Mapleton R&D Group Leader

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Mapleton, IL
Senior level
3D Printing • Chemical
The Role
The Mapleton R&D Group Leader will manage laboratory operations, ensure safety compliance, drive innovation in product development, and oversee project management. Responsibilities include improving existing products and processes, interacting with customers and trade associations, and managing laboratory staff performance and growth.
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What we offer

Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.

Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik:
https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

The Mapleton R&D Manager is responsible for one of two laboratory sites for RD&I-Americas. In addition to managing the safety and general operations (budget planning and implementation, projects planning, resource allocations, etc.) of the laboratory and group at the Mapleton site (2 employees as direct reports), the Manager is also a member of the Management Team for the production site. Lastly, the Manager is expected to drive process and product innovation through frequent interaction with plant managers, sales, marketing and applications technology as well as through direct interaction with customers and trade associations..

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop new products and chemistries in line with BL objectives. Project management and resource allocation for new product/process development and plant support.
  • Plant support for the Fatty Acid Plant and Derivatives Plant in Mapleton. Direct interaction with plant managers and site manager. Technical improvement of existing product line. Trouble shooting, root cause analysis and implementation of action items in case of deviations in production and product quality. Plan, prepare, delegate, evaluate, and report on the Process Improvement and Scale up experiments and Plant Trials.
  • Direct interaction with customers (internal & external) and trade associations (AOCS for example) to foster innovation. ·
  • Implement changes to improve the safety of the laboratory and personnel. Establish procedures and guidelines for safe work habit and practices. Facilities Management. Coordinating repair and improvements. Identify,onboard and utilize contractors for facilities work.
  • Ensuring regulatory compliance while monitoring and communicating EHSQ developments. Interact with internal and external experts to develop new Federal standards.
  • Lab Operations - day to day responsibility for solving safety issues, infrastructure, and equipment troubleshooting. Guide team to work through personal differences to build and maintain effective team.
  • Lab personnel growth and development planning and implementing, including goal setting and performance reviews.


REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelors Degree in Science required Masters or Phd Preferred
  • Minimum of 5 Yrs of experience -10 yrs preferred in laboratory synthesis
  • 1-2 yrs of management experience a must
  • Be able to tear down lab equipment (reactors, pumps, motors, etc..) and put it back together
  • Must be able to work in a process development lab and seamlessly switch to working in a commodity production environment with union and non-union employees

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Your Application
 

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com.

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Emma Martinez [C]

Company is

Evonik Corporation

The Company
HQ: Essen
13,812 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies. While we don’t produce electric cars, aircraft, medications or 3D printers, Evonik is part and parcel of these and many other end products. That’s because we contribute the small things that make a big difference. We make electric car batteries perform better, aircraft greener, medications more effective and 3D printers more efficient. In short: We think beyond the bounds of chemistry to make the world a better place. Today and tomorrow. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations. Our daily work is shaped by global concerns, such as sustainability, diversity and digitalization. In all our business decisions, we take the present and future generations into consideration. After all, being ready for tomorrow is our business.

Interested in joining our global team? Our wide range of opportunities extends from creative and innovative research through international management all the way to production. Whether you’re studying, starting out in your career or a seasoned professional, come help us make the world a better place. For more information about careers at Evonik, go to:
www.careers.evonik.com. #HumanChemistry

Find our netiquette on: www.evonik.com/netiquette

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