Field Engineer

Mt. Vernon, IN
Full Time
Experienced
A career at POLYVANTIS provides you with an opportunity to leave a lasting positive impact to the world and yourself. From excellent health and well-being benefits to our comprehensive learning programs. We offer a wide range of benefits and offerings that recognize that our people have unique motivations and ambitions. It’s all about matching what matters to you with what matters to us. Let’s explore what matters!

POLYVANTIS is a global, multi-material player with some of the most coveted and iconic brands in the industry – such as PLEXIGLAS® for polymethylmethacrylate semi-finished products and LEXAN™ for polycarbonate sheets and films. With 1,500 employees and 15 production sites worldwide, we offer unmatched global capabilities, providing customers with innovative solutions in sheets and films for air and rail, automotive, building and construction, electrical, healthcare and security, and lighting and signage markets.

Job Summary
Acts as a contact point between customers, project team, research and development department, and design team,  to come up with practical solutions to respond to client’s needs. 
 
How You Can Be the Impact
  • Provide technical support to existing and new customers of FF Sheet and Film.
  • Understands and interprets material requirements of new customers, new products and new business opportunities. Proposes new material solutions based on client’s needs and FF delivery capability.
  • Conduct industry analysis and recognizes new market/technology trends and opportunities to improve FF’s sales and market share. 
  • Technical support includes (but is not limited to):
    • Lamination
    • Thermoforming
    • Cold forming and bending
    • In-mold decoration
    • Cutting, drilling and routing techniques
    • Paint, print and adhesion techniques
  • Build advanced process understanding and expertise, and develop training for internal and external customers.
  • Support the introduction of new materials with application development ensuring process optimization at customer base.
  • Handling, analyzing and reporting of technical issues at customer base.
  • Help to manage and maintain client relations, while realizing new business with existing clients and acquiring new clients.
  • Feedback customer’s voice and KPI’s.
  • Be recognized by customers as an expert in relevant technical areas.
  
What Matters to POLYVANTIS
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferred in Material/Polymer Science or relevant work experiences in application development.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in technical/process/application development.
  • A hands-on practical approach to problem solving at customer level.
  • Strong technical orientation, understanding of multiple processing technologies.
  • Time management and prioritization.
  • Have strong analytical skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
  • Plastics product’ Knowledge.
  • Provide values and solutions to customer’s requests.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Spanish language skills a plus.
  • Field role requiring 40-50% travel, mostly within North, South America and Canada region.

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.

 

Work Availability

Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this position. Applicants must be regularly available and willing to work Monday- Friday during assigned hours of operation and such other hours as the company determines are necessary or desirable to meet business needs.

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.

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