Chemist

Pay Range

$20.00/hr - $25.00/hr

12 Months Contract (Potential Temp to Perm)

$20/hr - $25/hr (Depending on Experience)

1st Shift (M-F; 7:30am-4pm)

• Bachelor's Degree in a Chemistry, Polymer Science, Coatings Science, or Chemical Engineering
• Prior knowledge of coatings formulation is preferred (0-2 years)

• Respond to color match requests and color design work for wood flooring and other building material customers.
• Maintain new or alternative pigments and/or raw materials to enable supply security and mitigate production disruptions. Design and execute the experiments for the raw material testing.
• Collaborate with sales team for product attributes and build strong working relationships with new customers to increase potential business opportunities.
• Interact with production to investigate product quality problems, resolve root cause, assemble, and analyze data and implement corrective action to reduce or eliminate cause.
• Communicate and ensure recordkeeping through written/verbal summaries, reports, and presentations to both internal and external customers.
• With feedback from technical service, address customer complaints/concerns through root cause analysis and/or formulation changes.
• Through experimental design, manipulates formulation variables to enhance UV cure coatings primarily for the flooring market.
• Level I: 0-3 years.
• Knowledgeable of chemistry/coatings technology and scientific test methods.
• Performs independently by planning and executing specific phases of a project, subject to direction of a senior exempt employee.
• Develops understanding of fundamental principles and root cause analysis.
• Uses these principles to design experiments and BPI tools that effectively lead to problem solving.
• Provides direct support to field technical problems; travel as needed.

Associate

Contract

Manufacturing

Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing and Manufacturing