Laboratory Manager Application Technology (m/f/d) Renewable Functional Filler (RFF)

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Are you looking to join a dynamic, innovation-driven, international company, building a better future for us all? UPM leads the forest based bioindustry into a sustainable, innovation-driven, and exciting future. The competence, integrity and drive of our people make us unique. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage.

For our new location in Leuna we look for a proactive, dynamic and result-driven

Laboratory Manager Application Technology (m/f/d) Renewable Functional Filler (RFF)

Greetings from your future colleagues

”Welcome to UPM Biochemicals! We are excited to work together with you on a Future Beyond Fossils. UPM Biochemicals is one of UPM´s most dynamic new ventures. We are a dynamic team of enthusiasts for the limitless opportunities of the bioeconomy, and, together with you, we are ready to take UPM’s success story to the next level.”

What you’ll do

• Management of an application technology laboratory with focus on rubber compounding and testing
• Scientific preparation and evaluation of experimental plans as well as documentation, compilation and presentation of technical results internally and externally
• Management of development projects, in close cooperation with the Business Development and Product Development departments as well as with key customers and industry partners
• Detailed analysis of the RFF-performance in various rubber applications
• Strategic future development of the application technology laboratory with respect to training of personnel, method development and implementation of new technologies
• Design and supervise research programs with universities, research institutes and other external partners
• Support and actively contribute to intellectual property activities, including literature monitoring and patent evaluation

Who you are

• You have a PhD in Chemistry, Material Science, Physics or a comparable background
• You have profound knowledge in rubber technology
• You can tackle problems in a systematic manner
• You are highly enthusiastic, creative, open-minded, results-oriented and a strong team-player with good communication skills
• You enjoy working with a high degree of autonomy
• You have a strong command of spoken and written English and German
• You are able to cope with pressure
• You are willing to travel

What we offer

• Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company’s values.
• Inspired and motivated teams: We have a highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organization that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives.
• Development opportunities: With us, you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career.
• Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future.

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Additional information

Are you interested in this position? We are looking forward to receiving your online application. For support with submitting your application, please contact HR Service Center at contacthr.recruitment@upm.com or tel. +49 4963 401 1522.

UPM Biochemicals offers innovative, sustainable and competitive wood-based biochemicals for replacing fossil-based raw materials and improving the environmental performance in various applications. End-use segments for renewable glycols include textiles, PET bottles, packaging, coolants, composites, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and detergents. Lignin-based renewable functional fillers offer a sustainable alternative to carbon black and silica in a broad range of rubber and plastic applications. UPM is building an industrial scale biorefinery in Leuna, Germany to convert solid wood into next generation biochemicals.

www.upmbiochemicals.com