Sr Lab Technical Operator, Inkjet R&D – Billerica, MA Onsite

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Cabot has an exciting opportunity for a Sr Lab Technical Operator to join the Inkjet Research & Development team and help grow Inkjet’s business in the fast-growing, emerging industrial inkjet printer market at the Billerica, MA R&D location.

The Sr Lab Technical Operator will work within the existing team and collaborate with experts on new product development, scale-up, process optimization and performance testing for both existing and new products.

The Sr Lab Technical Operator will work under minimal supervision to perform a variety of standard and non-routine activities related to production and testing of aqueous pigment dispersions and equipment installation and modification at laboratory and potentially pilot scales.

We are seeking a qualified technical operator, who enjoys working in the lab environment, creating new prototypes and modelling the customer’s experience through application testing.

• Are you interested in joining a team that appreciates each member’s unique talents and values their contributions to the business’ success?
• Are you a positive, hard-working, energetic, and motivated professional with a passion for building relationships with a diverse team of colleagues?
• Are you excited to be hands-on and explore your ideas at the bench and pilot scale?
• Are you curious, coachable, and passionate about learning? Are you interested in driving sustainability and safety into all aspects of the work that you do?

If so, please consider the opportunity we have for you to join our team!

• Use various equipment and apparatus required for mixing, milling, reaction, purification, and filtration to prepare samples. Ability to recognize and troubleshoot issues with equipment/processes and participate in the resolution of problems. May assemble and install process equipment used for testing purposes.
• Follow experimental plan as set by project leader. Prepare logistics, materials, and equipment, and ensure that experiments and testing are conducted thoroughly and on a timely basis.
• Demonstrates a solid grasp of the underlying principles governing equipment and process functionality.
• Monitors work requests from initiation through to completion. May work with others to develop test methods for new or existing pieces of equipment.
• Perform routine tests to collect dispersion physicals, such as pH, viscosity, particle size, and surface tension. Perform applications testing to understand customer experience, which may include print testing using computer software, drawdowns, image analysis, and simple color evaluation of inks.
• Keeps good observational notes, diligently enters data to database. Generates, organizes data, provides summary interpretation to identify issues and trends as necessary. Experience with electronic notebook systems a plus.
• Calibrates testing equipment and performs routine maintenance, as needed.
• Provides training and work orientation to less-experienced employees as needed. Acts as a resource to others.
• Adheres to all intellectual property standards throughout area of responsibility.
• Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001® technical specification, as applicable to the site/region.
• Strictly follows and complies with all SH&E procedures,…