About this role
Role Overview
- Lead color development and standardization across multiple product lines, including defining tolerances, standards, and best practices.
- Employ advanced technologies for precise color application and matching.
- Optimize color-related costs to maximize performance and value added.
- Implement color standards across the manufacturing organization.
- Integrate color science into product development collaborating across the Roofing and Stone organization.
- Troubleshoot color variation in production, identifying root causes (raw materials, mixing, application, curing conditions, etc.) and implementing corrective actions.
- Design the testing equipment and procedures to optimize our color-related quality.
- Stay informed of advancements in color science to foster innovation.
- Support and improve digital tools and databases used for color formulation and tracking.
- Evaluate, select, and implement color-related equipment (dispensing, mixing, and application systems) to improve consistency and efficiency
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, or Color Science related fields.
- 5+ years' experience in color formulation, matching, or color quality control, ideally in building products.
- Deep understanding of color management and measurement tools.
- Experience with pigments, iron oxides, dispersions, additives and other color specific raw materials
- Experience with spectrophotometers and color software
- Familiarity with lighting conditions and visual assessment standards
- Experience with automation or inline color measurement systems
- Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment
Benefits
- health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- flexible work arrangements
- professional development