Scientist - Process Chemistry

Job Summary

As an integral part of our innovation team, the Scientist – Process Chemistry will collaborate with business development, marketing, sales, and production to ideate new product and process concepts, innovate solutions using process chemistry and chemical engineering principles, and create workable sustainable production know-hows. The Scientist is expected to set a high standard for quality and follow good housekeeping practices, business ethics, and all applicable safety regulations.

Location:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Job type:
Contract
Salary: $29.00 – $34.05 per hour

Work hours:

9 to 5

Education:

Bachelors

• Maintain knowledge & expertise in technical areas of organic and organometallic chemistry
• Stay connected with the latest development in process chemistry
• Engage with internal innovation team in formulating project concepts
• Lead or actively contribute to well-defined project charters
• Develop hands-on expertise for process chemistry
• Lead the development of technical solutions
• Validate technical prototypes
• Document all the innovation work
• Support product launch and post-launch follow ups
• Create workable and sustainable production solutions
• Transfer workable solutions to designated production group
• Provide needed technical support to production
• Offer technical training to production group as needed
• Collaborate with different departments such as safety, quality, sales & marketing to introduce new products & processes
• Setting up small scale screening reactions
• Serve as a technical liaison with the other R&D or technical groups
• Serve as a mentor to junior members of the R&D team

Advanced degree in Chemistry or Engineering, and experience in distillation of organic compounds and design of distillation processes

OR

• B.S. in Chemistry or Engineering
• 3+ years of industrial experience in distillation

• Experience in calculating theoretical plates and choosing column packing material
• Strong experience in Schlenk-line, glove box, and air-sensitive chemistry techniques
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Chemical manufacturing/process development experience
• Experience with design of experiment methodology
• Understanding of statistical process control

Chemistry, High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)

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