Senior R&D PVC Scientist at Carlisle in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

The PVC Research and Innovation team consists of scientists that are responsible for developing breakthrough technologies in support of CCM's current and future needs in the PVC roofing business. The research scientist will work closely with value chain partners, commercial leadership, and technical leadership to support current business and influence technology development to enable the next generation of sustainable PVC roofing membrane.


This position provides an excellent opportunity for an individual to contribute innovative technology and product solutions to deliver growth for the PVC roofing product line and market. The successful candidate in this position will become an expert in flexible PVC roofing products and will lead major innovation and new product development projects within the Research and Innovation group. This position operates under the general guidance of the R&D Manager.


Primary Responsibilities:


* Leading research activities on new and existing products as well as identifying and implementing new technologies within the PVC business group.


* Leading multiple Innovation and New Product Development projects critical to grow the PVC roofing business.


* Fully develop and manage the technical schedule for projects from ideation through scale up to lunch, including key tactical items for other functional areas


* Utilizing advance material characterization techniques to establish structure property relationships of polymer materials.


* Advance single ply PVC technologies to develop new products, reduce total system costs, improve performance, and establish sustained competitive advantages.


* Collaborating with sales, marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, warranty departments and CCM staff on defined project priorities, project scope and future development directions.


* Publish technical reports and conduct technical presentations.


* Champion safe work practices and positively contribute to company's safety culture.


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* A PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering, Chemistry, or Material Science and Engineering +5 years of experience in flexible PVC formulation and processing is required.
* Leverage a combination of external literature, internal technical know-how, and laboratory experimentation to identify viable technologies for next generation of PVC single ply membrane.
* Drive innovation - identify and employ the latest techniques to achieve project goals (analytical and screening techniques, DOE, etc.)
* Experience in the development of plastic products and their associated processing technologies such as extrusion and calendaring are a plus.
* Theoretical and practical knowledge of the physical, chemical, and mechanical behavior of the thermoplastic polymers
* Knowledge to analyze data, understand structure property relationships of polymers and conduct relative testing and evaluations.
* Must have 3+ years of experiences in material analysis of polymeric materials with DSC, TGA, DMA, and TMA
* Experiences in chemical analysis with HPLC, GPC, GC-MS, FTIR, and NMR will be preferred.
* Training or experience on the design of experiments, especially as applied to development of chemical formulations.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as mentoring a small team of engineers/scientists.
* Project management skills in a cross functional environment
* Strong desire to learn and courage to push the boundaries of what is possible.
* Ability to communicate effectively.


Carlisle Construction Materials LLC (CCM) is a diversified manufacturer and supplier of premium building products and related technologies for the commercial and residential construction markets. Carlisle is one of the most respected companies in the building materials industry. After being around for more than 100 years, our customers know us for our superior products, remarkable service, and groundbreaking innovations. Our culture at CCM is one that values collaboration and team success over individual credit.


Carlisle core values are safety, bias for action and results, continuous improvement, teamwork and communication, customer focus, empowerment, and mutual trust, respect, and integrity. These core values are the center of all business decisions and make CCM the successful company that it is.


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