PD Chemist

High performance polymer manufacturer looking for a chemist with hands-on formulation experience in adhesives / coatings / rubbers.  Company offers excellent benefits and allows for career growth!

This position is responsible for assisting with or independently performing pressure sensitive adhesives projects to solve customer-related issues.  This chemist will execute mixing trials, lab coating, polymer synthesis, testing, data analysis, and report writing.  This chemist will bring technical solutions to customers by working collaboratively with other departments.  This individual will perform hands-on lab work using reliable scientific and technical methodologies to develop new adhesive solutions to commercialization.

Duties:

• Independently design limited scale lab experiments; contributions to the design of lab-scale mixing and coating experiments
• Additionally, assists in executing lab mixing and coating experiments designed by others
• Assists and/or leads polymerization reaction for new adhesive development
• Leads testing or production trials
• Prepares samples and conducts various tests to determine properties of adhesives and tapes
• Records, organizes, and communicates results / data from experiments and testing
• Performs analysis of data, draws conclusions, and makes experimental recommendations and drafts reports
• Gathers design criteria from customer via conference calls, video calls, and in person meetings. Uses this information to design and create custom adhesives solutions
• Travels to customer sites to implement standards and develop products into the customers’ manufacturing or production lines
• Maintains lab areas, storage areas, and equipment
• Responsible for following all applicable waste handling procedures
• Supervise 1-3 technicians

**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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Technical Qualifications:

• BS or higher in chemistry, polymer science or materials science; adhesive polymerization, formulation, and coating experience preferred
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in formulation could be in adhesives, coatings, silicones, or elastomers – adhesives is preferred
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to visit customers, troubleshoot technical issues etc.
• Requires a demonstrated ability to use sensitive test equipment
• Ability to employ statistical analysis techniques
• Ability to manage and supervise laboratory staff

**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:  88.23AM
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