Facility Technical Manager

H.B. Fuller•Charlotte, NC

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Facility Technical Manager is a senior engineering leader supporting H.B. Fuller’s Aerospace Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company’s primary manufacturing and packaging site for aerospace polysulfide sealants and premix-and-frozen (PMF) products serving commercial, defense, and space customers worldwide. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the role is responsible for the site's technical, process engineering, quality, and laboratory functions, leading the Process Engineering and Quality & Laboratory teams while partnering with Operations, R&D, and Regional Quality in a highly regulated aerospace environment. The position will help launch the facility, including laboratory startup, product transfer, and qualification. Travel to other H.B. Fuller sites is required approximately one week per month for the first six months; after that, the role will be fully based in Charlotte.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; Chemical Engineering is strongly preferred.
10 or more years of engineering, technical, or quality experience in aerospace, chemical, adhesive, or sealant manufacturing.
5 or more years leading engineering, quality, or laboratory teams.
Experience working within an AS9100 quality system in an aerospace or defense manufacturing environment.
Proven record leading process validation, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and customer or certification audits.
Ability to travel approximately one week per month for the first six months.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Experience with aerospace sealants, polysulfide, epoxy, or two-component adhesive systems.
Experience with premixed and frozen syringe or cartridge filling, or temperature-controlled products.
Nadcap experience and new site startup or product transfer experience.
Professional Engineer (PE) license, ASQ CQE, or Six Sigma Black Belt.
SAP experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the site technical department, including process engineering, quality, and laboratory staff, and build a strong technical bench.
Lead process, laboratory, and equipment readiness, method transfer, and qualification for production startup and transferred products.
Oversee testing and release of raw materials, intermediates, bulk, and finished products.
Establish quality controls for PMF products, including freezer monitoring, temperature excursions, shelf life, and cold-chain shipping.
Ensure lot traceability from raw materials through syringe, cartridge, kit, and finished goods.
Lead material disposition and nonconformance decisions, escalating to R&D or Regional Quality as needed.
Lead the site ISO 9001, AS9100, and applicable Nadcap quality systems, including document and change control.
Lead internal, customer, and certification audits, and support product qualifications and customer approvals.
Maintain quality records, specifications, batch tickets, and laboratory procedures.
Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions using 8D, SPC, FMEA, and related tools.
Track and reduce cost of poor quality, and report on key quality metrics.
Direct process engineering efforts in scale-up, process validation, and capability improvement, and partner with R&D on new product introduction.
Serve as the primary product quality contact for customers, sales, and customer service.