R&D- Staff Chemist

The R&D Staff Chemist will work extensively in the Building Products, Energy, and General Finishing market segments, supporting Powder coating technologies. This role requires close collaboration with Marketing, Sales, and end customers to advance technologies and meet product performance and warranty expectations.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

* Communicating effectively and promptly with managers, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders. This includes delivering formal and informal presentations as needed.
* Analyzing data to identify trends, resolve customer issues, and assess information for project advancement.
* Leading technically complex projects or multiple simpler projects with minimal supervisor input.
o Establishing timelines and identifying resource needs to support project work.
* Preferred knowledge of Powder coatings formulation and manufacturing methodology including TGIC / HAA / Hybrids / Acrylic / FEVE technology types
* Apply specialized knowledge/skills with polymers, adhesion, raw materials, instrumentation, extrusion, additives, and substrates to develop superior performance coatings and perform root cause analysis when problems arise.
* May directly work with and mentor chemists or technicians to support team project goals.

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.
* Must be at least 18 years of age
* Minimum of 7 years of experience in coatings research and development, extrusion process development, and reactive polymer systems
* Experience in formulating coatings and products for commercial applications
* Expertise regarding adhesion and testing of coatings on various substrates
* Full-scale manufacturing experience in coatings or thermoplastic polymers
* Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to determine the difference between colors so you can correctly tint paint to the colors desired by customers.
* Familiarity with color matching theory and instrumentation
* Understands instrumentation and test methods needed to quantify behavior of coatings/ polymers.
* Experience with mentoring others

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Advanced Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Science
* Preferred: 10+ years in powder coatings research and development and/or combination of R&D and Manufacturing/engineering experience.
* Experience in formulating powder coatings for indoor and outdoor applications, single and two-coat systems.
* Experience in data visualization software to analyze large datasets.
* Experience at designing, executing, and analyzing experimental studies to characterize formulation variables on product performance.
* Understands synthesis of polyester and epoxy resins
* Deep understanding of powder raw materials including resins, crosslinkers, pigments, extenders, and performance additives.
* Experience with industry certifications relevant to group market segments: AAMA 2603/2604/2605, BHMA, UL 1332, UL 746A/746B, IEEE, ISO 12944, NSF 51/61

Travel Requirements: 30%

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.