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The Group Leader, Polymer Processing & Design, leads a global team of processing and design engineers supporting Eastman’s Specialty Plastics businesses. The group partners closely with field based technical service, application development and sales teams to solve critical customer challenges and enable application growth across a wide range of polymer processing technologies, including injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, calendaring, and related forming techniques.
This role is responsible for building and sustaining a world class Processing & Design Center of Excellence (COE) by integrating deep understanding of polymer flow, rheology, solidification behavior, and structure–property–performance relationships with strong competence in part design, structural performance, and failure behavior of polymer components. The group delivers differentiated, application relevant technical insights that accelerate customer adoption, enable robust product designs, and strengthen Eastman’s reputation as a solutions driven specialty materials leader. This position is located onsite at our Kingsport, TN headquarters.
This role is responsible for building and sustaining a world class Processing & Design Center of Excellence (COE) by integrating deep understanding of polymer flow, rheology, solidification behavior, and structure–property–performance relationships with strong competence in part design, structural performance, and failure behavior of polymer components. The group delivers differentiated, application relevant technical insights that accelerate customer adoption, enable robust product designs, and strengthen Eastman’s reputation as a solutions driven specialty materials leader. This position is located onsite at our Kingsport, TN headquarters.