Material specialist - Polymer materials

Alfa Laval develops, manufactures and sells special products and world-class technical solutions that help our customers optimize the performance of their processes.Time and time again.Our equipment and systems create solutions for heating, cooling, separation and fluid handling of products such as oil, chemicals, water, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and pharmaceuticals.Alfa Laval has approximately 11,400 employees in more than 50 countries covering over 100 markets.We have just created a new Alfa Laval with a new spirit and a strong focus, that will reinforce our position as a global leader within the areas where we operate.Our solid base is our shared goals and values.We are customer oriented.We dare to do things differently.We are open, informal and flexible.We create reliable and cost-efficient solutions.We are a totally new company, founded in 1883. Materials & Chemistry Centre (MACC) is an independent department within Alfa Laval working exclusively with materials and chemistry related questions.MACC is divided into three departments; Engineering Materials, Chemistry & Corrosion and Material Standards.We are now looking for a polymer material specialist to the Engineering Materials department in Tumba, to replace a person that has decided to leave Alfa Laval.MACC is an independent support function within Alfa Laval.We are working with material related commissions close to R&D, purchase, production, market segments and also from external companies.Some commissions are finished within a few days, while others extend over a longer period of time.Typical tasks for the position will be: .[Failure investigations of customer claims .[Give advice in material selection .[Perform mechanical and physical testing and evaluate aging behavior .[Perform chemical analysis, e.g.FTIR, DSC, TG and SEM .[Implement legislation, directives or standards for polymeric material in contact with food or biotech products on Alfa Laval equipment and material .[Acts as material specialist in concept and product development project.We believe that you have at least some years of experience of similar work combined with a University degree in Material science or equivalent.Experience about legislation, directives or standards for polymeric material in contact with food or biotech products is qualifying.To be successful you have to be open-minded, accurate, analytical and a good team-player.