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. This role is expected to possess the ability to lead projects of varying levels of complexity with little to no supervision. The Chemist II role will be provided with ample opportunities to demonstrate development of technical expertise while providing support to internal and external customers. Although they are not expected to be a technical expert in any specific technology, they will have opportunities to develop such expertise and demonstrate leadership to lesser experienced chemists within the lab. This position is based in the Minneapolis worksite with approximately 25% -45% travel within North America.
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•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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
•Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying for employment (without now or in the future needing sponsorship for employment work visa and/or permanent residence status).
•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)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•5+ years Waterborne or Electrodeposition coatings formulation experience within the industrial coatings market
•Understanding of 1K and 2K Solvent and waterborne coating formulation
•Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
•Design of Experiment
Travel Requirements: Up to 40%
This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.