R&D- Associate Chemist

The Associate Chemist position in our General Industrial division that is responsible for a variety of exciting activities related to developing new technologies and new platforms in our high-performance coatings.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff, employees, and business relationships.

Working closely with a mentor chemist developing, reformulating, maintaining and enhancing products through planning, executing and analysis of experiments with clear and accurate results, in a high-pace work environment.
Performing basic paint making processes
Performing basic coating formulations, applications and physical/performance testing methods
Providing timely and accurate data to help resolve field complaints, raw material issues, manufacturing problems, and support existing and new product development
Display a basic working knowledge of the use of chemicals, raw materials, substrate preparation and use instruments commonly found in a lab environment
Responsible for inputting data, data analysis and technical documentation daily into lab books or a database.
Functioning under substantial supervision but may lead individual or group projects. Product development and/or enhanced with consistent in performance and quality.
Utilizing advanced technologies to develop products that demonstrate improvements and difference that consumer can perceive and will desire.
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Application and troubleshooting of general industrial coatings

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying for employment (without now or in the future needing sponsorship for employment work visa and/or permanent residence status).
Bachelors degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.
Must be 18 years of age.
Employee may be required to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 55 lbs. on occasion with reasonable accommodation.
Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to determine the difference between colors so you can correctly tint paint to the colors desired by customers.
Employee must be able to tolerate non-toxic paint odors and be able to wear a respirator as required.
Must have the ability to work with a variety of chemicals safely, in a laboratory environment.
Demonstrated ability working with various types of equipment safely
Experience working with Microsoft Office programs, including Excel and Word.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1-2 years of professional coatings formulation experience or a combination of academic lab and or Internships /Co-op experience, with experience in Powder coating
Strong color matching skills in solid shade and effect coatings
Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment
Ability to travel to customer sites or internal manufacturing plants
Experience working with DOE, Minitab, Product Vision, Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word
4 year Bachelors degree of Science in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering or related field.

Travel Requirements: 10%

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.