Product Care Engineer at ESAB Global R&D Filler Metals

For 100 years, ESAB has been powered by innovation and uncompromising standards - and by the will to continuously seek new and improved ways of serving our customers. This has made ESAB a world leader in welding products and advanced cutting systems. With operations in a large number of countries, ESAB is a world leader in production of welding consumables and equipment. ESAB is synonymous with world leading expertise in the following key areas: Manual welding and cutting equipment, Filler Metals, Welding automation, Mechanized cutting systems. Since 2012 the owner of ESAB AB is the Colfax Corporation. Colfax overall vision is that every company within the group is dedicated to creating an enduring premier global enterprise built on a unique business culture that do all things with integrity, respect and candor, and has a deep commitment to excellence to associates and customers as its foundation. Find out more at www.esab.com

The Development department within the Global R&D Filler Metals function is the responsible technical team for delivering new and/or enhanced welding consumable products to market as well as maintaining the current product portfolio. It is done through research and development projects as well as continuous improvement activities. The Development department is a global organization with a lot of interactions with other R&D departments as well as other company functions such as Product Management, Sourcing, Quality etc.

The Product Care team, where the Product Care Engineer will be a member, is a new team within the Development department with the main responsibility of being the process and raw material specialist within the Development department.

As a Product Care Engineer Your responsibilities will be to:
- Lead and participate in Raw Material projects for ESAB globally
- Lead investigations, root cause analysis and re-design of existing products
- Co-operate with production process improvement teams, quality functions locally and globally as well as the sourcing department regarding raw materials
- Participate in Development projects and deliver key knowledge in the area of process & raw materials
- Write technical documentation and instructions for production and control globally

Who are You?
We believe You have a Master degree in materials science or in-organic chemistry and a minimum of five years of experience working with product or process development in the welding, steel or in-organic process industry. Prior experience with Design of Experiment (e.g. MODDE software) and IWE diploma are meriting.
As a person, You have an enterprising and result-oriented personality with creativity and exceptional analytical skills. You are proficient in both written and verbal English communication and preferably also Swedish.

The position is placed in Gothenburg, Sweden. Occasional travel is required.