Principal Scientist

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Principal Scientist: Aluminum/Steel and Coatings Specifications and Qualifications 

• Technical leadership responsibilities for aluminum & steel specifications and qualifications in North & South America
• Technical leadership responsibilities for Coatings specifications and qualifications in North & South America
• Adhering to and supporting the Crown Materials Qualification Process.  This includes ensuring conformance of suppliers and working with the Regulatory team to ensure compliance of new materials.
• Close cooperation with Crown’s Purchasing Group, Crown’s business sectors and other teams within Crown Technology (CT) to manage the approval of new materials, standardization or quality performance
• Trial support with Plants, Suppliers and Sourcing, compliance with Crown Materials Database 

Support on-going improvement in plant performance through hands-on technical support, providing expertise, knowledge management and transfer of best practices

• Leadership of service support for failure investigations of materials as technical support to Crown’s businesses. Metallography lab experience will be an advantage.
• Attend material production and component manufacturing trials when required
• Leading supplier audits as requested by the businesses and Sourcing
• Leading collaboration with the Packaging Science team in Wantage to support qualifications and failure investigation resolution. 
• Support the EHS program and continuous improvement in team performance.

Aluminum/Steel and Coatings Supplier and Sourcing Technical Support

• Lead joint developments with suppliers where better materials, processes or novel surfaces offer performance or efficiency advantages
• Work closely with the Aluminum & Steel Supplier Collaboration Leaders to maintain a technology pipeline for prime materials and process development.
• Work closely with Coating Supplier Collaboration Leaders to maintain a technology pipeline for coating materials and process development.  
• Representation of CT at Corporate meetings (Project Reviews, etc.)

Job Requirements

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Metal Packaging Technology expertise in relevant areas of prime materials
• Industry Body membership 
• University Degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science

Skills and competencies 

• Packaging Industry Expert (known)
• Technology Leadership – new products or process improvements
• Packaging regulatory framework expertise
• Metal Packaging industry supplier knowledge
• Prime Materials Expert – industry testing protocols

Personal attributes

• Proactive
• Results focused

Languages
English

Preferred Requirements

• Postgraduate Degree
• Demonstrable know-how and skills in managing materials related projects. 
• Six Sigma or related training and practical experience of these techniques

Previous experience in:

• Regulatory Experience
• Metal Packaging industry
• Aluminum/Steel or Coatings supplier
• Experience in Aluminum and their bulk and surface properties is a clear advantage