Senior Research And Development Engineer

About Vibrantz Technologies

Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.

Serving over 11,000 customers, Vibrantz’s technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. We are experts in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology. Our technologies are used in small amounts to make big impacts on applications and consumer products, including durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 50 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 4,500 individuals. Our shared culture is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees’ heads and hands and – uniquely – their hearts.

Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.

For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com.

Prince, Ferro and Chromaflo are now part of the Vibrantz Technologies brand. Vibrantz is a leading global technology provider of color solutions, performance coatings and advanced materials whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life in a variety of industrial applications and consumer products.

Job Function

The R&D Product Development Engineer will be responsible for development projects for new drilling fluids products, product line expertise, and advanced technical customer support.

The position is based at our Houston, TX (Wallisville Road) site and reports into the Performance Materials R&D Manager.

Responsibilities

• Work both independently and in collaboration with other engineers, sales representatives, and customers to develop new products for the oil/gas drilling industry.
• Contribute to feed the new product development pipeline by identifying unmet market needs and opportunities.
• Supervise and plan laboratory work and prescribe instruction for technicians. Develop new procedures to support development and scale-up of energy products, as well as raw materials qualification, production support and customer support related projects.
• Provide written and verbal reports and project status updates to internal and external customers.
• Support process engineering initiatives, improving yield and profitability of production processes, working with the operations team and manufacturing engineers.
• Document project work and manage project deadlines. Create reports to summarize current progress, results, and next steps.
• Be proficient in operation of appropriate R&D and manufacturing equipment and test instruments.
• Identify and plan projects for potential new development opportunities, as required by customers and market demands.
• Familiarize yourself with Vibrantz ISO procedures and practice them.
• Maintain documentation to organize, analyze, and record your work in both electronic and paper format.
• Practice good housekeeping, organization, and safety in the laboratories. Identify and use safety labels on product containers.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in science or engineering discipline.
• 5 years’ experience in drilling fluids and/or drilling fluid additives and strong working knowledge of how drilling fluids are used in different formations.
• Prior lab and product development experience.
• Experience using personal protective equipment; knowledge of common laboratory safety practices.
• Experience with project management software or systems and generating reports, to plan experiments and record, analyze, and summarize results.

Preferred Experience

• 8 years of R&D experience in drilling fluids, cementing and production chemicals .
• Lab management experience, including writing procedures, and implementing and developing best safety practices.
• Experience working closely with a manufacturing plant
• Established relationships within the drilling fluids industry and experience conduct technical presentations to customers or partners

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

The physical demands and working conditions are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Up to 25% travel within North America as required.

Vibrantz Technologies Inc. (“Vibrantz”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws

Location

Houston, TX

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Vibrantz Technologies Inc. (“Vibrantz”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.