Primary Responsibilities

• Assist the R&D Team with essential duties needed to complete custom color matches.
• Observe all safety procedures and practices while performing lab functions. Stay up-to-date with required safety training.
• Review product formulations with the Color Matcher, Color Match Coordinator, and/or the R&D Manager. Prepare and label the required samples needed for color match approval.
• Assist R&D Team with paperwork and shipping documents related to new color matches
• Compare performance of new raw materials against current stock materials, including polymer resins, pigments, dyes, additives, and others.
• As a part of the R&D Team, do your part to maintain good organizational and housekeeping practices in the laboratory and contribute to a safe work environment
• Develop an understanding of color theory. Work to improve color sense to grow in the role as a member of the R&D Team.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

You should have:

• Must be able to pass color vision test
• High school diploma or GED, ideally with 2-4 years’ experience in pigments and plastics
• Ability to communicate, read and write in English
• Ability to follow a prescribed formula or recipe
• Ability to work with computers
• Strong work ethic
• History of good attendance
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Experience in extrusion in a plastics processing environment a plus.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to stand for up to 2 hours at a time
• Must be able to climb at least two flights of stairs without getting dizzy or winded
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. (regularly) and occasionally up to 55 lbs.
• Must be comfortable wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), occasionally including a respirator.

Environmental Exposure

Exposure to outside and inside conditions, noise, fumes, odors, dust.

Benefits

We offer competitive pay, an incentive bonus plan and excellent benefit programs. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, company paid life and long-term and short-term disability programs, plus flexible spending accounts and a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, we offer generous paid time off. Most benefits start on Day One!

Job Type: Full-time