise. On a regular basis, the ME-II
will integrate with the EM and the Program manager as a lead in solving
technical problems. Frequent
interaction with the Program manager is a requirement to ensure adequate
technical support is being provided and to establish fluent communication of
both challenges and successes. While
not directly responsible for a program budget or schedule, all actions taken
will require cost considerations and schedule confirmations.
Often, the ME-II is spot responsible for cost and schedule on selected
tasks; these guidelines will be provided by the Program manager and confirmed
with the EM. The ME-II is part of
an engineering pool and will many times be part of an engineering team in
order to solve problems and implement solutions for a wide matrix of company
needs. Responsibilities:
Technical design and engineering responsibility for identified or
assigned efforts, Conceptual layout and associated generation of CAD parts,
assemblies, and drawings as required to support program completions, Self
prioritization of task list based on programmatic needs, Daily interface with
EM and Program manager to establish clear lines of communication and provide
task status, Leadership to lower level engineers (ME-I & Interns)
including guidance for creation of work instructions and travelers in support
of the production processes, Research and selection of equipment, vendors and
consultants that might be required for task resolution, Daily allocation of
time against authorized work orders, Knowledge,
Skills & Requirements: Certified college degree; Bachelor of Science,
Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering, 5-7 years of engineering
experience in a related field. A
minimum of 3-5 years experience with composite materials and processing
techniques (in RTM, Compression Molding or Prepreg Layup), Familiarity and
experience with marketing support (meetings, presentations, customer
interface) and proposals (good technical writing skills, cost estimating)
experience is required. Able to a
be an integral team member, yet also be able to function independently. Well
spoken and comfortable sharing thoughts and ideas with colleagues and senior
management. Able to take direction and manage tasks in support of more than
one program. Self starter with good management skills; Establish objectives
and specify the strategies and actions to achieve these objectives, Able to
make technical decisions and execute with limited management support,
Communicate information and ideas clearly and concisely in written form, Able
to understand, follow and adhere to corporate Quality Management System on a
daily basis. Success Factors: Engineering management is continually kept aware of action items,
including potential obstacles that might hinder success as well as recent
accomplishments and achievements; Design ideas and concepts are often
implemented (75%+); Assigned or agreed upon deadlines are routinely met
(75%+); Positive feedback from PM or other senior management is frequently
echoed; and ME-II is frequently
asking for additional work or added responsibility.
Filled: #91765 Program
Manager - Coastal
VA Southern CA,
The successful Program Manager will
manage multiple programs with a combined value of up to $10MM annual sales
and/or individual programs valued at over $5MM annual sales.
Company is very well financed with a multi Billion dollar
acquisition-minded parent, with excellent worldwide contacts in the industry
and over $100MM (and growing) in composites sales.
Signed business in on board to sustain this growth.
The PM will lead a team of engineering, manufacturing and quality
assurance disciplines, while being accountable for the planning, execution of
all aspects of company programs. The
successful candidate will have complete responsibility for managing all
technical, financial, contractual and schedule aspects of multiple programs.
Responsibilities and
Qualifications: Lead a cross functional team of associates with a wide
range of skill sets, ensuring roles and responsibilities of all team members
are coordinated and executed. Direct the development, integration,
implementation, and overall management of programs assigned.
Have medium to advanced experience in financial management,
procurement, and risk management. Have
performed product life cycle costing, cost/benefit analysis, tradeoff studies,
value analysis and waste reduction initiatives with evidence of development
and execution. Will regularly
communicate program information internally and externally through formal and
informal presentations and correspondence.
Will ensure program-wide focus on safety, reliability, cost, schedule
and adequacy of systems, procedures and people for long term success.
Will be able to coach and train less experienced employees, evaluate
data, develop recommendations, and obtain approval from executive management,
Identify, qualify, and present new business initiatives with current customers
to corporate and senior business executives, for both domestic and
international business pursuits. Will coordinate all programmatic activities,
to include: proposal preparation, initial kickoff meetings, proposal
schedules, corporate and sub-contract teaming agreements, non-disclosure
agreements, teaming assignments, and financial terms/conditions of contracts.
