Chemist, Industrial Applications

Clariant • Leesburg, VA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Clariant is seeking a Chemist to join its Industrial Applications technical team in Mount Holly, North Carolina, focusing primarily on industrial lubricants and special applications. This customer-facing role involves application development, laboratory testing, and technical support to help customers improve product performance and identify new uses for Clariant specialty chemicals. The Chemist works with Sales, customers, and global R&D teams to translate customer requirements into laboratory projects, evaluate and optimize formulations, and recommend solutions supported by experimental data. The portfolio includes lubricity agents, emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, polyglycols, and other functional additives used in industrial lubricants, metalworking fluids, hydraulic fluids, cleaning formulations, and related applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute laboratory experiments to evaluate Clariant products in industrial lubricants and related applications, translating customer requirements into practical testing and development plans.
• Assess formulation stability, compatibility, and application performance; adapt and optimize existing formulations to meet customer requirements.
• Benchmark Clariant products against competitive alternatives and generate technical data to support product recommendations and new business opportunities.
• Partner with Sales and customers to understand technical challenges, troubleshoot application issues, and support product evaluations and customer trials.
• Participate in customer visits and technical discussions, presenting laboratory findings and recommending solutions based on experimental results.
• Collaborate with global R&D teams to evaluate new chemistries, adapt formulations for regional applications, and identify opportunities for product and application development.
• Manage multiple technical service and application development projects, coordinate testing with laboratory technicians, and deliver results within agreed timelines.
• Analyze experimental data, prepare technical reports, and contribute to customer presentations, technical literature, and product promotion activities.
• Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies, and identify improvements to laboratory methods, testing capabilities, and technical workflows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed