Scientist – Home Care Formulations

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations.

Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better.
** Primary responsibilities include:
*** Actively seeks to understand and utilizes the understanding of chemical structures, their function relationships and interactions in the FE formulation matrices: FSL, FSS
* Participates in design and conducts experiments to formulate desired NBE (national Brand Equivalent) performance matrices/formulations
* Reviews data, provides preliminary interpretation and draws conclusions.  Proposes and executes the next steps/strategies of development efforts. Reports progress/issues on a timely basis
* Ensures accuracy of generated data during laboratory testing and reports according to standard operating procedures or customer requirements
* Obtains data to evaluate the composition and performance of the NB and competitive formulations/products
* Coordinates necessary tasks and discussions with R&D cross-functional teams to ensure the tasks are executed in a timely manner
* Works closely with R&D’s cross-functional teams: marketing, matrices/formulations testing, processing/engineering, and manufacturing during the development and commercialization of the FE formulations
* Works closely with business partners: supply chain, finance, purchasing when appropriate
* As needed, helps providing subject matter expert support regarding the off-specs formulations/batches
* Helps preparing presentations to the Ownership, management, customers and/or clients
* Conducts laboratory work and equipment maintenance in accordance with standard operating procedures
* Maintains laboratory notebook in accordance with standard operating procedures
* Ensures the laboratory is kept in a clean, orderly, and safe manner and reports any deficiencies
* Performs IP review for FTP studies
** The ideal candidate should possess the following:
*** Education — Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry or equivalent Science or Engineering related field  
• Experience — 2+ years of relevant laboratory and industry experience  
• Strong communication skills and ability to utilize good judgement to make timely, practical, and technically sound decisions
** Physical Requirements**:

Significant amount of time at a bench or a computer station. On rare occasions there is a need to lift up to twenty (20) pounds.

Estimated annual base salary range for this position is $75,000- $85,000

Base pay is only part of our total compensation package, which also includes an attractive annual discretionary bonus and robust suite of employee benefits for which you are eligible to participate in starting on your first day of employment.
* Base pay offered will be determined on an individualized basis and we will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
*** What We Offer You
** We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:
* Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
* Paid time off (three-week minimum)
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