Mastec Inc

Lead Application Engineer for Business Development

Mastec Inc$87K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Chemical, Mechanical, or Materials Engineering, Chemistry, or related field; extensive experience in coatings acceptable in lieu of degree.
  • 5+ years in coatings, flexible packaging, or film manufacturing.
  • Hands-on experience with coating, laminating, converting, or film extrusion technologies.
  • Strong analytical and project management skills; capable of managing multiple projects.
  • Effective communication skills for engaging with all levels of stakeholders.
  • Proactive and self-driven, able to work independently in a dynamic setting.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 30% across North America.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical solutions and innovation in flexible packaging coatings.
  • Collaborate with various teams to progress projects from concept to commercialization.
  • Lead development in the lab, focusing on experiment design and process improvement.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize customer applications using coating and film expertise.
  • Manage project timelines, supplier coordination, and delivery milestones.
  • Support pilot and customer trials at various sites.
  • Deliver technical insights and training to customers at different levels.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: affordable medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing plans from day one.
  • Work-Life Balance: includes paid time off, flexible and hybrid work policies, plus vacation buy/sell options.
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan, performance bonuses, and student loan reimbursement.
  • Family Support: extensive parental leave, fertility support, and childcare options.
  • Career Growth: national and international opportunities, skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
What you'll do

This lab-based position is focused on meeting the technical needs of our APP market with a focus on delivering value to our customers within the Flexible Packaging business, primarily focusing on coatings for films, in conjunction with our business development team.
  • Drive technical solutions and innovation in flexible packaging coatings, supporting film-based applications and new business opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Business Development, R&D, Sales, and customers to move projects from concept through commercialization.
  • Lead lab-based development, including experiment design, testing, and continuous improvement of formulations and processes.
  • Apply expertise in coating, laminating, and film extrusion to troubleshoot and optimize customer applications.
  • Manage project execution, including timelines, supplier coordination, and milestone delivery.
  • Support pilot and customer trials, both internally and at customer or converter sites.
  • Engage with customers at all levels, delivering technical insights, training, and presentations.


What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Materials Engineering, Chemistry, or similar field. Candidates with significant experience in coatings used in flexible packaging in lieu of degree may be considered.
  • 5+ years in coatings, flexible packaging, or film manufacturing, ideally within converters or film production.
  • Hands-on experience with coating, laminating, converting, or film extrusion technologies.
  • Strong analytical and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Effective communicator, able to engage operators through senior stakeholders.
  • Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable working independently in a dynamic environment.
  • Travel approximately 30% across North America to support customer trials and business development activities

Some benefits of joining Henkel
  • Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time offincluding sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybridwork policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
  • Financial: 401k matching,employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares,annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
  • Family Support: 12-week genderneutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertilitysupport, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderlycare, and scholarships
  • Career Growth: diverse nationaland international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary rangefor this role is $87,000-$120,000.00. This range represents the good-faith minimumand maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at thetime of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligiblefor incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. TheCompany also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actualcompensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills,experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended tocomply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does notaccept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies.Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore,Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of anunsolicited referral.

About Mastec Inc

MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company that serves the utility, communications, and government industries. The company is specialized in the engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of energy, utility, and communications infrastructure, including electrical utility transmission and distribution; power generation; natural gas and petroleum pipelines; wireless, wireline, and satellite communications; wind and solar farms; and water and sewer systems. MasTec was founded in 1994 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Learn more about Mastec Inc
Size
27,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$322.8 million
Founded
1929
5 Year Trend
+9.1%
Revenue
$6.3 billion
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