Job Description

Mid-sized and long-standing specialty chemical company is looking for an experienced industrial coatings formulator for a Research and Development Chemist position. If you’re looking to join a stable company with opportunities for promotion in the near future, this could be a great opportunity for you!

Duties

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Provides technical support for both internal business units and external customer.
• Creates technical documentation, reports, formal letters and emails, and presentations.
• Directly assists production operations with problems that could stall production, delay customer order, or result in non-conforming product.
• Formulate new products and maintains existing products. Evaluates new raw materials and potential vendors.
• Develops, facilitates, and executes research and development activities including but not limited to formula entry and creating SDS.
• Ensures compliance to quality standards; assist in quality control when necessary.
• Develop production procedures for new products or formula modifications.
• Formulate various coating systems and set up production procedures.
• Effectively interacts with customers, internal sales, and suppliers.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Technical Director.

Salary

$60,000 - $100,000

Benefits

M/D/L/401K

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) in physical sciences from four-year college or university.
• Two to 5 years’ experience with alkyd, 2 component epoxy and urethane coatings.
• Proficient on database software, development software, inventory, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Experience in scaling up paint products from the lab to manufacturing.
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Devin Heffernan at ***email_hidden***.

JO: 5.1.26BDH

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