Facility Technical Manager

Role details

As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2025 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,100 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in 150 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.

The Facility Technical Manager will play a critical role in supporting H.B. Fuller's Aerospace Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Charlotte, NC, 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 Facility Technical Manager is a senior engineering leader responsible for the site's technical, process engineering, quality, and laboratory functions. This role leads the Process Engineering and Quality & Laboratory teams and partners with Operations, R&D, and Regional Quality in a highly regulated aerospace environment.

This 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 which the role will be fully based in Charlotte.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Site Startup Leadership

- 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.

PMF & Product Quality

- 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.

Quality Systems & Compliance

- 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.

Continuous Improvement & Technical Leadership

- 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.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline required; Chemical Engineering strongly preferred. - 10+ years of engineering, technical, or quality experience in aerospace, chemical, adhesive, or sealant manufacturing. - 5+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline. - Experience with aerospace sealants, polysulfide, epoxy, or two-component adhesive systems. - Experience with pre-mixed & 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.

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Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, and geographic location.

The salary for this role is $110,000 - $145,000.

In addition to your salary, H.B. Fuller offers employees a competitive total rewards package including comprehensive benefits, incentive and recognitions programs, health & wellness benefits, 401K contributions, paid time off and paid holidays. Eligibility may vary.

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.