Senior Research Chemist
Johns Manville•Littleton, CO
•$111,600 - $153,500•Hybrid
About The Position
The function of the Senior Research Chemist's role is to participate/lead in technical projects, develop new products and formulations to support Johns Manville Engineered Products (EP) and Insulation Systems (IS) businesses, design and conduct pilot/plant trials, and provide technological services to meet customer or operational needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in polymer science, chemistry, materials science or related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of research and development experience
- Solid knowledge of chemical reactions and techniques for chemical synthesis and characterization
- Extensive knowledge of chemical analysis and mechanical evaluation
- Experience with statistical tools such as Design of Experiments (DOE) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Experience in working directly with production operations and business partners
- Proven ability to use multi-disciplinary approach for problem solving
- Proven project management skills
- Proven ability to lead cross functional project teams and to meet aggressive program deliverables
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Moderate to heavy travel required (10-20%)
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or PhD with 2+ years of relevant industrial experience preferred
- Plant trial experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Participate in or lead cross-functional teams to execute technical projects in the areas of binders and nonwovens
- Travel to manufacturing plants to apply technical expertise to product or process development projects
- Present project updates internally to peers or externally to customers
- Provide internal technical service for operations when product/process issues or customer complaints arise for existing and new products
- Hands-on work with laboratory and pilot equipment
- Use statistical tools to design experiments and analyze data
- Use material characterization techniques to collect property and process data; and develop structure/process/property relationships
- May be required to perform other related duties as assigned
Benefits
- Choice of comprehensive medical plans
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- Wellness program
- Critical illness insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Basic life Insurance
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Business travel accident coverage
- Supplemental life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Health spending account
- Traditional flexible spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- Tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs
- Educational opportunities
- Company-wide mentoring program
- Soft and hard skills training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
