Waterborne Resin Synthesis Chemist - US or Citizens

If you’re a MS Chemist with a couple of years’ experience developing waterborne resins, or a new PhD in Organic or Polymer Chemistry trained in waterborne polymer synthesis, this could be an incredible opportunity to work alongside an industry expert before retirement! This is a very stable company with extremely low turnover. Midwest location, reasonable cost of living yet access to big city living options!

This Chemist plays a critical role in advancing corporate objectives through the development, commercialization, and industrialization of new products, while also supporting and enhancing existing technologies.

Chemists apply high-quality laboratory practices alongside a broad range of technical skills to solve complex challenges. These may include new product and process development, product and process optimization, support for existing products, raw material evaluations, plant operations assistance, customer formulation support, and general technical service. They are expected to work independently with minimal supervision, while actively collaborating with other R&D team members, cross-functional company departments, and customers.

• Preparing chemical formulations and prototypes via synthesis or blending
• Creating test articles using customer-relevant processes
• Conducting chemical analyses, quality control testing, mechanical property evaluations, and application testing

• Performs work in accordance with local, state and federal regulations including OSHA, DOT and EPA and the appropriate company Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) ensuring personal and team safety
• Recognizes personal and legal responsibility regarding compliance with rules and regulations, standards and company’s ISO 9001 Quality Management System
• Maintains housekeeping in individual and shared work spaces
• Conducts inspections as assigned
• Ensures that others meet health and safety standards. Provides guidance when needed
• Leads safety topic(s) in weekly safety meeting
• Participates in the following as needed:
  Health and Safety Committee, Review of chemical hygiene plan, Job safety analysis (JSA), Risk assessments, Incident investigations, Management of change (MOC)

• Conducts lab / project work related to one or more of the following:
  Product / process development (synthesis and/or blending), plant support, chemical analyses and mechanical testing, customer formulation assistance or purchasing support
• Maintains lab equipment through preventative maintenance, verification, and calibration
• Reports any equipment malfunctions
• Ensures that lab equipment inventory is maintained
• Executes experiments and tests following established test methods to ensure repeatable, reliable results

• Understand requirements of each project including benefits and risks. Interacts with other functions as necessary to resolve questions
• Plan experiments identifying and evaluating multiple input variables
• Develop test methods as needed
• Create schedule based on project priorities and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate critical thinking and ability to analyze results. Demonstrates ability to understand multiple variable relationships and their effects on results
• Write technical reports and/or create presentations summarizing results
• Recommend next actions to multi-functional project team
• Enter / maintain projects on company’s project request system
• Seek feedback and input from customers and/or appropriate company functions / management required to drive projects to completion

• Develops improved product / processes that are commercially successful. Support scale-up / transfer of product to manufacturing. Supports customer trials as applicable
• Develops multiple technically successful improved products / processes covering multiple chemistries, processes, application areas or markets
• Conducts basic literature searches for internal and external sources to assist with project planning and generate product / process development ideas
• Initiates exploratory projects to investigate potential innovative products or processes
• Participates…