SC32P2 Information Scientist - Polymer Chemist

CAS•Columbus, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Polymer chemist applies scientific expertise, analytical skills, problem solving capabilities, and relevant language skills to help build CAS’s world-class collection of chemical information data. They leverage their education and specialized training to curate high-quality research data from patents from 64 patent offices, thousands of journals, technical reports, books, conference proceedings and dissertations published in 180 countries and in more than 50 languages. The incumbent may also provide scientific and content knowledge, capabilities, insights, and solutions for other CAS functions.

Requirements

The ability to read scientific documents in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and/or German language skill is desired, but not required.
Excellent scientific reading comprehension and writing skills.
Ability to learn policies, work habits, insights, and tool usage from trainers to foster quality and productivity.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications.
Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of structural descriptions and naming conventions of chemical substances is preferred.

Responsibilities

Analyzes, collects, and curates the valuable chemical structure data disclosed in patent or journal publications, utilizing CAS indexing policies and their expertise.
Leverages technical knowledge and applicable language skills to extract key insights and build the CAS Content Collection.