Engineer III

James Hardie Building Products is the $1.5B world-leader in Fiber Cement Siding. In the United States, we have operations in eight manufacturing plants, two regional offices and two research centers. No matter where we operate, our goal is to remain at the forefront of the fiber-cement industry, capitalizing on our global leadership in building products and manufacturing and technology for both new home construction and remodeling.

This position will support a Project Team to design, test and optimize equipment and process to produce composite extrusion products.

• Conceptualize and design in CAD, equipment and process used for manufacturing composite extrusion products
• Use FEA/CFD in the design and optimization of polymeric composite flow through extrusion die, with understanding of both heat transfer and composite temperature profiles
• Lead development trials, making changes to designs when necessary
• Work with outside manufacturers to procure the required equipment
• Supervise installation and commission of equipment and processes
• Develop new processes to improve capability and reliability
• Establish optimum design and process conditions

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years Capital Project Management in composite extrusion and/or related industries
• Minimum 5 years experience in process and equipment design