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Saint-Gobain Senior Research Engineer I -Gypsum R&D in MALVERN, Pennsylvania
CertainTeed is looking for a Senior Research Engineer to help improve the sustainability, performance, energy efficiency, and appeal, of homes and buildings through research, design, and development of new building products and processes. CertainTeed is a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain where we bring well-being to people by creating great living spaces and improving daily life. You’ll find us wherever people live, work, play, move, and heal. Driven by people with unique ideas and a passion for excellence, our businesses manufacture world-class products for a broad range of engaging industries.
This role will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of experts in material science & engineering focusing on new product and process development. Keeping sustainability at the heart of our objectives, you’ll manage a project related to alternative gypsum sources to support Saint-Gobain ambition to become carbon neutral by 2050.
As a Senior Research Engineer, you will be responsible for managing alternative gypsum raw material projects.
Functions and responsibilities will include:
Facilitate the development and implementation of new gypsum sources, separation techniques & calcination.
Develop internal calcination process competency to transform gypsum into plaster, which includes the set-up of a lab-scale milling and calcination process, raw material qualification, and separation techniques.
Collaborate with the internal CertainTeed teams: R&D, EHS, purchasing category manager, process team mining and operation team, and external partners: 3rd party companies, universities, and consultants.
Our development philosophy is to fail fast, early, and question frequently to continuously improve our understanding of the customers’ needs and the right way for us to meet those needs. Solutions will employ a wide variety of scientific, material, technological, and manufacturing expertise in collaboration with Saint-Gobain’s global, cross-industry community.
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BS Degree with a minimum of 7+ years’ experience or MS with 3+ years of experience plus demonstrated technical judgment/accomplishments or an entry-level Ph.D. in Engineering, Material Science, or other related technical disciplines
Understanding of inorganic and gypsum chemistry, separation process of impurities, and wastewater regulation and permitting is a plus.
We are looking for the following qualities in a teammate:
Entrepreneurialism and good communication: We feel true ownership over whether our projects result in the improvement our customers’ lives and the health of the planet. You will need to be deeply self-driven to explore new raw materials and identify new processes and technologies to answer to our customers’ needs. Also, you’ll be frequently pitching concepts to customers, partners, and internal executives for feedback and support.
Working in the grey, being open-minded and curious: One of the exciting challenges of this position is learning, through bibliographic search, discussions with external and internal collaborators, what problems truly need to be solved. This is not a black and white role and doesn’t necessarily follow the classic product design cycle you may have been previously exposed to.
Cross-functional and hands-on collaborator: We design and make a lot of processes and prototypes, some of which are outside of our expertise. You’ll need to be a natural collaborator who enjoys experimenting new things with the help of others. This means being adaptive to new teams, environments, approaches, and changes in pace (sometimes rather fast pace).
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, 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 more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
The position is located at CertainTeed’s headquarters in Malvern, PA, and involves working at our lab spaces: Malvern Innovation Center, PA. Up to 30% of travel, would be required to job sites, factories, and to other Saint-Gobain / CertainTeed locations.