What are the responsibilities and job description for the TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SPECIALIST position at Lensa?
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Join the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and watch your career stand out with Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries.
Our close-knit team of dedicated professionals has made us the success we are today. In exchange for their hard work, we support our people with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits that go beyond just medical and dental, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work. If this sounds outstanding to you, take the first step forward and explore a career with Dal-Tile.
The Technology Transfer Specialist is an established performer that is responsible for coordinating the transfer of new products, processes, and technologies from development to manufacturing. This role ensures a smooth transition by collaborating with R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to optimize product scalability, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain product integrity.
Duties And Responsibilities Of The Position
Dal-Tile is a proud supporter of our U.S. military, veterans and their families - Thank You for Your Service!
Active military, transitioning service members and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Dont Work participant.
Job Type Manufacturing
Req ID 89172
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Join the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and watch your career stand out with Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries.
Our close-knit team of dedicated professionals has made us the success we are today. In exchange for their hard work, we support our people with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits that go beyond just medical and dental, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work. If this sounds outstanding to you, take the first step forward and explore a career with Dal-Tile.
The Technology Transfer Specialist is an established performer that is responsible for coordinating the transfer of new products, processes, and technologies from development to manufacturing. This role ensures a smooth transition by collaborating with R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to optimize product scalability, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain product integrity.
Duties And Responsibilities Of The Position
- Facilitate collaboration between R&D teams, external partners, and commercialization teams.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare or collect all documents and materials needed for products and technologies transfers.
- Support product development activities as required.
- Work with manufacturing personnel to transfer the products and technologies, following existing procedures.
- Troubleshoot production problems.
- Coordinate with Technical team for transfer of technologies.
- Continue communication with the producer and gives technical support when needed.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation related to technology transfer activities.
- Prepare reports and updates for senior management and stakeholders.
- Designs new prototypes using the latest technology available as well as existing digital/non-digital technologies.
- Produces unique, cutting-edge tile using new, as well as current, designs, materials, and applications.
- Research for the newest color management, graphic design, and digital technologies to improve our current processes and products.
- Serves as the backup for laser engraving, laser engraving adjustments, calibrations, and roller cloning to supply our plants.
- Applies and researches international practices and trends to improve aesthetic look, feel, and functionality of tile and stone products.
- Research process improvements, technology improvements and ceramic principles.
- Attends worldwide trade shows to evaluate new product processes, and materials, benchmarking other manufacturers to improve current processes and products.
- Understands process capabilities, materials, equipment, & methodologies at venues served by R&D.
- Investigates new avenues of business growth as related to ceramic tile and digital imaging.
- Recommends improvements to improve process capabilities of our vendors, our plants, and/or within R&D.
- Designs and maintains all digital graphic files; Interacts with IS Dept. for file transfer, storage, and retrieval.
- Solves digital design/graphic problems for the R&D Design and Product Development Teams as well as non-digital problems.
- Performs graphic design modifications.
- Operates and maintains the digital and color integrity/calibration of R&Ds Pictocer, Cruse Scanner, Laser Roller Engravers, Paper Proofers, Roller Printers, high-Definition Cameras, and Monitors.
- Proposes the most optimal methods/timing/resources required to successfully introduce products into a producers facility.
- Proposes the most optimal methods/timing/resources required to successfully introduce products into a producers facility.
- Prepares/collects all documents and materials needed for product transfers, coordinates visit to producers facilities, works with producer in their facility to transfer the product, and coordinates product series testing for transferred products.
- Works with the producer to supply Dal-Tile with first production samples, individual, and cumulative samples, and continues communication with the producer and gives technical support as needed to obtain various productivity/recovery objectives.
- Perform other duties as needed
- Bachelors degree in industrial design or a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
- 2-4 years relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
- Adobe Photo Shop Experience Preferred
- Demonstrates strong knowledge of technical, process, and business principals, industry practices and standards.
- Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
- Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
- High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
- Proficient using Microsoft Suite of products.
Dal-Tile is a proud supporter of our U.S. military, veterans and their families - Thank You for Your Service!
Active military, transitioning service members and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Dont Work participant.
Job Type Manufacturing
Req ID 89172
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com