Technical Manager – Polymers & Plastics

Position overview

Technical and application support

• Provide application support across PE, PP, PS, PVC, PET, EVA, engineering plastics, masterbatches, fillers, additives, recycled polymers, and specialty products.
• Recommend grades and solutions based on applications, processing conditions, machinery, product performance, and relevant standards.
• Troubleshoot processing and product-performance issues; evaluate MFI/MFR, density, mechanical and thermal properties, processing behaviour, and end-use needs.

Processing, trials, and approvals

• Support blown film, injection and blow moulding, extrusion, pipe and profile extrusion, sheet extrusion, thermoforming, compounding, masterbatch production, recycling, and packaging.
• Find root causes and recommend changes to materials, formulations, process parameters, or grades.
• Plan and lead customer trials, evaluations, validation, and approvals; provide guidance during production trials.
• Document trial parameters, observations, results, corrective actions, and recommendations; follow through to approval and commercialization.

Product development and coordination

• Identify product and application opportunities with suppliers, customers, and internal commercial teams; support new product development.
• Benchmark products, compare competitor grades, and recommend technically suitable alternatives or substitutions.
• Coordinate supplier technical specifications, clarifications, approvals, modifications, and application development.
• Review TDS, SDS/MSDS, COA, FDA documentation, REACH, RoHS, and other relevant compliance certificates.

Documentation, training, and commercial support

• Prepare technical reports, trial reports, comparison sheets, application notes, case studies, presentations, and recommendations.
• Train sales teams, distributors, and customers on polymer properties, applications, processing, troubleshooting, and performance.
• Maintain records of trials, technical observations, approvals, customer feedback, and product-development activities.
• Support sales and business development with customer visits, grade selection, product comparisons, technical presentations, and product positioning.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree in Polymer Science, Plastics Technology, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; relevant technical diplomas with substantial industry experience may be considered.
• At least 15 years of relevant experience in plastics converting, processing, compounding, recycling, masterbatch manufacturing, or plastic technical service.
• Hands-on plastics manufacturing and processing experience; broad product, machinery, process, and end-use exposure is highly preferred.
• Previous experience supporting customer trials, product approvals, troubleshooting, application development, and grade conversion is essential.
• Strong understanding of polymer properties, testing parameters, processing behaviour, material selection, product performance, and commercialization.