Will maintain status reports of programs and customer commitments and
monitor technical performance, schedule and cost.
Be Viewed in the industry as an “expert”. Will
Participate in various trade show assignments and applicable industry/customer
public relations events as needed. Complete at least two job related training
events during the first year of employment. (A company program management
training course and one outside training event.)
Knowledge, Skills &
Requirements: Must have technical experience with at least 10 years PM
experience, Degree in technical field is preferred.
Must be highly adept in presentation skills and be comfortable in
presenting company/program/technical information to internal management and
external customers. Demonstrated
ability to lead people and provide overall leadership to program team while
driving technical excellence. Strong
understanding of technical business-experience in an environment where the
focus of the business is providing technical solutions.
Highly developed organizational skills; able to plan effectively and
give direction to people. Able to
manage a variety of Bid and Proposal efforts. Has
advanced skills in MS Office Suite: Excel,
Word, and Power Point, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Project
Scheduling. MUST be a United
States Citizen or have current Green Card Status.
#91761 Process
Engineer, Lower Midwest, Global company manufactures advanced composites materials for
telecommunications, internet infrastructure, high-end computing, and aerospace
markets. Currently building a new
facility in lower Midwest
that will manufacture prepreg materials for the fore mentioned markets.
BS degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering required.
Minimum 3 years experience in a manufacturing environment and the
ability to monitor processes to insure that standards in quality and
productivity are not just met but also improved.
Some machines responsible for will include; solution treaters, hot melt
filming/prepregging, mixing, slitting, sewing, and chopping.
#91762 Aerospace
Structures Engineer, see #91761 for company description.
BS degree in Mechanical, Civil, or Aeronautical Engineering, in
addition to 3 years experience is required.
Must be able to analyze data to determine feasibility, cost, production
time etc… Ensure that structures meet all customer design criteria and
regulatory requirements. Perform
R&D to improve production methods and equipment technology in order to
reduce cost. Autocad and
SolidWorks a definite plus.
#91763 Chemical
Engineer, see #91761 for company description.
BS degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry, in addition to 3 years
experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
Responsible for chemical analysis of both incoming and out going
materials. First hand knowledge of
a wide range of test and techniques including FTIR, DMA, TGA, TMA, HPLC,GPC.
#91764
Materials/Mechanical Engineer, see
91761 for company description. BS
degree in Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering, in addition to 3 years
experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
Must be able to supervise the preparation of material specimens in
accordance with test protocols for mechanical testing and preconditioning.
Assess product performance with regards to property targets, issue test
results and reports, and work with both R&D and customers on product
development and screening programs.
#91751 Pre
Preg Process Engineer, Carolinas. Candidate
should have knowledge in the following area: Composite Materials, Adhesives,
Solvent systems, Hot melt systems, Web Handling & tension controls,
Converting or Coatings. Coating
equipment knowledge such as roll coaters, slot dies, spray and dip and flow or
other solvent coating very helpful. We
need a Candidate who has been through several product/process launches.
#91754 Engineering
Manager in Pultrusion, Pacific
Northwest. Candidate must have
expertise in thin-walled complicated pultrusions with various resin systems
and have good coating experience for pultrusions.
An engineering degree in mechanical or chemical engineering is very
preferable. $120K
#91729
Composite Material Applications Engineer, Heir apparent to Chief Technology
Officer. To $120K plus incentive. Company currently is engaged in the design, production and sale of a line of FAA approved composite air cargo containers. These cargo containers use e-glass/polypropylene skin thermo-fused to polypropylene honeycomb core to form a composite sandwich panel used as the container shell. This material is manufactured within the
plant in Southwest and a variety of special processes work together to thermoform the panel edges into a patented and proprietary panel set for simple assembly as a container.
