Synthetic Organic/Polymer Chemist II

Ashland Inc. • Bridgewater, NJ

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Synthetic Organic/Polymer Chemist to join Ashland Specialty Ingredients G. P. as a member of our Applied Research Team in Global R&D. This position is visible and significant and will report to the Applied Research Group Leader in Bridgewater, NJ. This position will be located in Bridgewater, NJ.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry
• Understanding of chemical principles, good lab skills, neat working habits
• Ability to work in highly collaborative, cross-functional environment involving global customers, labs, and manufacturing sites
• Good time management and organizational skills for supporting multiple projects
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Creativity, ingenuity and initiative
• United States citizenship or permanent resident status

Nice To Haves

• 2 to 5 years of work experience in synthetic organic or polymer chemistry
• Understanding of synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry
• Evidence of creative problem solving

Responsibilities

• Design, initiate and execute synthetic strategies for new product development.
• Function as a technical liaison to applications and marketing groups to advance new products and to solve challenging technical problems for customers.
• Work closely with process and production engineers to scale-up new products at global manufacturing sites.
• Independently summarize and interpret analytical and application data.
• Author technical reports and present technical results to internal and external audiences.
• Maintain lab notebooks and logbooks in accordance with company guidelines.
• Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.

Benefits

• Team and individual recognition rewards
• employee engagement events
• company bonus plan
• Comprehensive benefit package, medical, dental and vision starting on day one for you AND your family
• Generous 401(k) plan with company match
• Referral bonus plan
• Good work/life balance with options for flexibility in work schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree