Associate Chemist

Ellsworth Corporation•Germantown, WI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

What does a cell phone in your pocket, a spaceship, and an electric vehicle have in common? Ellsworth Adhesives provides materials that are in each of those products! Ellsworth Corporation, a global, industry leading distributor of specialty chemicals and equipment and adhesive manufacturer currently has an Associate Chemist opportunity at Ellsworth Adhesives. This role reports into KitPackers, LLC, an Ellsworth Corporation company, located in Germantown, WI. This is a 100% on-site role at our facility in Germantown. Want to continue to grow your career? This is an exciting time to be a part of Ellsworth, come join our team! KitPackers is a GROWING industry leading packager of high-end adhesives for the aerospace, defense, technology, and automotive industries. Come work for us and enjoy a PTO allotment on your first day, great benefits, competitive pay, and a generous quarterly gainsharing (performance bonus) plan, as well as promotion opportunities within the department and the Ellsworth organization. Come join our growing team! This role works with internal and external customers to generate design plans and completes raw material qualifications, validates properties of new products, reformulates and supports current products, and creates new product formulations. It also assists with transfer of products through the commercialization process.

Requirements

2+ years of professional related work experience
Bachelor’s in Chemistry or related field is required
Strong focus on customers with ability to manage difficult or emotional customer situations
Responds promptly to customer needs while soliciting customer feedback to improve service
Continuously pursues training and development opportunities to improve technical skills
Observes safety and security procedures to identify and report on potentially unsafe conditions
Demonstrated ability to use lab equipment and materials properly

Responsibilities

Works directly with sales force and customers to collect application targets
Maintains positive customer relationships, creates plans, and commits timelines to customers and sales team
Leads projects with formulation direction from senior team members
Prepares new product formulations to the design criteria specified by customers with a primary focus on modifications of existing products
Analyzes products using laboratory instruments, procedures, and test methods
Documents all laboratory plans, processes, and results in electronic laboratory notebook