Company business plan calls for diversification away from exclusive reliance on the FAA Class II Aviation Product into non-regulated commercial markets. These markets include the transportation and construction industries.
Company role will include the engineering of solutions and systems for high volume users of thermo-plastic composite panel in a variety of engineering and industrial applications. The potential for rapid growth is based on the ability to respond quickly and accurately to customer-driven requirements.
As they say in the book "Game Changer", the Customer is boss. The successful candidate
will have be a University graduate, Masters degree preferred (Mtrls Sci,
Chemistry, ChE), Requires: The ability to rapidly prototype product design and manufacturing, as
needed, is an essential part of supporting the long-term success of the company.
with 10 years work experience in materials science, applied physics and materials processing to work directly as the assistant to and designated successor of the present CTO, who is approaching
retirement within the year.
The successful candidate will support new product and material development; special process improvement; the preparation of technical reports and documentation; mentoring and training of employees; materials testing and certification; and technical marketing.
The position entails developing products in a fast-reaction project based environment in response to marketing-led identification and confirmation of new product and sales opportunities.
The position entails acting as the interface between the marketing/sales functions of the company and the technical/materials development function.
The position will report to the CTO and will interface with appropriate sales and marketing executives and the managers responsible for Quality, Materials Testing and Manufacturing.
Requires: The ability to rapidly prototype product design and manufacturing, as required, is an essential part of supporting the long-term success of the company.
Experience in thermoplastic material production, preferably with prior exposure to an environment of technical
sales, self-starting, quick study, problem solving individual with a broad knowledge of composites and industrial processes and strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Microsoft Office and Computer literacy must be demonstrated in the Microsoft Office environment and
3-D modeling software. Statistical analysis, laboratory measurement and instrumentation
are desirable.
#91727
Electrical Radome Design Engr. Not
a composites expert. Our client,
one of the major manufacturers of radomes, has asked us to find an electrical
radome design engineer. Most of
the few companies who are in that business use internally generated software.
BS or MS required. Top
dollar for the right person. Eastern
US.
#91715
Business Development,
Florida Base, Possibly DC. Need
someone with direct US Navy Sales, preferably a U.S. Naval Academy Grad.
#91707
Machine Design
Engineer,
OH, Rapidly expanding
company. Will design and tests
tools and eqpt for company products, develop robust mfgr eqpt and processes,
develop and manage pilot scale production to provide internal and external
customers products. Will create
and maintain product cost information. Will
also define scale-up strategy from pilot to manufacturing scale. Monitors
manufacturing performance utilizing SPC and other methods. Liaison
between manufacturing and outside sales. Will
also apply statistical methods to assess current manufacturing processes and
capabilities and to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
Requires BS Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or related degree, hands
on metal fabrication experience, hands on equipment modification and repair
experience and knowledge of automated or computerized system operation.
#91803-91807
Sales Representatives, Miami,
FL, Boston, MA, Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Toronto, CN.
Must be Mechanical Engineer with MBA and able to sell at a
corporate level within the electric utility industry on a net present value
basis. Base plus corporate bonus
and commission. $100K package plus
car.
#91811, Knitted
Glass Fabric Sales. If you can bring
significant profitable business in the knitted glass arena to this company you
can earn $250,000.00 plus per year as an agent. This is your chance to
show your talent by turning around an underperforming line.
This is a very profitable product line, and has great visibility.
The company is a maker of fiberglass rovings which is diversifying into
downstream products lines and growing at 50% per year. The highly successful
Candidate will also very likely handle world-wide sales within one year.
50% travel. You will have
an almost unlimitedly broad composites industry market as the company’s
primary sales person for knits. People work for people.
This position will report to the VP Sales and Marketing, who is an
excellent leader with both production and sales leadership skills, a great
communicator and strategist plus a professional engineer and is excited about
the world-wide aspects. Experience with major supplier of knitted glass
fabrics necessary. Requires
knitted glass fabric sales to the composites industry and a technical
four-year degree. Competitive
compensation.
