Technical Engineer (Concrete)

About the role

Sika (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sika AG, manufactures, trades and supplies specialty construction chemicals for the building and construction industry. It is looking for a Technical Engineer (Concrete) to support product application, development and technical advice on concrete admixtures.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in product development and production optimisation, and prepare samples according to product formulation for laboratory evaluation and customer requests.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting to customers and salespeople, and give technical advice on concrete admixtures to internal staff.
• Take part in planning and running lab trials and tests, and develop methods for preparing cured samples and sample blocks.
• Deliver product training and demonstrations to the sales team, applicators and end users, and act as technical advisor on customer complaints, site visits and investigation reports.
• Visit sites to check that systems are applied correctly, build relationships with applicator customers, run quality reports and assess their competence.
• Maintain records of in-house and external test data, analyse results and recommend improvements, and communicate with independent laboratories on testing.
• Lead quality control, certificate of analysis, audit and EHS matters for the lab, and keep lab tools and equipment clean and well maintained.
• Complete ad-hoc tasks assigned by the R&D Manager or Technical Manager.

Required profile

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Chemistry or a related field.
• Fluent in multiple languages.
• Good communication skills.
• Computer-literate.