Innovation Chemist- Powder

The General Industrial Innovation Group is seeking a Senior Chemist to join the innovation team to develop and commercializing new powder coatings products. This individual will work closely with Technical Management, Sales and Marketing, Corporate and Divisional Innovation resources and the Commercial Laboratories to develop the next generation of General Industrial Powder products.

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.

• Create new and innovative powder coating technologies to serve the General Industrial marketplace.
• Develop and manufacture laboratory scale powder paint coatings with conventional and novel raw materials to meet specific performance requirements.
• Prepare and test powder coating formulations with various application methods and QC metrics to assure quality and customer satisfaction.
• Assist with manufacturing and scale up support when required along with customer interactions to ensure success across the entire value chain.
• Interact with the technical and marketing teams in business units to identify product/technology needs and challenges, provides technical input and support as required.
• Work with a team and independently, develop solutions to overcome technical barriers of powder technology development.
• Ensure appropriate IP protection by timely submitting invention disclosure and patent application.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to solve problems efficiently within a matrix organization.
• Interact with internal and external vendors to capture new technologies for coatings as well as direct their development.
• Support competitive monitoring of focus areas relevant to PCG business units.
• Leverage learnings and good practices to PCG business units.
• Train and/or guide junior level chemists.
• Adhere to all quality and safety policies and procedures.

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.
* At least 5 years of experience in experience in industrial coatings research and development, extrusion process development, or 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
* Familiarity with color matching theory and instrumentation
* Understands instrumentation and test methods needed to quantify behavior of coatings/ polymers.
* History of mentoring others
* 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* 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: 35%

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