Formulation and Application Scientist – Adhesives

Specialty chemical manufacturer is looking for an adhesives formulation chemist to join their team.  If you have a minimum of 7+ years of experience formulating adhesives and are goal oriented, this could be a great opportunity for you!  Our client offers great benefits!

Duties:

• Perform application and bonding of substrates and adhesives
• Set up application equipment (i.e., melters, coaters, pumps, nozzles)
• Solve related product performances
• Perform testing such as environmental aging, flatwise tension test, peel and shear testing, cleavage, rolling ball tack, and Instron machine
• Formulate and understand the functionality of raw materials
• Assist in characterization and troubleshooting products in analytical lab
• Maintain organization and inventory of lab supplies and equipment
• Create procedures for project work:
  • Preparation, safe handling, and application products, description of ASTM methods, forms for reporting results concisely
• Limited travel when necessary
• Provide support and perform projects on time and communicate turnaround time of projects
• Analyze and organize data, present findings, and conclusion in written and verbal form
• Provide technical support by making the best recommendations for products and process conditions
• Perform field tests and appropriate late tests
• Utilize applications knowledge to guide new product development efforts
• Determine and recommend product and process modifications that improve conversation company business
• Host customer training
• Support creation and maintenance of TDS sheets
• Routinely update call notes, project updates, and reports

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Alicia Mytnik at amytnik@cps4jobs.com.

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Salary
$120,000

Technical Qualifications:

• 7+ years of adhesives formulation
• Someone that can be hands on and work at bench formulating and application testing
• Someone who can talk with customers about how the adhesives are bonded, formulated, how they are used, and applied
• Someone who is comfortable working in the lab to run application testing such as physical testing, roll coating adhesives, performance testing on projects, and some analytical testing
• Organized
• Able to work independently
• Urethane experience is preferred for adhesives
• Experience writing safety procedures for lab
• Expertise on ASTM test procedures on what equipment is needed
• Experience working with sourcing team to purchase items for lab

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Alicia Mytnik at amytnik@cps4jobs.com.

JO:  297.24AM
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