Senior R&D Lead- Building Systems in Nottingham

At Saint-Gobain we are looking for a Senior R&D Lead - Building Systems to join our Central Innovation R&D centre in East Leake, helping to deliver innovative building systems and solutions for construction markets worldwide. This role sits within our central innovation function, focused on understanding how products and systems perform within real building applications. Working closely with customers, project teams and international stakeholders, you’ll play a key role in developing technical system knowledge, supporting full-scale testing programmes and identifying new solutions to complex construction and performance challenges.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a higher scientific, civil engineering or building systems background who enjoys combining technical expertise, customer understanding and hands-on problem solving within a highly collaborative R&D environment. Saint-Gobain is a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, designing, manufacturing and distributing materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Our innovation teams are focused on delivering high-performance, sustainable solutions that improve everyday life and create better living spaces around the world.

This role is based on-site in East Leake, 5 days per week with 20% travel required.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree/higher degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related engineering/science discipline.
• Experience working within building systems, construction products, technical engineering or R&D environments.
• Strong understanding of structural calculations, system performance and how products function within real building applications.
• Experience of creation (CAD) and interpretation of technical drawings.
• Knowledge of normative frameworks.
• Experience supporting testing programmes, interpreting standards, norms and technical results and communicating findings to a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to understand customer challenges and translate them into technical solutions.

What you will be doing:

• Support and lead full-scale system testing programmes, analysing performance and identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Work closely with customers, project teams and international stakeholders to understand technical requirements and system challenges.
• Provide technical expertise around building systems, structural performance and product application within construction environments.
• Support / lead certification process.
• Coordinate and communicate testing activity, technical findings and project progress across R&D and wider business teams.
• Contribute to the development of innovative system solutions that improve performance, compliance and customer value.

Saint-Gobain is a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, following our purpose of ‘Making the World a Better Home’. We play a part in improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

At Saint-Gobain, we’re always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We’ll happily discuss any need you might have for this role. Whilst we can’t promise to meet every request when we’re recruiting, we do promise to listen.

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person — we look forward to hearing from you!