Product Manager - 160K+

HIRING ASAP! If interested in more information/direct feedback, please reach out to me at gcollier@actalentservices. com and attach your resume and contact information.

Below are some details about the position:

• BENEFITS:YES
• PAY: $160-170K an hour depending on experience
• SCHEDULE/ENVIRONMENT: 60% Office Environment/40% Production Floor

Job Description:

• Develop new material sources and translate existing materials into new applications utilizing technical expertise in materials, glass science, mineral processing, or chemical engineering to meet new market/application demands.
• Lead process improvement projects on mineral purification processes with cross-functional teams and external validation partners. Responsibilities include IP research, voice of customer and customer requirement determination, feasibility testing, prototyping, gauge development, pilot testing, cost analysis and scale up to manufacturing.
• Apply project management skills in planning, budgeting, time management, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Generate intellectual properties such as patents, publications, and internal reports. Also, support commercial and manufacturing teams.
• Responsible for new process development in high purity sand and tungsten for the fused quartz business
• Apply Six Sigma type methodology, statistical, surface and materials characterization tools for process improvement, failure analysis and troubleshooting.

MUST HAVES:

• Bachelor's Degree in Material Science, Glass Science, Mineral Processing, Geology, or Chemical Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience within the geological, glass, or quartz industries.
• Managerial experience.
• Proficiency in statistical design and analysis of experimental data, including design of experiment and hypothesis testing.
• Product management experience.

NICE TO HAVES:

• Experience with statistical software such as Minitab.
• Previous lab experience.
• Expertise in sand beneficiation, hot chlorination, calcination, and other mineral processing methods.
• Familiarity with processing of refractory metals, including sintering and machining.
• Experience designing equipment for solids processing.
• Understanding and experience with batch and continuous processes.
• Experience with quartz fusion processes including electric fusion, arc fusion, and flame fusion or vapor deposition.
• Mechanical and/or thermal design modeling using SolidWorks.
• Six Sigma training and/or certifications.