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This role spans the full product development lifecycle—from initial concept through commercialization—and includes continuous improvement of existing grease and open gear lubricant (OGL) formulations to meet evolving industry, OEM, and customer requirements. This role is critical in ensuring our BEL-RAY grease and OGL portfolio remains technically differentiated, market-relevant, and aligned with the strategic direction of the business which is focusing on growth in mining and food-grade - both require this area of expertise.\nKEY OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nLead grease, open gear lubricant (OGL), and semi-solid lubricant product development projects across industrial, automotive, mining, and specialty applications.\nDevelop greases and OGLs that demonstrate measurable performance advantages.\nSecure relevant OEM and industry approvals and NLGI certifications.\nCollaborate closely with key suppliers and industry experts to assess base oil, thickener, and additive technologies.\nDesign and execute test programs to benchmark performance against industry standards and OEM specifications.\nWork with Cross-functional teams to develop company products that support brand strategy by collaborating with suppliers and OEMs to deliver innovative products.\nEvaluate function and performance of raw materials—including base oils, thickener systems, and additive packages—in grease and OGL formulations.\nProvide expert technical support and problem-solving solutions to external customers and internal cross-functional teams such as quality-control, production, sales, marketing teams and customers.\nDesign and execute test programs to demonstrate and validate product technology, claims, and benefits.\nSupport scale-up of grease and OGL formulations from bench batch through pilot kettle and full-scale plant production, partnering with manufacturing to ensure consistency and yield.\nMaintain knowledge of industry and specifications, OEMs, NLGI, ELGI, ASTM, ISO, DIN, STLE and other test standards applicable to greases and open gear lubricants.\nDevelop and maintain product development processes.\nCollaborate with, direct the work for and manage R&D Chemists.\nMentor, coach, and train R&D Chemists and laboratory technicians, and deliver product support training to internal and external customers.\nOther duties as required.\nREQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCES:\nBachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related scientific field. MS or PhD preferred.\nMinimum 10 years research experience in formulating greases, open gear lubricants, and/or finished lubricants.\nHands-on experience with grease manufacturing processes, including thickener saponification, kettle operations, milling, and homogenization.\nWorking knowledge of major thickener systems (lithium, lithium complex, calcium sulfonate, polyurea, clay, and aluminum complex).\nEstablished laboratory safety, technical competency with strong lubricant and grease principles background.\nExperience using analytical equipment according to ASTM, DIN and ISO methods, including penetration, dropping point, roll stability, water washout, and bearing life testing.\nExperience in the lubricants industry and working with OEMs, additive companies, and base oil companies.\nDemonstrated experience leading, developing, and supervising technical staff.\nStrong attention to detail, problem solving, and organizational skills.\nEffective writing and oral presentation skills to clearly communicate ideas, data, recommendations, and conclusions.\nEffective project management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects and other technical tasks simultaneously and deliver results in a timely manner.\nStrong interpersonal, networking and communication skills to work with suppliers, OEMs, customers, and at industry meetings such as NLGI, ELGI, and STLE.\nCOMPETENCIES:\nBusiness Acumen & Partnership – Demonstrated ability to understand the business and align activity to meet business needs at both strategic and operational levels.\nDelivers Results – Attentive to detail and demonstrated ability to deliver on accountabilities to help the business and the team be successful. Track record of high-performance.\nDrive– Positive energy, ambitious, courageous, flexible but decisive, with the ability to take on continuous and complex business challenges in a fast-paced environment. Persistence to drive to solutions despite obstacles and/or competing priorities.\nEmotional Maturity – Ability to withstand pressure and manage emotions effectively to create the right effect on people and organization.\nEthics & Integrity – High degree of personal integrity in all business dealings.\nFunctional Skill – General awareness, exposure, and understanding across product development, research and innovation.\nJudgment/Decision-Making – Smart, with the ability to think through issues and make wise decisions, often without all facts and information or high levels of direction.\nLeadership & Development of Others – Enjoys mentoring, coaching, and educating; builds technical capability in others and develops high-performing teams.\nProblem-Solving & Opportunity Identification – Ability to frame clear problem statements and use objective information and data to help solve complex business challenges and generate options and solutions for business leaders. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement to contribute value to the business.\nTeamwork/Collaboration – An effective team player with a positive attitude, strong customer service orientation, and focused on delivering outstanding results to clients and the business.\nDemonstration of Calumet Values – Safety, Environment & Social Responsibility, Teamwork, Ownership, Passion for Customers, and Excellence","description_format":"text","description_chars":5995,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Chemical Manufacturing","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T15:26:20Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-15T03:26:32Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-10-20T05:53:49Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":16,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/calumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/calumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T12:25:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17913,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2299932},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2299932"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcalumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcalumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcalumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/calumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcalumet-research-development-manager-grease-ogl"}]}