- Develops and implements new analytical methods

- Perform hands-on research as well as direct and prioritize the work of technical staff

- Initiates new R&D projects and develops proposals for fundamental research

- Manages projects, tracks deliverables, and controls budget

-  Works closely with R&D chemists and engineers in a global team environment

-  Up to 20% domestic and international travel.

REQUIREMENTS – EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLSREQUIREMENTS -  EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

- MS degree (from an accredited college or university) in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science, or other relevant discipline, specializing in rheology/fluid mechanics; Ph.D. preferred.

-  Minimum 5 years of industrial experience in rheology/fluid mechanics; 10+ years
preferred

-  Expertise in the rheological characterization of fluids and dilute polymer solutions

-  Demonstrated experience in structure-performance evaluations

- Proven track record of technical publications and presentations

- Good organization and planning skills; ability to handle multiple projects/tasks simultaneously

- Previous experience in lubricating fluids is desirable

CONSIDERED A PLUS:

- Lubrication experience

- PhD specializing in rheology/fluid mechanics

More About the Position
Visa Candidates Considered – Yes

Visa Candidates will ONLY be considered if they meet preferred criteria (10+ years experience).

The Candidate

5+ to 7 years of experience

Minimum Education – Master’s Degree

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Location:  Jacksonville, FL

US Citizenship: Yes

Requirements – Education, Experience, Skills:

-Minimum of 7 to 10 years experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 5 to 8 years experience with a Master’s degree in Materials Science with experience in failure analysis techniques. Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent job experience) with mechanical test fixturing experience is preferred.

-Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable failure analysis experience.

-Medical Device Experience is preferred.

-Materials testing, compositional analysis of materials, and the corresponding preparatory techniques. These techniques may include: hardness testing fracture strength determination, fracture mechanics, fatigue testing and crack morphology, rheological analysis, TGA and DSC analyses, SEM/EDS, Ionic chromatography, FTIR, and/or other applicable industrial analytical techniques for materials.

-                  Experience with reliability testing for mechanical devices and plastics.

-                  Demonstrated capabilities in conducting and facilitating failure analysis investigations including familiarity with basic structured failure analysis techniques.

SKILLS:

-                  Good oral and written communication skills.

-                  Cross-functionally an effective team player.

-                  Excellent presentation skills.

-                  Excellent problem solving, analytical, and written communication skills are required.

-                  Strong interpersonal skills are required.

-                  Must be able to work in a team environment and exert influence without alienating others.

-                  Working knowledge of statistical analysis/software experience preferred.

-                  Proficiency in Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

The Failure Analysis and Materials Engineer has the responsibility and authority to lead cross functional teams in failure analysis activities for single use medical device product lines. The primary focus of this position will be to provide detailed root cause analysis for:  design, manufacturing, and field failures and the generation of reports and presentations to record and summarize the investigation for communication
across the organization. This analysis will be focused on (but not limited to)
medical grade polymers and metallic materials.

MAIN JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

-                  Lead Research and Development, Manufacturing, and New Product Development teams in the failure analysis of products in development to root cause analysis, generate organizational lessons learned from completed analyses, and record information into a central failure analysis database.

-                  Collaborate with materials scientists while conducting failure analysis on new product development test issues, manufacturing floor failures and field returns to determine root cause and facilitate improvements through improvements in:
design, supplier, or internal manufacturing processes.

-                  Lead the design and fixturing of test equipment necessary to simulate field failure modes and test theoretical causes of failure.

-                  Establish failure analysis metrics for product lines.

-                  Travel up to 30% may be necessary.

-                  Comply with the site quality system.

**Note: this position is bonus eligible at up to 15% of annual salary.

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Responsibilities and Duties:

* Provides senior project oversight, ensures regulatory/policy compliance, and expert technical input on complex industrial projects.

* Provides senior review and approval to documents and deliverables.

* Handles major client interaction, financial responsibility, and resource allocation.

* Evaluates subsurface characteristics for  remediation projects, remedial system design, and regulatory negotiations for industrial work.

* Manages the Performance Management process through team meetings, one-on-one coaching for all project team members.

* Develops team and individual goals and conducts Performance Reviews yearly and/or bi-yearly for team members.

* Prepares and conducts bi-weekly team meetings  to review current and future projects, discuss project or employee issues, and staff workloads.

* Evaluates staff workloads and redistributes  work assignments as appropriate.

* Ensures that all project team members adhere to company Health & Safety standards in all project and field-related activities.

Requirements:  * A B.S. Degree in Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science or a similar discipline and 8+ years of experience managing an industrial program. Experience should include: investigation/site characterization, remediation, and management of industrial work (refinery pipelines, terminals, etc.)

