Description
Our Fortune 500 chemical client has an opening for a contract Industrial Lab Tech / R & D Scientist at their Brecksville, Ohio facility during a 6-month project. This position is in the Applications Group of the Paints, Coatings, and Adhesives business unit and focuses on supporting a joint development project with a customer and OEM Metal Coatings projects. Great opportunity to be part of a leading team!
D uties / Responsibilities:
- Understand and comply with all applicable internal Lubrizol Advanced Materials and external health, safety and environmental policies
- Safely perform laboratory tasks using basic laboratory equipment and analytical instruments
- Perform laboratory experiments, compound formulations and conduct evaluations with minimal supervision
- Maintain up to date laboratory notebooks and records
- Maintain a written record of experimental procedures and data that are concise and clear
- Maintain accurate and reproducible results
- Initiate and organize laboratory work to meet multiple assignment objectives
- Analyze test results via statistical analysis, draw conclusions, and report progress
- Conduct work requests with minimal supervision
- Perform characterization and performance evaluation of new products
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, or related technical field
- Industrial laboratory experience
- Experience formulating, compounding, and testing water-borne coatings
- Experience in the handling of chemicals and safe work practices
- Ability to plan and organize multiple assignments with minimal supervision
- Good chemical and math abilities in recipe calculations
- Ability to maintain an accurate legal record of experimental results and provide written summaries and initial interpretation of results
- Self-motivated with ability to identify and obtain necessary materials to maintain laboratory and support ongoing projects
- Self-starter, highly motivated and interested in developing an understanding of new projects
- Good organizational, interpersonal, written, oral and computer skills
Considered a Plus
- Previous experience with water-borne floor coatings
- Previous experience with water-borne OEM Metal coatings
- Experience with outdoor exposure testing for coatings