Job Description

Position:  Chemist

Location:  Minneapolis, MN

Duration:  9-month W2 contract

Job Description:

This position will be responsible for a variety of exciting activities related to troubleshooting, stabilizing, and correcting external customer complaints, batch problems from manufacturing, and quality related endeavors.

Responsibilities:   

• Working closely with team to investigate and resolve customer and manufacturing complaints for General Industrial Liquid products through prioritizing, executing and analysis of experiments and tests with clear and accurate results.
• Providing timely and accurate data to help resolve field complaints, raw material issues, manufacturing problems, and support existing and new product development.
• Display a basic working knowledge of the use of chemicals, raw materials, substrate preparation and use instruments commonly found in a lab environment.
• Responsible for inputting data, data analysis and technical documentation daily into lab books or a database.
• Functioning under minimal supervision from management and other group employees. Product development and/or enhanced with consistent in performance and quality.
• Utilizing advanced technologies to innovatively troubleshoot issues which consumer can perceive and will desire.
• Performing basic paint making processes for production of Liquid finished goods, meets manufactures specifications.
• Performing basic coating reformulations, applications, and physical/performance testing methods specifically related Liquid products.

Required Skills:  

• 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 able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to determine the difference between colors so you can correctly tint paint to the colors desired by customers.
• Experience with Liquid development and manufacturing processes.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.