Senior Research Chemist

Senior Research Chemist

Location:

Littleton, CO

Pay Range
: $-$ (annual)

This is the base salary pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire. Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors. In addition, this position is eligible for an incentive bonus.

The function of the Senior Research Chemist's role is to participate/lead in technical projects, develop new products and formulations to support Johns Manville Engineered Products (EP) and Insulation Systems (IS) businesses, design and conduct pilot/plant trials, and provide technological services to meet customer or operational needs.

• Participate in or lead cross‑functional teams to execute technical projects in the areas of binders and nonwovens
• Travel to manufacturing plants to apply technical expertise to product or process development projects
• Present project updates internally to peers or externally to customers
• Provide internal technical service for operations when product/process issues or customer complaints arise for existing and new products
• Hands‑on work with laboratory and pilot equipment
• Use statistical tools to design experiments and analyze data
• Use material characterization techniques to collect property and process data; and develop structure/process/property relationships
• May be required to perform other related duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in polymer science, chemistry, materials science or related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of research and development experience
• Master's degree or PhD with 2+ years of relevant industrial experience preferred
• Solid knowledge of chemical reactions and techniques for chemical synthesis and characterization
• Extensive knowledge of chemical analysis and mechanical evaluation
• Experience with statistical tools such as Design of Experiments (DOE) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
• Experience in working directly with production operations and business partners
• Proven ability to use multi‑disciplinary approach for problem solving
• Proven project management skills
• Proven ability to lead cross functional project teams and to meet aggressive program deliverables
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Plant trial experience preferred
• Moderate to heavy travel required (10-20%)
• Work environment is typical of a research laboratory. When working in a plant, may be exposed to environmental conditions of cold, heat, high noise levels, moving mechanical parts, heights, dust/mist/gas/fumes, extensive walking or climbing, etc.

Johns Manville offers a wide range of benefits to employees, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision plans, a wellness program, critical illness insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid vacation, paid sick and parental leave, basic life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.

The company also offers tax‑saving accounts, tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and certain graduate programs, and extensive educational opportunities and mentoring programs.

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long‑term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing.