Overview As TS&D Leader for Aircraft Deicing Fluids, you will oversee Midland DIS R&D/TS&D labs, guiding a mix of Dow technicians and contractors. You'll drive application development, product qualification, and innovation for ADF, collaborating with customers and cross-functional teams in sales, manufacturing, and product stewardship. Your leadership will shape lab capabilities, project delivery, and growth initiatives. This role offers hands-on impact across technical, customer, and strategic fronts, with travel to meet client needs.
Compensation / Benefits- Equitable base pay and bonuses
- medical and life insurance packages
- retirement and savings programs
- employee stock purchase programs
- paid parental leave
- volunteering and ERG participation
Responsibilities- Lead and develop the Midland TS&D technician team and align resources with value-generating R&D/TS&D projects
- Serve as SME for ADF, providing technical support to Supply Chain, Manufacturing, QA, and Product Stewardship
- Develop technical training materials and train customers, distributors, and internal stakeholders
- Generate laboratory data to support customer-driven projects and Dow product placement in the industry
- Maintain expertise on key ADF formulation additives and participate in SAE G-12 committees and conferences
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused technical solutions and problem-solving
- Advance product development and formulation chemistry for large-scale batch processes
- Provide direction for customer testing labs, handling hundreds of samples per season
- Oversee safety, EH&S, and lab operations, ensuring compliance and safety culture
- Plan and manage capital expenditures to grow laboratory capabilities
- Organize regular team meetings to communicate safety and business topics
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in chemistry, engineering, or science-related discipline or equivalent military experience (E5 or Canadian equivalent) or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Masters or PhD preferred
- Willingness to travel up to 20%
- Legal ability to work in the United States; no visa sponsorship
- Experience leading laboratory operations and cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in technical problem-solving and customer-facing analytics
- leadership and people development
- cross-functional collaboration
- communication and presentation
- JMP statistical software
- formulation chemistry and large-scale blending processes
- product qualification and technology commercialization
