To succeed in this role, you have the ambition to develop our technical solutions and ability to react flexibly to the results of your actions and the needs of our customers. You have demonstrated experience of raw materials, application techniques and markets to ensure the competitiveness of a product. You enjoy working as part of an international research team and you are also able to make decisions independently. You communicate and co-operate efficiently with PPG (Tikkurila’s) R&D community and other stakeholders with a goal to achieve the best customer value. 

We expect you to have:

• Master’s degree in Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science, Polymeric Materials or equivalent
• Relevant experience in coating technology, especially water-borne products for mineral and metal surfaces
• Knowledge of test standards and -methods used in coating industry
• Experience in technical project management
• Result and solution-oriented mindset
• Good collaboration, networking, and communication skills
• Fluent verbal and written in English and Finnish. Swedish skills are an advantage

The position is based in Tikkurila R&D Centre in Vantaa, Finland. 

We offer you a chance to work with a Nordic market leader in a challenging and international position with an opportunity for professional development, and an inspiring and motivating place to work with great colleagues.

Interested? Please send your applicaton latest by 10th of June 2022.

For more information please contact: Jani Rutanen by e-mail jani.rutanen@tikkurila.com or phone +358 50 311 1329.