Technical Services Engineer, Environmental Products

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2022.
MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

The Technical Services Engineer is a product management professional that facilitates business growth through technical support assistance, customer training, and product commercialization.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Provide technical product support and application assistance to company sales force and customers for all Environmental Lining Systems and the Liquid Boot vapor intrusion product line.
• Facilitate product management coordination with manufacturing, marketing, EHS, customer service, R&D, finance, and global supply chain.
• Conduct Approved Applicator training for the Liquid Boot vapor intrusion product line.
• Manage Product testing, certifications, and approvals for industry standards and regulations

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

• Author technical documents to support marketing/sales efforts: Product literature, Technical References, Technical Data Sheets, and white papers
• Company Participant with applicable industry associations: ASTM, ASCE, GSA

OE/Lean Duties & Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Safety Training at Applicator Training Sessions
• Lead Kaizen events focused on new product commercialization and services
• Drive Safety Performance per MTI policy including risk assessments, standard work, training, near miss reporting etc.
• Assist with root cause analysis on quality issues

Note: Above duties and responsibilities lists are not all inclusive; additional business tasks and activities will be required.

Qualifications/Requirements

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering or other relevant technical degree

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

• Knowledge of geotechnical analysis/design and/or remediation technologies
• Excellent writing and verbal, communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software programs

Travel: 15-20% domestic travel anticipated; limited international travel as applicable to support large sales revenue projects. Business travel typically requires one overnight hotel stay per trip.        

Working Conditions: Worked is performed in an MTI Office, construction jobsites, and manufacturing facilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to have the ability to work in an office environment, using office equipment as needed, read, write, listen, speak, and understand English, follow instructions and other oral/written information, compose correspondence in a professional manner, complete paperwork and other documentation accurately, work independently and with others, communicate effectively with all individuals internal and external to the organization, analyze information/situations as needed, be organized and detail-oriented, be able to identify/judge the urgency of a situation, use judgment in decision making and use creativity and negotiation when necessary.

Physical Abilities:

Must have the ability to travel by air and auto to manufacturing facilities, attend trade shows, construction job sites, and to conduct training classes. Must have the ability to climb stairs, ladders, scaffolding and wear proper PPE on job sites. Must have the ability to travel with and lift/transport material weighing up to 75 lbs.

Work Hours: Position is exempt/staff.  Work is typically performed on the day shift.  However, employee must have ability to work the number of hours in which duties need to be accomplished.