* Must have knowledge of RCRA.

* Must have excellent communication, technical writing, time management, analytical, problem solving, assessment, organizational, and leadership skills.

* Qualified candidates will be able to demonstrate that they have been able to maintain an account for an extended period of time as a result of client satisfaction.

* Professional Certification preferred.

* Business development experience is a plus.

Visa Candidates Considered – No

The Candidate

7+ to 10 years of experience
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Skills and Certifications (bold if required)

Remediation exp. w/ refinery pipelines, terminals

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Location: Irvine, CA

Requirements – Education, Experience, Skills:

Overall Job Summary:

-              Plans, purchases and controls production material to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements.

-                  Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are fully utilized

-                  Manages procurement of commodity items and manages end-of-life components

-                  Negotiates and writes large dollar supplier contracts

-                  Negotiates with suppliers to achieve cost reductions to meet annual Continuous Improvement cost reduction goals

-                  Manages raw goods inventory levels

-                  Assists in resolving quality issues with suppliers, processes material dispositions and assures production requirements are met while coordinating ERP processes.

This position is targeting an individual with a proven track record as a materials management professional with demonstrated leadership capability.  Key attributes
include attention to detail, strong negotiations skills, project management,
and the ability to manage multiple programs while coordinating and leading
teams from various organizations.

Minimum Education Requirements: Four year college Degree in non-Liberal Arts course of study.

Minimum Experience Requirements: Four years of Manufacturing, experience with a minimum of one year in the capacity of a production planner or materials planner and one year as a buyer.

Visa Candidates Considered – No

The Candidate
2+ to 5 years of experience

Management Experience Required – No

Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Skills and Certifications (bold if required)

Manufacturing, Materials Planning, Production Planning

The Ideal Candidate

CPIM certification

Exceptional communication skills, go-getter attitude,

The ideal candidate has worked for these companies: Manufacturing environment, preferably in medical device sector.

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Location: Geismar, LA

Experience: Minimum 5 years

This Operational Excellence Implementation Leader position is a highly critical leadership role responsible to support and lead implementation of the mission-critical Operational Excellence (OpX) improvements at the North America sites for achieving Strategy 2020 targets.  The OpX Journey is major North  America  initiative that will focus on identifying areas for improvement in the  operating plants and will provide the sites with  needed expertise and support to implement the  agreed upon improvements. This
position will interface regularly with over 100 different Manufacturing Sites, Key  Site/Business Leaders, and the Manufacturing Community Steering Committee (MCSC). This position is an integral part of the Operational Excellence Team and Manufacturing Support Services Organization and must function seamlessly across multiple sites and functional interfaces to effectively coordinate, develop, and efficiently deploy expert resources.  The OpX implementation leader is expected to oversee about 5-10 direct reports and 20 -40 indirect skilled experts.

The candidate for this assignment will be involved in further developing and supporting the roll-out of this Operational  Excellence journey. This will include, but not limited to:  Supporting the internal OpX organization to ensure that the team’s goals/targets are  achieved. Leading, facilitating, and coordinating the implementation phase after operational excellence site assessments are complete. This will include working with  manufacturing sites to understand their priorities, managing direct/indirect reports as well as external contractors to ensure timely implementation.  Work with manufacturing and other project managers to develop project scopes, generates and/or obtains cost estimates, and prepare appropriation funding requests. Regular follow-up with
manufacturing to ensure projects met desired milestones.  Promoting a sense of best-practice sharing across North America manufacturing sites through effective communication, documentation, and exchange of innovative ideas.  Regularly presenting to Site Leadership and other groups the benefits and challenges of an effectively-run Operational Excellence program at the Site level.

Minimum five (5) years experience regarding project management is required.  Knowledge of Operational Excellence improvements processes in one or more of the following areas: Plant Optimization, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain & Logistics, Systems Management, Culture and Talent Management, LEAN Operations.  Broad knowledge of chemical unit operations, process and mechanical equipment, instrumentation, DCS process controls and safety instrumented systems.  Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple sites.  Strong leadership and team collaboration skills to work with direct & indirect personnel.  Coordination skills and ability to react and lead in changing environment.  Effective Presentation and Communication Skills.  Strong Customer Relationship.

LOCATION: Indianapolis, IN

The Aseptic Process Engineer- Syringe Filling provides technical leadership and high-level engineering expertise for all syringe filling and inspection operations in the Parenteral Plant.

