- 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

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com. Thank You!

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: 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: 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.

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

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.

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

Engineering

Location: Chicago, IL

Ideal Candidate: Knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing.  Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus.

Qualifications:

5 to 7 years experience

BS Chemistry of Engineering

Willingness to travel occasionally

The Applications Engineer will be responsible to provide technical and
engineering expertise in support of the Company’s Mobile Emissions catalysts
products, systems technologies, product demonstrations and technology delivery.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical engineering support to a major OEM customer for all programs (US 2013, Euro VI – Brazil). This position will manage all of the technical programs,  including the catalyst technology recommendations, catalyst samples, test programs, data analysis,
FMEA’s, DVP&R’s, production launch support and ongoing technical service.nn This position will work closely with the customer’s Sales Manager, R&D, and the Engine Test facilities to develop optimum after treatment catalyst solutions and integrate our catalyst technologies into the customer’s engine platforms. This is a resident engineer position located in the Chicago, Illinois area. Periodic travel is required

Qualifications: Minimum of a Bachelor Degree in a technical discipline (Chemistry or Engineering a strong asset); Master’s Degree in a technical discipline preferred; Minimum 5-10 years of experience in technical service or related fields; Requires strong technical skills, with knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing; Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus; Must possess excellent communication, presentation, influencing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal effectively with external and internal customers at all levels.

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

Location:  NE TN

Ideal Candidate:  7+ to 10 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Energy Industry
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Seeking Procurement Business Analyst to:

This role is responsible for providing strategic analysis of key energy inputs to the petrochemicals industry including crude oil, natural gas, and coal.  The analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining data related to supply/demand balances, trade flows, production economics, long-term drivers of pricing (macro-economic, political, technology, regulations, governmental policy, etc.) and other industry trends and issues related to upstream energies and technologies.

This position is a highly visible role within the company and interfaces with our global procurement and business teams. There is senior management level support to build additional bandwidth and capability in this area.

Key Job Responsibilities:
-Collaboratively develop and communicate deep fundamental knowledge of key energy inputs to key internal stakeholders
-Provide strategic analysis of energy markets as input to energy procurement plan development
-Manage relationships and interface with energy industry consultants
-Function as expert consultant on energy markets to other functions within the company such as Global Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Indirect Procurement, Developing Technology, and Investor Relations to provide insight and knowledge of key energy inputs to the petrochemical industry
-Lead development of the long-term forecast for energy commodities
-Facilitate and present  periodic executive summaries of key energy markets to senior and executive team management
-Participate on growth teams and provide energy market analysis as needed
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university is required.

Desired Experience:
-Minimum of six years experience as an analyst or related position in energy/petrochemical markets
-Experience with commodity market models
-Deep knowledge of energy and related industries
-Excellent organizational skills, initiative, and accountability with an attention to detail
Desired Skills/Attributes:
-Strategic mindset:  provide thought leadership to challenge/engage Business Managers and other functional partners in the organization
-Analytical: ability to develop and analyze data sets and work with econometric models
-Adaptive:  manage risks and move forward developing plans and options
-Collaborative:  work within and across the organization effectively
-Action-oriented/Self-starter:  highly motivated, inclined to action, able to work without direct supervision
-Results-driven:  manage effective execution of plans to deliver results
-Able to effectively lead and manage individuals or teams, internally or externally, to achieve impactful tactical execution of communications tactics, on time and within budget
-Able to manage communications with multiple internal stakeholders
-Well organized, project/goal oriented and able to work under deadlines
-Excellent command of grammar and the English language
-Good presentation and communication skills

If interested, please send resume to resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425.  Thank you!

Location:  Florham Park, NJ

Ideal Candidate:  5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Seeking Manager, Talent Management for:

supporting and implementing the overall design and development of talent strategies and building the pipeline of current and future leaders within the Corporation.

Key Accountabilities:      

 This individual will be accountable for diagnosing talent management needs and designing solutions aligned to the overall HR and Business Strategy.

-         Design, project manage and execute talent assessment, succession planning and development reviews and training at unit, regional and global level

-         Be responsible for implementing value added talent management programs and processes that address the needs of the identified critical roles and their feeder positions.

-         Partner and Consult with key stakeholders to deliver value to the Corporation.

-         Support the slating/interviewing process for critical positions (e.g., initial slate development if required, within and cross-sector visibility of talent, feedback loops, etc.).

-         Develop point of view on individuals in talent pool through assessment, observation and understanding of the critical talent.

-         Coach and develop key regional talent to accelerate readiness into roles with increasing responsibility

-         Create and sustain the momentum around leadership pipeline development through use of and enhancement of metrics, analysis, trends, and systems, etc. Lead Talent Forums, Succession Planning reviews, MyCareer, etc., as appropriate.

-         Influence Senior Executives and Human Resources without authority and across hierarchies on decisions related to talent selections, talent moves, and talent management critical processes.

-         Govern and Audit key talent processes to evaluate and improve consistency and quality of talent processes.

-         Require the capability to map current/future critical positions to regional talent strategy, conduct targeted assessments of performance, potential & bench-buy/build.

Skills:

-         Contracting skills to partner and develop working relationships

-         Organization skills to marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; Orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish goal; Use resources effectively and efficiently.

-         Project Management:  Define, manage and deliver complex, ambiguous projects across the enterprise

-         Able to facilitate and deliver training modules.

-         Able to effectively communicate to various levels of the organization including senior management and global partners.

-         Creative – with the ability to think, “outside-the-box.” And innovate new ways of developing and delivering experiential learning

*Requirement*

BA/BS degree in Human Resources or related field

Masters degree is a plus

5-7 years of business experience

A minimum of 5 years working in Human Resources is required.

Experience in a Talent Management is a plus

Proven track record of designing, scoping, creating, executing and delivering Talent Management initiatives

Experience working in a matrixed organization is preferred.

Role requires approximately 25% travel.

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