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Polyester Technologist
The successful candidate will join Koch Technology Solution’s team at Wilton Site in the UK, driving continuous improvement in our polyester fibre and PET bottle resin technology offerings through collaboration with our technology partners.
Previous experience in the design and operation of polyester plants is a requirement of the role. If you are passionate about pushing boundaries and making a difference in the polyester industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Our Team
Join our team and be part of a global organization committed to excellence and innovation.
What You Will Do
- Maintain business points of view on technology patent landscape, technology benchmarking, and market trends in polyester and recycled polyester technology.
- Collaborate with our technology partners to conduct benchmarking and gap analysis, driving continuous improvement in our polyester fibre and bottle resin technology offerings.
- Provide support to our sales team, ensuring targeted sales objectives are met.
- Approve plant design basis for new opportunities, contributing to the growth and expansion of our business.
- Offer technical expertise and assistance to our technology partners in troubleshooting and post-acceptance technical services.
- Conduct process modelling and interface design to integrate alternative feedstocks into existing polyester plants.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Proven, technical knowledge of the design and operation of polyester plants.
- Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset, preferably backed by a degree in Chemical Engineering.
- Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, coupled with an ability to learn quickly.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external customers.
- Willingness to travel for work assignments ~10% during the year.
- Proficiency in written and oral communication in English.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience of customer service provision.
- Results-oriented and adaptable, with excellent team working skills and a drive to excel in challenging assignments.
- Ability to work both as a team leader and as part of a project team in various roles.
- Ambition to continually develop technical, commercial, and leadership skills within a global business.
Our Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days vacation + 8 statutory
- BUPA medical cover
- Flexi-time; You can build up hours so that can have up to 12 days extra vacation in a year
- Contractual weekly hours are 38.75
- Defined contribution pension scheme with Fidelity International
- Gym subsidy
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) is the technology-licensing business of Koch Engineered Solutions (KES). KTS creates value for its customers across a growing range of technologies. These include leading technologies for making polyester, for the refining industry and for making 1,4-Butanediol and its derivatives. We at KTS combine our exclusive technologies and skills with those of other companies in the KES group to optimise existing and new manufacturing plants for our customers.
The newest additions to our technology range include extracting lithium from brine (Direct Lithium Extraction) to support the growing need for energy storage, and advanced recycling of mixed waste PET bottles and containers into raw materials for high-quality food-grade applications thereby closing the recycling loop on plastics.
KTS is based at the Wilton Centre, a large science and business park ten minutes from Middlesbrough with an on-site restaurant, gym and landscaped grounds including a lake.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills and abilities. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
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