R&D Chemist II – ECOAT

The Chemist II position is responsible for leading activities related to new product development, continuous improvement of existing product lines and maintenance of business opportunities within the General Industrial Electrodeposition coatings laboratory of the Performance Coatings Group.

• Contribute to the assessment, development, reformulation, quality, maintenance, and enhancement of products through planning, executing, and analysis of experiments with clear and accurate results.
• Accountable for the solutions to technical problems: product or process related.
• Demonstrate significant knowledge and use of chemicals, raw materials, substrates, and instruments used in coatings.
• Ability to complete individual work on simple projects with no direction.
• Accountable for providing timely and accurate solutions to problems of simple-to-moderate complexity.
• This position will develop towards “expert” status in at least one Ecoat technology.
• Adhere to company safety guidelines at all times.
• Project Management to create project timelines and meet required deadlines.
• Provide clear, accurate and timely project progress updates to stakeholders.
• Accountable to develop reports that entail project processes, results, and conclusions.
• Ability to complete projects and daily responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Travel for customer support (product trials and customer line trouble shooting).
• Train and mentor new or lower-level chemists and technicians.
• Participate in paint training sessions for our tech-service as well as customers.
• Monitor customers tank specifications, alert the team of any issues, generate data to support corrective actions with lab work, and compile an action plan for our customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.
• 3 years of coatings-specific industry experience
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)

• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges

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