Senior Engineer, R&D

About Vibrantz Technologies

Vibrantz Technologies (“Vibrantz” or “Company”) is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.   Serving customers globally, our innovations are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications to enhance the hue, functionality, safety and environmental footprint of everyday consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable benefits like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.  Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 60 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents and employs roughly 4,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship, and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages employees’ heads, hands and - uniquely - their hearts. 

Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai. 

For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com. 

Responsibilities

• Ensure the upkeep of the Baltimore R&D facilities (pilot and labs). Maintain existing equipment so everything is in working order. Source new equipment, as approved by the R&D Manager.
• Interface with the Maintenance Department and contractors to ensure proper completion of laboratory maintenance and construction activities.
• Ensure that all Baltimore R&D employees are trained in the relevant safety rules, regulations, and procedures. Act as the Laboratory Supervisor for the Baltimore R&D Lab, as described in the company’s Chemical Hygiene Plan.
• Design and execute approved R&D projects with a focus on developing processes for new products and ensure their robustness for successful implementation. This includes oversight of the pilot-scale activities at the Baltimore site. Establish process flow diagram and conduct mass-balance calculation that facilitate the scale-up to the industrial scale.
• Provide technical support for the manufacturing scale-up of development projects at any of Vibrantz’s global production locations.
• Maintain records of project work, provide regular (e.g. weekly) updates, and write timely reports upon completion.
• Communicate project findings and results to R&D team members and operation/sales/business teams.
• Provide assistance to Process Engineering and Quality on projects and tasks to improve process reliability, efficiency, safety and quality as well as on resolving plant process problems.
• Provide support to Quality and Sales in answering customer questions, resolving technical issues and promoting Vibrantz products.
• Propose ideas for R&D projects with a primary focus on new products, but also on modified processes that would lead to cost reductions or to quality improvements.