What are the responsibilities and job description for the Formulation Chemist - Alkyds position at CPS, Inc.?
Family-owned manufacturer is seeking Alkyd Coating Chemist to join their team. If you have 10 years in coating formulation, this could be a great role for you! This role has high visibility and offers competitive benefits.
Duties:
$100,000 - $115,000
Benefits
M/D/V/401K
Technical Qualifications:
Duties:
- Develop and improve existing acrylic and alkyd formulations
- Develop customer-specific formulations and reformulations
- Support development of new product lines and technologies
- Troubleshoot customer coating issues
- Travel to customer sites for technical support and troubleshooting, including occasional last-minute trips
- Research and implement raw-material replacements
- Troubleshoot production and quality issues
- Manage approximately 3-4 active projects at a time
- Conduct bench formulation and laboratory testing
- Perform hardness and salt-water spray testing
- Improve and optimize existing product formulations
- Provide technical assistance to customers and internal teams
- Work closely with the Technical Director, Senior Chemist, and QC Director
- Maintain technical documentation and ERP-related information
- Contribute to best practices and continuous improvement
$100,000 - $115,000
Benefits
M/D/V/401K
Technical Qualifications:
- Ideally 10 years of acrylic and/or alkyd coatings experience
- Waterborne coatings/Solventborne coatings
- Direct-to-metal/direct-to-steel coatings preferred
- Customer-specific formulation
- Raw-material replacement
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
- 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.
Salary : $100,000 - $115,000