R&D Materials Engineer

Prysmian is the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. The company manufactures thousands of miles of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, as well as medium low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. We also produce a comprehensive range of optical fibers, copper cables and connectivity for voice, video and data transmission for the telecommunication sector.

Requirements

• Leads or supports cross-functional project teams in production-scale compounding and prototype processing trials within the applicable Prysmian manufacturing facility associated with compound development projects.
• Drives cost reduction and enhanced performance compound development from bench scale to commercialization.
• Investigates and applies new polymer and additive technologies from a variety of suppliers.
• Leverages polymers and materials experience to identify and execute projects which improve compound/cable Sustainability and carbon footprint.
• Works to tight deadlines as well as contributing to longer term R&D projects.
• Coordinates laboratory experiments through Technical Service Requests.
• Works independently and provides guidance to R&D Materials laboratory technicians in order to complete project tasks.
• Creates and modifies compound specifications (including relevant raw material codes in HFA and SAP) to support the production of new or existing compounds
• Prepares informative and accurate technical reports.
• Updates and maintains records/database on compound changes or modifications.