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Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

ContiTech, a division of Continental, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical elastomer products and is a specialist in plastics technology. ContiTech develops and produces functional parts, components, and systems for machine and plant engineering, mining, the automotive industry, and other important industries.

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Please join us and contribute to our goals with your new role as Material Process Engineering - Fluid Handling Solutions. Your new place to work can be located ContiTech San Luis Potosi

The Material Process Engineer - FHS is responsible for material industrialization of alternative materials and new production technologies for Fluid Handling Solutions. Foster the effective know how transfer in cooperation with central departments. Contact and collaboration with internal and external partners for materials strategy focused on product requirements. Managing different projects to support the region reporting to the Head of Material Process Engineering FHS. Support of FHS plants in US, Canada and Mexico.

Knowledge Management

▪ Facilitate know-how gathering, filing and preservation for future use and support investment process.

▪ Communicate and execute the CT IAM PD MatPE strategy into the organisation.

▪ Manage, review and steer Material Industrialization projects according.

Development

▪ Work with Material Team for industrialization and cooperation with central departments and external partners for implementation of new raw materials and production technologies.

▪ Support PUR and SCM on technical discussions regarding alternate raw materials.

▪ Foster material savings, phase-out of hazardous materials, cost improvement projects and activities according to product requirements and customer focus.

▪ Support the effective product and know how transfers, technology for manufacturing processes and troubleshooting between facilities.

▪ Develop competent technical resources to meet the goals of the business;

▪ Keep contact with central departments on research topics.

▪ Cooperation with external partners (suppliers, universities, institutes).

Supplier Contact

▪ Contact and collaborate with supplier (fabric, cord, polymers, rubber chemicals, etc.) to support product localization, quality, material property deviation and sampling processes;

▪ Check availability and capability of raw material sources.

▪ Implement new alternative material supplier and support supplier audit.

Lab Testing

▪ Organize laboratory testing on alternate materials.

▪ Evaluate and interpret results.

▪ Support to protect and create intellectual property for the group.

Material Inspection & Validation

▪ Evaluation and approval of product and material properties during industrialization in accordance with product requirements.

▪ Foster material introduction at the facilities according to regional strategy.

Environment

▪ Ensure environmentally friendly handling of materials, avoid the use and introduction of hazardous materials.

▪ Fulfill legal and customer requirements in collaboration with Corporate Health and Safety.

Quality

▪ Support on project/product complaints and investigations.

▪ Supplier Audits, Supplier Approval.

Education / Certification

Chemical Engineer or Academic Degree Engineering.

Professional Experience

▪ Experience with hoses or rubber products and application fields.

▪ Experience in the industrialization of technical products.

Required Knowledge

• Expert - overall technical knowledge of Fluid Handling Solutions products and application fields.

• Expert - overall knowledge of belt development/physics/processes.

• Advanced - technical knowledge of materials (chemicals, compounds, cords).

• Advanced - project management skills.

• Basic - Quality management methods (FMEA, Statistics, 6 sigma, Yokoten).

Project and/or Process Experience

Experience in Project Management - Planning, Leading, Monitoring, Risk management.

Intercultural / International Experience

Advanced Business English, good and global legal understanding.

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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