Join Our Team

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain intimate knowledge of CLC as a structural building material along with its advantages and drawbacks.
• Collaborate with EchoStone construction management team to design custom CLC mixes in international markets. The design mixes will use regionally available materials and must meet customers’ unique requirements.
• Work together with international testing agencies to optimize CLC mixes and troubleshoot any performance issues.
• Work with EchoStone Construction and Training Team to create training material specific to production of CLC and course corrections dependent upon environmental and material changes.
• Advise on proper application of internationally recognized specifications (ACI, ASTM, etc.) in CLC production.
• Collaborate with international Testing and Standards authorities to facilitate the acceptance of CLC as a recognized structural building component.
• Collaborate in the development of standard structural designs and details for CLC, including the interaction between CLC and steel reinforcement.
• Develop field Quality Control standard operating procedures in partnership with Operations Team
• Mine intelligence and contacts from conferences, trade shows and other events.
• Organize a product portfolio of new and existing technologies
• Evaluate and prioritize new product initiatives
• Conduct market analysis, including opportunity identification and competitive technology assessment
• Develop and use metrics to apply to the evaluation of technologies that would improve performance and profitability
• Communicate important trends and learnings as they happen. Feed learnings back into the product discovery process.

Recommended Qualifications

• An upper-class undergraduate, masters or doctoral candidate in engineering or architecture with a technical focus related to sustainable building materials and allied technologies.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and CAD
• Strong project management, execution, and follow-through skills
• Emotional maturity to manage stress and ambiguity that comes with an entrepreneurial and innovative business

Core Competencies To Be Successful

• Experience in concrete production, testing, and quality control
• Proficient in designing custom concrete mixes
• Broad knowledge of cement and aggregate properties and how they affect concrete quality
• Knowledge and experience of volumetric concrete production
• Experience in internationally recognized concrete specifications
• Professional maturity - ability to engage with clients in a professional manner
• Detail oriented and well organized
• Strong follow-through skills
• Strong communications skills (both written and verbal) and ability to communicate clearly to all levels in the organization including a broad base of finance and business partners in other cultures
• Strong computer skills including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

If you or someone you know is qualified and interested in this role, please forward their resume with a cover letter regarding their interest to Elise Gaffney at Elise.Gaffney@echohousing.com