Senior Mechanical Research Engineer

$112,000.00-$154,000.00 Annual

This is the base salary pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.   Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors. In addition, this position is eligible for an incentive bonus. 

Are you a self-motivated, analytical and results oriented Engineer?? Johns Manville is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Research Engineer  that will use many approaches, including CFD, to solve practical industrial manufacturing problems to be based out of our Littleton, CO  Technical Center!

This opportunity will allow you to focus on the improvement of throughputs, costs, life, efficiency, labor demand, downtime, and other aspects for processes (i.e. glass melting, delivery, collection, curing/drying, mat lines), across Engineered Products and Insulation Systems Divisions. You will work with various plants and cross-functionally with plant stakeholders, engineering, R&D, amongst others.

Anticipated deadline to apply: 03/15/2025.  This deadline is Johns Manville’s good faith estimate of when the application will close.  Johns Manville may extend the deadline and will update this posting promptly if it is extended.

Your Day to Day:

Working on different types of projects that cover the wide range of different processes used to make glass and polymer fibers at different Johns Manville manufacturing locations.  These projects will include:

• Process technology improvements
  • Understand needs, issues, and find business opportunity
  • Use engineering principles to assess and develop the advancements or fixes to technologies, from near-term through long-term
  • Apply Process Engineering techniques to improve existing processes and practices
• Complex process or component analyses or simulations
  • Applying engineering first-principals
  • Devise and perform research trials on complex challenges
  • Developing novel analysis methods
  • Creating 3D CAD models, meshing, setting up, and running CFD computer models
  • Explore best practices (mesh studies, turbulence investigations, etc.)
• Process and numerical data analysis
  • Analysis of data and predictions, including new approaches for making assessments
  • Evaluation of practical technical options
  • Report writing
• Plant Trials for Technology implementation
  • Lead problem solving / root cause analysis using best available tools/methods.
  • Lead/drive/organize/support plant trials to demonstrate/validate new process solutions or sources of production problems
  • Lead implementation of new/improved manufacturing process technologies on the factory floor.

What You Bring to the Team:

• M.S. Degree (PhD preferred) in Mechanical Engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing/engineering setting.
• Strong first-principals analysis capability
• Experience with 3D CAD and CFD codes, ideally:
  • CFD with ANSYS Fluent
  • Experience in reacting flows/combustion modeling
  • Coding in Python and/or MATLAB
  • Structural analyses using first principals and ANSYS Mechanical
  • Industrial process improvement experience
• Expert data analysis skills.
• Project management skills – organization, planning, execution, and follow-up.
• Ability to work independently and in teams.
• Ability to develop clear and concise reports.
• Ability to apply technical knowledge to modify standard principles to develop alternative courses of action.
• Solid interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Basic project management skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Job site visits and field investigations will require walking, climbing ladders and stairways, crawling around equipment and exposure to weather elements including noise, heat, wind, rain, snow and cold.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Please Keep in Mind

If you do not meet 100% of these requirements, we at JM still want to hear from you. So, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply so we can learn how your skills and talents can contribute to our team.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match. JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.

Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long-term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities. Our D&I council is composed of employees from locations across North American & Europe who meet regularly and work to promote and foster an environment of inclusion. Born from our D&I council is our network of employee resource groups (ERGs) that are focused on supporting diverse communities in the workplace. Review more about our diversity & inclusion initiatives on JM’s Career page.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.