Senior Scientist - Waterborne Coatings - Industrial and Architectural

Senior Scientist – Waterborne Coatings – Industrial and Architectural

This role will be doing innovation and developing new waterborne coatings systems for OEM and Consumer use. Key role in the company will be leading new product development efforts and has the opportunity to grow into a Technical Leadership role! If you’ve been missing a career path, this is an incredible chance! You should have an expert level of technical knowledge with a strong track record of product and process development, innovation, and commercialization in coating technologies.

You must also possess strong, demonstrated competencies and experience in project management accompanied by people and organizational leadership skills.

• Expertise in broad ranges of coating chemistries particularly acrylic, epoxy, urethane, polyaspartics and siloxanes, etc.
• Expertise in application and testing.
• Formulation science for various coating systems of primer, basecoats, topcoat systems for liquid waterborne, solvent borne and 2K coatings along with expert understanding of DIY, Contractor, and OEM Coatings.
• Strong command on analytical methods and structure property relationship.
• Expert understanding of manufacturing process and product development.

• Action Oriented – ability to make strategic decisions (technical and staff utilization) and influence leaders and scientists to execute those initiatives while managing business strategy and value creation.
• Demonstrated skillset and track record in creating an environment to scout new ideas and innovation.
• Continuous learning and intimate awareness of open literature and competitive landscape.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute project plan – time management, prioritization, managing the projects and R&D projects / teams and measuring progress.
• Excellent effectiveness to allocate resources towards initiatives by working with cross‑functional leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with project stakeholders and cross‑functional teams, leadership and external scientific community.

• Outstanding personal and interpersonal skills – listening, compassion, motivating, inspiring, humor, patience, understanding diversity, negotiating etc.
• Energetic, Driving and Inspiring.
• Action oriented, perseverance and results driven.
• Demonstrates Courage.
• Leadership (technical & managerial) command skills, conflict management.
• Continuous learning / growth and mentorship and teaching skills.

• Ability to lead and interact with cross‑functional teams in a matrixed organization.
• Agility to respond to emerging business needs – strong change of management skills.
• Managing high stakes and challenging situations with all levels of organization.
• Using, assessing the organizational processes and developing new processes to improve efficiency and quality.

• At least 4 years of technical supervisory or leadership experience with a diverse workforce.
• M.S. or equivalent science degree in Chemistry.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of organic chemistry, or related science field.
• Minimum 10 years’ technical experience in product development in specific area of expertise.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, quality assurance, scale‑up procedures, applications, raw materials purchasing, and regulatory matters.
• Must be computer literate.
• 2 to 3 years’ successful working experience with marketing group.

Salary: $100,000 – $140,000 + Bonus.

Benefits:
All insurance options, 401K, Pension Plan, Vacation time, and more.