Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, waterproofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

The Research Technician safely performs specialized R&D assignments, involving testing, analyzing, improving, installing, operating, and/or solving problems concerning our processes, equipment, and products for pre-applied and liquid waterproofing group.

 Main responsibilities include:

Prepares/processes materials samples including: Active involvement in standard and exploratory experiment design for pre-applied and liquid waterproofing materials. Routine laboratory activity to make or prep materials and test samples, Development work with non-routine R&D assignments such as the design of fixtures for experimental set-up and establishing proper data acquisition. Collects data and reports scientific and engineering data from laboratory equipment. Maintains laboratories and equipment including set-up, operation and troubleshooting of experimental equipment or instruments.