R&D Manager
Core
Lead the Ucrete R&D team to develop and maintain high-performance resin flooring solutions for industrial environments, bridging laboratory science with manufacturing and commercial needs.
Role type
Senior R&D Manager (Formulation & Data Science)
Builds
Robust flooring solutions (polyurethane, cementitious polyurethane) and next-generation technologies
Domain
Industrial coatings / Polymer chemistry / Materials science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Polymer chemistry, formulation development, design of experiments, statistical modelling, data architecture, AI/ML application, team leadership, manufacturing scale-up
Preferred skills
Resin flooring experience, Python, Power BI, advanced Excel, stakeholder management
Technologies
Nuage, Python, Power BI, advanced Excel, statistical software
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Redditch Ucrete R&D team, creating a safe, collaborative and high-performing laboratory environment. Own a balanced portfolio of innovation, product maintenance, raw-material change and technical support projects. Shape technically robust formulations and solutions through sound polymer chemistry, structured experimentation and design of experiments. Build the team's data-science capability, promoting consistent data architecture and metadata, effective use of Nuage and other approved systems, and the responsible application of AI/ML. Integrate laboratory evidence, manufacturing data and commercial requirements across R&D, operations, quality, regulatory and commercial functions.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership