Research Chemist-Coatings

Location: New Castle, Delaware
Posted:  January 7, 2010
                                 

Position Summary:

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join R&D at Croda Inc. The Research Chemist – Coatings will be responsible for working closely with the regional sales and marketing teams, global coatings technical team and application research groups to develop new products and customer specific solutions to problems. The individual will be expected to operate a safe and effective formulation/application laboratory complying with all of Croda’s Safety, Health, and Environmental policies and procedures, stay on top of industry trends and business needs in coatings and adhesives, develop and manage projects supporting identified technology platforms and the 3 year business strategy, perform laboratory and claim substantiation work, meet with customers and presenting to industry, develop sales literature, webinars, journal articles, formulary, and presentation collateral, attend business team and department meetings to ensure and maintain alignment with business objectives and to move projects to completion. All other duties as assigned by management.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

The qualified candidate must posses a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering or related technical field.  8+ years experience with hands-on coatings R&D experience. Strong presentation and technical writing skills with proficiency in MS office suite required.  Willingness and ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 20% of the time.

Please send your resume in an MS Word document to jobs@crodausa.com with Research Chemist-Coatings in the subject line.

Croda Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer