Technical Service and Application Chemist

A top chemical manufacturer is looking for a bachelor’s or master’s degreed chemist who has 5+ years of direct experience formulating, performing technical service, and application work with construction chemicals.  The company is extremely stable and offers excellent benefits.

Duties and Responsibilities:.

• Set strategy for NAFTA market in coordination with the NAFTA Decorative Coatings End Use Manager and Global Construction Chemicals End Use Manager
• Outline, organize, perform and lead technical service experiments and projects for its assigned end-uses(s), as approved by end use managers
• Review and modify technical service protocol from the chemists in the team
• Mentor and train chemists on construction chemicals test methods and formulations
• Draft reports of technical service experiments performed
• Interface with laboratory staff in Germany on processes, problem solving, and new products
• Must be able to relay technical information in informal conversation, written report, or presentation formats to paint & coatings customers, raw materials, employees and visitors to the laboratory
• Must be willing to travel to Germany, on occasion, for training purposes. Must also be willing to travel to sales meeting(s), as necessary
• Must be willing to travel to customers and distributors (up to 30-40% of their time) to present lab TSR’s, new LP products & Projects to customers in North America independently or with Sales Staff and End-Use Manager
• Act as technical liaison to labs in Germany, Netherlands, US, and Mexico
• Must be willing to present and attend seminars and trade shows, as necessary
• Order and maintain stock of needed raw materials for construction chemicals lab
• Interface with raw material suppliers regarding pigments, resins, and starting point formulations for paints & coatings
• Guide chemists in the lab with project recommendations, SPF information and LP screening based on market experience
• Guide team to prepare demonstration materials for use by our sales and distribution staff as directed by End Use Managers & Application Technology Specialists
• Lead/aid the chemist team to respond to customer technical inquiries received by telephone
• Outline and execute the evaluation of competitive additive products as agreed upon by End Use Managers & Applied Technology Specialists
• Evaluation of new construction chemicals raw materials such as binders, solvents, pigments, etc., insofar as they might affect business per agreement with End-Use Managers & Application Technology Specialists
• Handle hazardous waste according to procedure
• Follow emergency response procedures
• Proactively addresses and corrects all unsafe behaviors and conditions
• Ensures compliance with safety policies
• Maintains an orderly workplace
• Prepare monthly reports of activities performed (i.e., project completed, ongoing projects, etc.)
• Respond to customer technical inquiries
• Must successfully complete RCRA training according to job function and the regulations
• Must successfully complete DOT Awareness training
• Participates in emergency response as defined in the program and training capability
• Data Entry

**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

$110,000 - $120,000

Technical Qualifications:

• BS in Chemistry or related
• Minimum of 5 years of construction coatings formulation experience
• Ability to distinguish fine variations in color and gloss
• Data entry skills
• Ability to work with chemical (particularly additives, pigments, binders, solvents…)
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to drive a car
• Ability to travel by ground and by air
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Knowledge of additives especially for Construction Chemicals
• Sales and business knowledge of Construction Chemicals market
• Understanding of construction chemicals application methods
• Understanding of problems and defects encountered in construction chemicals formulation and application
• Knowledge of laboratory equipment (dispersion, rheology measurement, gloss & color measurement, spraying, etc.)
• Knowledge of working procedures for the performance of technical service requests and projects
• Knowledge of physical and health hazards associated with the use of chemicals
• Knowledge of computer programs necessary to perform job accurately: word processor, spreadsheets, presentation program

**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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