Why do we need you?The R&D Manager, Process and Product Design for the Roofing Product Group (RPG) is a key member of the R&D management and leadership team. This role oversees R&D and technical activities to support business revenue, profitability, and growth. The manager is involved in long-term planning of product development strategies, building capabilities for future initiatives, and ensuring the successful execution of capital projects aligned with business goals and timelines. The candidate will play a role in programs shaping the R&D direction of the group, develop direct reports and team members, and collaborate with plants, suppliers, and customers to support product and process development, quality improvements, and business integration.Responsibilities:Lead cross-functional teams to execute and deliver project objectives.Develop team members' technical expertise in process and product design, modeling, industrialization, cost reduction, waste minimization, and continuous improvement.Lead R&D initiatives in process development, industrialization, scale-up of new materials and product designs, design control, raw material qualification, and manufacturing solutions, with a strong foundation in engineering, technology development, and process evaluation. Manage phases from pilot to scale-up and implementation into manufacturing at specific locations.Collaborate with R&D colleagues, product managers, engineers, operations, quality, purchasing teams, and external suppliers to create and execute project plans, supervise experiments, analyze data, and present findings.Manage a portfolio of projects, driving them to completion and impacting technical, operational, and business aspects of roofing products.Is this job for you?Bachelor's Degree with 18+ years of experience; Master's Degree with 13+ years; or PhD with 9+ years in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related fields.A little more about usThrough responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for over 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed" inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, it is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fencing, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall, and ceilings.A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has over 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities across the US and Canada. www.certainteed.comLegal StatementSaint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status, in accordance with applicable laws. Saint-Gobain supports the hiring of individuals with disabilities and veterans.
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