R+D Chemist
Job Description
R+D Chemist
Small family-owned company looking for a R+D Chemist with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a few years of experience in industrial/marine coatings. This role will formulate and perform testing on coatings. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organization with a positive working culture. Company offers excellent insurance plan and 401k with match!
Duties:
- Adhere to all company safety guidelines and maintain a safe work environment
- Formulate new coating product prototypes and evaluate them for chemical and physical properties, performance, and stability
- Improve current formulations of products when needed
- Research product formulations of products when needed
- Research product formulations and properties of raw materials
- Prepare and provide samples for customer field testing
- Establish product specifications and procedures required for R&D projects
- Support scale-ups from prototype to commercial manufacture
- Obtain process technology and equipment information for production
- Obtain data and information required for regulatory submissions and patent applications
- Support on technical service for operations and consumer relations
- Conduct research and field evaluations on new products
- Provide technical and supervisory support within the laboratory and other departments as required
- Coordinate research and development activities within all organizational departments
- Develop reports and documents detailing project processes, results and conclusions
- Attend coatings focused conferences to stay up to date on technology in the field and to develop industry relationships
- Maintain supplier relationships
**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
$70,000
Benefits
M/D/V/401(k)
Job Requirements
Technical Qualifications:
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making abilities; ability to function independently with little supervision
- Basic knowledge of formulation and experimental design
- BA or BS in science related field; preferably chemistry related major
- MS or Ph.D. in chemistry field preferred
- 2-3 years’ experience in R&D position
**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: 62.25AM
#LI-AM2