KEY OBJECTIVES/DELIVERABLES:

Coach and mentor engineering associates in aspects of syringe filling and handling, including: process knowledge, problem solving, project management, and engineering design.  Provide companywide syringe process expertise.  Identify syringe process knowledge gaps that impact equipment and process capability.  Review and track key syringe filling line process metrics.  Improve throughput and optimize the syringe filling
line(s)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field.  Minimum of 10 years syringe filling experience (Design or operations of syringe filling / processing equipment).   Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be
employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship
for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment
position.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/PREFERENCES: Technology Glass handling and/ or glass fractographical experience.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:  Day Shift, possible after-hour support.

Project Delivery and/or Plant Shutdown may coincide with
company holidays.

Occasional travel may be required for training,
conferences, capital projects, and support additional syringe filling sites.

Location: Boston, MA
Ideal Candidate: Flow Cytometry; Sales experience in immunology, hematology or flow cytometry related products.

Qualifications: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a Biology or other scientific discipline.  A minimum of 2 years hands of laboratory experience.  A valid driver’s license.
Ability to travel a minimum of 50%

The Account Manager is responsible to maintain and establish growth of the current Academic, Biotech, and Clinical Market customer base. Primary responsibilities also include developing and creating new business opportunities through promoting the reagent portfolio, working strategically  with their Instrument Sales Specialist, Phama Business Development Manager, and Distribution Representatives.  The Account Manager will actively seek to convert competitive business in assigned territory leading to increased revenues for the company. The Account Manager is directly responsible for achieving their territory sales growth.  This position is located in the Houston, TX area.

Responsibilities: Develop Territorial Business Plan to achieve sales goals inclusive of influencing territorial luminaries via new products/applications positioning.  Develop and maintain adequate short/long term sales pipeline to consistently generate profitable revenue.  Achievement of revenues goals by  growing existing customer bases as well as conversions of competitive accounts.  Strategically work with their Regional Business Manager to build growth business plans around Strategic Accounts.  Ensure all Price Requests are renewed  as appropriate.  Building team relationships with other Company’s Biosciences Sales, Service, and Technical Support Associates to maximize sales revenues while promoting opportunities, harmony, and territorial management.  Develops and maintains one on one relationship  with key distributor sales reps within assigned areas.  Perform other related duties and  assignments as required.

Assets:  Life Science sales experience.  MBA a plus.  Flow Cytometry experience.  Familiar with Life Science Research, clinical Immunology, Hematology and/or Flow Cytometry.  Working knowledge of automated biomedical instrumentation and computer technology.  Effective meeting, training, and presentation skills.  Experience in managing both internal and external budgets and resources, conducting pre-call planning, and ability to prioritize and segment accounts.  Effective interpersonal skills. Effective written and oral communications skills.  Effective organization and planning  skills.  Effective selling and negotiation skills.  Effective decision making/problem solving skills. Effective computer skills, i.e., Lotus Notes, Excel, Word,  etc

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Location: Boston, MA
Ideal Candidate: Flow Cytometry; Sales experience in immunology, hematology or flow cytometry related products.

Qualifications: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a Biology or other scientific discipline.  A minimum of 2 years hands of laboratory experience.  A valid driver’s license.
Ability to travel a minimum of 50%

The Account Manager is responsible to maintain and establish growth of the current Academic, Biotech, and Clinical Market customer base. Primary responsibilities also include developing and creating new business opportunities through promoting the reagent portfolio, working strategically  with their Instrument Sales Specialist, Phama Business Development Manager, and Distribution Representatives.  The Account Manager will actively seek to convert competitive business in assigned territory leading to increased revenues for the company. The Account Manager is directly responsible for achieving their territory sales growth.  This position is located in the Boston, MA area.

Responsibilities: Develop Territorial Business Plan to achieve sales goals inclusive of influencing territorial luminaries via new products/applications positioning.  Develop and maintain adequate short/long term sales pipeline to consistently generate profitable revenue.  Achievement of revenues goals by  growing existing customer bases as well as conversions of competitive accounts.  Strategically work with their Regional Business Manager to build growth business plans around Strategic Accounts.  Ensure all Price Requests are renewed  as appropriate.  Building team relationships with other Company’s Biosciences Sales, Service, and Technical Support Associates to maximize sales revenues while promoting opportunities, harmony, and territorial management.  Develops and maintains one on one relationship  with key distributor sales reps within assigned areas.  Perform other related duties and  assignments as required.

