Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Overview:

• Lead support and field technical efforts for all specialty products.
• Work with the Regional Vice President, Technical Marketing Managers and Area Sales Managers to position specialty products for maximum growth.
• Work with potential customers to educate them on product lines and use.
• Assist the Area Sales Managers in providing technical expertise and sales support for products.
• Assist the formulations, quality management, operations managers, and process managers/tech services leader on formulations, optimizations and timing for project targets and goals.
• Work with materials suppliers to bring ideas to the formulations and Paragon group to improve products or create new products.
• Work with outside labs and universities to ensure product quality and specification compliance on mixture performance criteria for all products.
• Work with the Regional Vice President to ensure we are optimizing time and attendance on overlapping Industry functions that are technical and specialty product driven.
• Train internal and external customers and coworkers on performance criteria and its impact on our business strategy.

Interfaces:

• Position will report to either to the Regional Vice President or the Regional Technical Marketing Manager
• Direct reports - N/A at this time.
• Position will interface with (internal and external)
  • Internal - Marketing, technical operations, operations, Paragon, technical coworkers, and upper management
  • External - Owner agencies, consulting engineers, contractors, suppliers of materials for products, universities, and industry associations.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with Quality Management of Specialty products and production.
• Work in conjunction with Paragon to grow our portfolio and optimize products, lead efforts in asphalt mixtures.
• Work with Area Sales Managers to cover needs for specialty product promotion and support.
• Work with the Communications group and lead efforts in assisting with development of specialty product promotional products.
  • Booth graphics
  • Brochures
  • Magazine ads
  • Technical documents for products
• Utilize relationships and capitalize on opportunities in our local markets to promote specialty products and/or all products.
• Provide field support for all products.
• Work with Business leaders to ensure opportunities for conference attendance and promotional opportunities are connected to the sales strategy and maximize and balance short term and long-term growth.
• Lead efforts with Business development leader on licensing and branding specialty products.

Qualifications:

• BS in Civil Engineering or equivalent technical background.
• Ability to speak in public.
• Ability to relate to all customers on a technical basis - owner agencies, consulting engineers and contractors.
• Well-established favorable industry reputation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and able to bend, stoop and kneel as needed.
• Able to wear proper PPE when required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Requires working in office conditions, performing some clerical work, working periodically outside in a manufacturing plant environment, with and around operational process equipment in temperature extremes for periods of time.
• Able to work around asphalt and other related chemicals on an ongoing basis.
• Able to provide job site and field support of projects.
• Able and willing to travel for business needs. The travel expectation for this position is 2 nights on average per week.

Ergon offers a competitive benefits package: 401(k), Health, Life, Dental, Holidays, Vacation, Sick Leave, Tuition Assistance and Profit Sharing

Ergon is an EEO/AAP Employer.

Email your resume, No Walk-ins or Phone Calls will be accepted. Applicant will be contact for interviews.

Employment offer contingent upon pre-employment drug test, background check, and MVR.

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