Product Development Engineer – Paints/ Chemical Coatings
Meon Ltd – Portsmouth: Up to £45,000 per annum plus bonus (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
Full-time, Permanent
About Meon: We are a passionate and driven family-owned specialist company!
Meon is the UK and Ireland’s leading specialist distributor of cold applied road marking, road repair and reinstatement systems. As a third generation family business we are passionate about working with our clients to help them engage with our latest formulation and application technologies, which will deliver safer and lower carbon projects.
Our focus is innovation for end users and their applications; from this point we work with our product and plant manufacturers to create the best materials and equipment. Our in-house R&D engineering team drive our innovation and product development practice; working closely with clients, manufacturers and colleagues in the UK and across Europe.
Job Description: This is a key role in our product development journey
We are growing our R&D/ Product Development Team and looking to hire an engineer who will focus on our Line Marking solutions; current and in development. This is a hands-on role where the individual will collaborate across all stakeholders, instigate, drive and own an array of projects which are focused on different line marking technologies, machines and applications.
Project management is a key element but this isn’t an administrative role; Meon’s differentiator in the market is innovation, service and support with this role being a key pillar. This role is a fast-paced and demanding – requiring travel in the UK / Europe and flexibility with working hours as many of our contractors work with our materials and machines out of hours.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead collaborations with our stakeholders, clients and supply chain as we develop and bring to market innovations and superior performing products
* Liaise closely and support our commercial, sales and marketing teams
* Instigate, develop, manage and deliver product development projects
* Run product demos and client presentations related to Product Development
* Carrying out market research for development opportunities
* Carrying out competitive product analysis
* Sourcing product/solution options and partners
* Collaborating with labs & universities for development work
* Undertaking practical testing & prototyping of products
* Attending and supporting on-site testing
* Reporting on testing completed
* Technical data sheet creation
Experience / Skills/attributes required:
* Appropriate degree / post graduate degree in a subject relevant to Industrial paints/ chemical coatings.
* Experience working within an industrial/ contracting environment and able to demonstrate evidence of delivering projects with stakeholders with previous roles / experience.
* Leadership experience / potential
* Project management skills and experience
* A great relationship builder and communicator – comfortable with clients, suppliers and colleagues at all levels
* A driven, energetic and engaging personality who gets things done
* A well organised administrator
* Has full rights to work in the UK (not a student visa) and able to travel across Europe
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Civil Engineering
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