Color Technician

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Location:

Lansing, MI, US, 48910

Facility:
Lansing-130

Department:
Performance Materials Color

Division:
Global APS

Lyondell Basellis a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary

Mo Re Tecrecycling  technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce.

We'readdressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.

Responsible for color matching activities to support new product development for molded-in-color polypropylene compounded resins for use in automotive and non-automotive applications. This position will translate strong knowledge of color theory, pigments, dyes and special effect colorants for polymers, plus fundamental polymer and processing knowledge to achieve a commercially viable custom color match meeting specific customer end use requirements of performance, appearance, and processing.

Responsible for management of color recipes, color quality specifications, acts as the technical expert to manufacturing and supports quality and non-conformance investigations for application field issues. Collaborates cross functionally and with internal and external stakeholders supporting color innovation activities aligned with Performance Materials business strategy. #LI-LL2

• Proficient in the development of color formulations, demonstrating precision in color matching to customer application requirements, achieving optimal colorant loading with minimal raw material costs.
• Proficient in operation of laboratory weighing, blending, compounding, molding equipment utilized in preparation of color samples as well as operation of color measurement systems and interpretation of results.
• Accurately document color or property performance data and observations, contributing to and maintaining color development projects, records, samples and retains.
• Responsible to create quality specification control plans, advise preferred production methods, support new product scale up activities at internal or subcontracted manufacturing sites, and act as a technical consultant to manufacturing sites for product, process, or quality resolution and other related items.
• Exhibit customer focused responsiveness and effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating proficient project management with ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Participation and support of key customer/partner/vendor relationships required to support business strategy.
• Collaborates globally and cross functionally in color innovation activities, new business development and best practice knowledge sharing.
• Provides color technical guidance to internal and external stakeholders in color appearance, processing, and performance for new or existing products and applications.
• Works cross functionally with manufacturing, procurement, product safety and other teams to ensure regulatory, product safety, quality, cost, and efficiency is optimized via recipe management.
• Deliver Goal Zero HSE performance through management systems and workplace culture.

Education:

• Minimum requirement is an associate degree in Color Science, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemistry, or Related Engineering or Business degree is preferred.

Work Experience:

• Two years of experience matching colors in thermoplastic polyolefin compounds is preferred.
• Two years of experience matching colors to Automotive OEM requirements is preferred.

• Strong leadership and people/organizational acumen demonstrated through previous experience within product development or manufacturing.
• Intimate knowledge of the properties, characteristics and processing behavior of pigments, and formulation knowledge with polymers, additives, functional modifiers, fillers, flame retardants, plasticize rs or other.
• Intimate knowledge of polymer processing and testing methods related to…