Thermal Spray Technologies Project Manager

Thermal Spray Technologies Project Manager

Tecnalia
Tecnalia
Irun, SpainCompetitiveOn-siteAdded 1 month agoSenior · 5+ years🇪🇸Spanish: Native🇬🇧English: Required

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About the role

TECNALIA

Come on and join TECNALIA!! At TECNALIA we drive sustainable growth and tackle the greatest technological challenges of humanity, turning them into opportunities. We help society and businesses grow through technological innovation. We are committed to equality, diversity, and we promote the balance between personal and professional life. You will work in a highly qualified team, with excellent technology, in an international and multidisciplinary environment.

Job description

At TECNALIA we want to strengthen the Manufacturing Processes and Materials Business Area by incorporating a Manager in thermal spray technologies.

The thermal spray technologies group, part of the Manufacturing Processes and Materials business area of TECNALIA's Industry and Mobility Unit, has more than 30 years of experience in this technological field.

It is dedicated to the development of coatings and surface engineering using the most advanced spray techniques (High Velocity, detonation, plasma, suspensions) to propose competitive and sustainable solutions in applications with extreme service conditions and high added value in the sectors: aeronautics, transport, energy, health and metal transformation. The group is a national and international benchmark in these technologies, located at TECNALIA's facilities in San Sebastián and Irún.

If you are a proactive, autonomous, responsible and resourceful person with the ability to adapt to new projects and you enjoy teamwork.

If you are interested in applied research and in transferring the technology developed to companies... Keep reading...!

What will you do?

The selected person will join this research group to develop coating solutions that solve problems in the industrial ecosystem. They will have the opportunity to work in a team with great prospects in a multicultural, dynamic and enriching work environment. They will take on the role of Project Manager, which includes the following functions:

Management, monitoring and execution of research, development and innovation projects with companies and national and international publicly funded projects.

Preparation of public funding project proposals (at national and European level) for the deployment of the strategy.

Preparation of R&D&I project proposals for industry.

Development and fine-tuning of tests for the characterization of coatings under representative service conditions (temperature and wear).

Leading and participating in the drafting of scientific publications and at national and international reference conferences.

Contribution to the execution and achievement of the economic and scientific-technological objectives of the business area's Management Plan.

What we offer you

Professional development opportunities, participating in benchmark projects for the transformation of industry, and the ability to build a solid professional career.

Collaborating with high-level research groups at regional, national and international level, especially European ones.

Joining a multidisciplinary team that is a benchmark in Europe, carrying out diverse and dynamic scientific-technological activities, far from routine, involving creativity, problem-solving and technical and business management coordination.

You will have work-life balance measures.

What we're looking for

Requirements

Qualification: Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or related fields in the area of thermal spray technologies. A PhD will be highly valued.

Languages: Proficiency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of other languages will be valued.

Minimum experience: We are looking for a person with proven knowledge and experience of at least 5 years in managing R&D&I projects in the field of surface technologies. Experience in thermal spray technologies, as well as in leading research teams, will be highly valued.

Technological knowledge of materials and surface engineering applied to high added value coatings for applications in extreme conditions (hard metal, cermets, carbides, ceramics, slurry coatings, thermal/environmental barriers, etc.).

Knowledge of the use of metallographic characterization techniques, electron microscopy, failure detection by non-destructive techniques and knowledge of mechanical-structural characterization of materials.

Knowledge of surface engineering problems and solutions associated with corrosion resistance, wear and extreme temperature conditions.

Nice to have:

Leadership skills, high proactivity, critical analysis skills and the ability to work both autonomously and in a team.

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment with a commercial networking spirit, teamwork and conflict resolution. Ability to communicate with potential clients and collaborators.

Goal-oriented work style (teamwork maintaining and promoting collaboration between the different areas of the company, achieving project objectives, commercial objectives, resource efficiency and high performance, technology hybridization).

Experience in technology transfer to industry and in working in a semi-industrial or industrial environment.

Experience in qualifying materials for industry (aeronautics, oil&gas, nuclear, etc.).

Experience in research projects of the European framework programme will be positively valued.

About the company & team

R&D

Additional information

*We positively value applications from people with a certified disability of 33% or more, in compliance with current legislation, the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion (LGD).

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