Job Abstract

Product Development Conveyor Belts - includes support for all conveyor belt types including engineered products for the agricultural market, service materials and special projects as warranted. The emphasis will be on developing products that meet the requirements of our traditional trough or pipe belt solutions or agricultural solutions while improving the performance of our belts.

• Coordination and management of Product Development (PD) projects according to the New Product Funnel Process.
• Develop and approve new products to support our conveyor belt business. This is done within the goal of PD to lay the foundation of innovation for the BA IAM to be the leader for highly developed products and systems.
• Work with Material Platform / Material Process Engineering to define specifications and test procedures for raw material suppliers (cord, fabric, coating, rubber)
• Assist in the development of new alternative material suppliers and support audit if necessary
• Participate in strategic projects
• Customer acquisition and PD in order to gain new business
• Support global standardization and consolidation of belt and service material specifications
• Define DFMEA and product DVP to meet the project requirement book and develop test plans and procedures
• Drive the New Product Developments from G30 to G80
• Technical lead in development projects
• Drive, document and train design standards for the product line
• Systematically analyze own and competitor products, including their product performance and manufacturing process? Technical experts to train new engineering staff, to help in complaint questions, back-up for Application Engineering
• Transfer master recipes to local requirements and input products in specific plants
• Contribute to CT raw material strategy around sustainable products by approving into final products
• Approval of alternative suppliers, Raw Materials (Polymers, Chemicals, Fabrics, Steel Cables, Fasteners, Splice Materials, etc.)
• Establish required cooperation with external partners (suppliers, universities, institutes, ATD, customers (OEMs), etc.)
• Representation of company in standardization committees (DIN, EN, ISO, AS, CEMA, ARPM, ...) and interest groups (VDI, VDMA, ...)
• Execute special projects utilizing PM methods and procedures
• Support creation of KPI documentation, STI results, and necessary information for communicating department successes
• Maintenance of software systems for use in our daily work
• Provide support for training information and transfer of knowledge to other part of the organization (Application Engineering, Central Technology, Customers, Distributors, Field service, Commercial, etc.).
• Update and maintain the required design guidelines to allow easy transfer of information and rules to other parts of the organization

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

• Immediate Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition & Employee Discounts
• Annual Bonus
• Employer 401(k) Match
• And more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!