Sr. Analytical Chemist

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Join Georgia Pacific's Analytical Services Team at the Neenah Technical Center as a Sr. Analytical Chemist to deliver actionable chemical and instrumental analysis that supports R&D, operations, and manufacturing. You'll solve production and analytical challenges, develop and validate methods, and enable data‑driven decisions that improve product performance and plant reliability. The ideal candidate is a practical problem‑solver with a generalist mindset—comfortable handling a wide variety of tasks, working across analytical techniques, and shifting priorities as business needs evolve.

The Analytical Services Team provides cross‑functional laboratory support across the Neenah Technical Center, product development, and manufacturing sites. We partner with R&D and plant teams to establish testing capabilities, troubleshoot operational issues, and translate analytical results into practical solutions.

• Translate complex analytical results into clear recommendations that resolve plant issues and improve process performance.
• Characterize and quantify unknown compounds in complex matrices to support troubleshooting and new product work.
• Develop and validate analytical methods that produce reliable data to guide product development and manufacturing decisions.
• Maintain and optimize laboratory instrumentation to ensure consistent uptime and quality of test results.
• Establish and expand testing capabilities for current and future materials in collaboration with product development teams.
• Produce concise technical reports and research summaries that communicate findings to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Apply strong laboratory safety practices and follow established protocols to protect people and data integrity.

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in an Analytical Services or similar laboratory environment.
• Hands‑on experience operating and maintaining analytical instrumentation.
• Demonstrated experience with method development, method validation, or routine analytical testing.

• Advanced degree in Chemistry (MS or PhD).
• Proven experience developing, validating, and implementing new analytical test methods.
• Background in analytical, inorganic, polymer, and/or organic chemistry, including prior research experience.
• Experience troubleshooting instrumentation and performing routine preventive maintenance.
• Track record of effectively communicating data‑driven recommendations to cross‑functional teams.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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