Wax Product Development Engineer

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By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

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What role you will play in our team

• Provide technical expertise on wax applications for product differentiation in the market and product optimization in the refinery.   

• Work with technology, sales and marketing teams to support production and marketing of wax products to meet and exceed customers and societal needs. 

• Location is Houston area (Baytown, TX or Spring, TX)

What you will do

• Comply with all Corporate policies for internal and external activities 

• Provide technical expertise on performance of waxes in several applications among board-sizing, candle or rheology (PVC, adhesives, tires…)

• Lead or contribute to all stages of product technical development and deployment in selected applications.

• Provide technical support to Sales team through joint customer visit and development of sales tools supporting value-in-use of wax in application.

• Support Marketing team by providing insights on market trends and competitive products and by developing marketing co-laterals to promote Prowaxx brand. 

• Interface with business Market development and technology to innovate and define new product opportunities

• Provide wax product integrity and application expertise to Refinery team to maximize reliable production or optimize product quality.

• Plan, coordinate and steward technical programs with internal or 3rd party laboratories to establish value-in-use of wax in selected applications

• Participate in global, cross-disciplinary meetings and projects to leverage the breadth of knowledge and capabilities within ExxonMobil Technology.

• Manage Intellectual Property and watch Technology in the core discipline. 

• Apply teamwork, communication and presentation skills to translate technical insights into meaningful business needs and to develop effective technical support. 

• Effectively present wax technical offer to a diverse audience (technical and non-technical) of customer and industry participants.

• Document completed efforts such that others can leverage their work to enable efficient future similar efforts. Identify opportunities to improve work processes.

• Mentor broadly across technology and the business

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Masters Degree in: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or similar 

• Technical experience in Waxes through Product and/or Application development

• Functional/behavioral skill proficiencies consistent with the Job role requirements

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

• Good understanding of physical and chemical analytical techniques

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• PhD Degree in:  Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or similar

• Technical experience in manufacture or development of wood composites

• Technical experience in manufacture or development of candles

• Technical knowledge of paraffinic, vegetable or synthetic Wax

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. 

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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