Assets:  Life Science sales experience.  MBA a plus.  Flow Cytometry experience.  Familiar with Life Science Research, clinical Immunology, Hematology and/or Flow Cytometry.  Working knowledge of automated biomedical instrumentation and computer technology.  Effective meeting, training, and presentation skills.  Experience in managing both internal and external budgets and resources, conducting pre-call planning, and ability to prioritize and segment accounts.  Effective interpersonal skills. Effective written and oral communications skills.  Effective organization and planning  skills.  Effective selling and negotiation skills.  Effective decision making/problem solving skills. Effective computer skills, i.e., Lotus Notes, Excel, Word,  etc

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Location: Texas – Freeport

Ideal Candidate:

7+ to 12 years of experience

BS Degree in Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical); Minimum 6 years manufacturing experience required, with a minimum of 12 years total engineering experience.  Prefer Petrochemicals experience.  Significant experience in manufacturing
operations, chemical processes, engineering and leading/supervising teams.

The Operations Excellence Manager will provide leadership responsibilities and activities for continuous improvement for Acrylic Monomers Unit.  Accountabilities
include aspects of tactical initiatives for EHS performance improvements, product quality, production volume, cost, customer satisfaction, employee/team development, and continuous/sustainable improvement.

Responsibilities: Cost- Responsible for leading improvement activities with expected impact on the operations costs for Acrylic Monomers.  Includes variable cost
accountabilities from yield, material usage and utilities performance.  Manager will have oversight and visibility to total operating costs on ongoing basis.   Responsible for guiding team decisions impacting cost and providing leadership to direct improvement activities to meet budget objectives in balance with plant operating demands.   Key measures includes:  Unit Ratio performance and Unit Conversion Cost.

Production Volume/Output-  Responsible for daily plant performance to
optimize production output.  Manager has accountability for executing activities for reliable plant performance including troubleshooting and process optimization.  Key measures include plant reliability, plant availability, plant uptime, time production output, and demonstrated capacity.
Quality-
Responsible for product manufactured in conformance with specifications
and customer requirements.  Manager has accountability for driving quality improvements for yield, total material yield (unit ratio conversion), product and auditing compliance and continuous improvement programs.  Key measures include total material yield, product Cpk, and continuous improvement savings.
Employee/Team Development-  Responsible for the development of the operations team to improve team members skills and capabilities for assessing and implementing continuous improvement actions.  Development may consist of delivery of “Lean” manufacturing concepts and tools, 6 sigma quality and capability concepts, design of experiments, root cause failure analysis, maintenance reliability methods, etc.
Assure programs are in place utilizing internal and/or external resources as needed with a framework that fosters team work and collaborative working environment.

Nature and Scope: This job has responsibility for leading improvement initiatives for the unit, including the ICON (TIPS), and may be developed within the unit or thru CP
Technology and other support functions.  The position has accountability for leading
defined unit operations improvement activities with latitude for independent
decision-making to fulfill the defined objectives for the unit.  The position works collaboratively with team members within the unit (Ops. Coordinator, Ops. Engineer, Maintenance Coordinator, Production Technician) as well as peers across the site for
consistency in leading common site improvement processes (i.e. Lean), and
contributes fully as a peer team member for implementation of improvement
initiatives at the Freeport Site.  Also participates among the CP operations and business team in alignment of production activities to achieve common business objectives.

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Sales / Marketing Chemicals

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Ideal Candidate: Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese.  MBA.  Practical experience in either  technical support, selling or marketing of insecticides.

Qualifications: BS degree (business, biology, chemistry, entomology or agriculture) and a minimum of 3 years of agrimarketing experience.  Minimum of 7-10 years work experience.   High degree of independence and self-motivation.  Ability to work across organizational and country  boundaries.  International experience -personal or professional.

Seeking a motivated Global Senior Product Marketing Specialist with excellent agri-marketing and proven strategic skills.  As a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist the successful candidate will join the Global Marketing team for Insecticides and will focus on supporting the Global Marketing team and also manage global active ingredients.  In their assignment as Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist they will also coordinate the overall Insecticide Strategy for the business unit and assist in the target setting for new market opportunities.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Insecticides, it is expected that a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist also participates in acquisition and divestment initiatives when requested and works extremely closely with our Regional Marketing teams to maximize the opportunities for his active ingredients in each of the regions. Commensurate with experience, the Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialsit will be asked to participate in Crop teams focused on development of integrated approaches to customers in the agricultural chemical market.

Responsibilities: Global Marketing Management of Phermone Business, including 3rd party supply; Crop Team Membership, Core Team member; Assisting Global Insecticide team with general market analysis; Collection and analysis of internal Marketing data  and external sources; Contributing as key member in project related assignments; Monthly Insecticide Business Performance review; Main contact for Market Information on general portfolio management issues; Support for Vice President R&D Steering Committee Preparation; Processing of information requests from functional departments; Implementation and Monitoring of SBU results; Coordination and Implementation of Key Projects and Promotional activities; Support in Acquisition, divestiture and licensing efforts.

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