Technical Service & Application Scientist

Technical Service & Application Scientist

The Scientist will provide technical support, lead customer and application development projects in support of Lubrizol's Performance Coatings products. This includes localization of new and existing products. This role will have the primary responsibility to drive customer approval of our HD, R&P and SM products through robust technical data generation and through excellent technical support.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Lead and/or support technical service projects, validation of locally manufactured products and develop data package in support of the value proposition of the product as relevant for the IMEA market.
• Accountable for the execution of medium and long-term projects
• Under customer's needs and deliver project milestones focused on results against meeting customer's timeline and technical targets.
• Analyze and communicate test results, challenges, and opportunities to internal and external stakeholders.
• Operate with safety at the forefront and actively participate in the department safety programs
• Work on development of in-house formulation and testing capabilities
• Develop and apply structure-property relationship for resins and additives.
• Work as an active member of cross-functional team ensuring alignment of project definition with marketing and sales.
• Evaluate and test experimental polymers to provide results and recommendations to the development team.
• Build strong relationship and collaboration with the global technical team leveraging expertise and sharing insights from local region.
• Prioritize and align project deliverables with the IMEA commercial team

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S./M.S./Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials/Polymer Science, or related field from an accredited college/university with a minimum 3+ years' experience formulating and testing water and solvent-borne pigment dispersions and coatings.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Skills to develop and implement coatings characterization methods and to interpret results.
• Fundamental understanding of pigment dispersions, one component (1K) and two component (2K) coatings technologies in both waterborne and solvent borne systems. Experience in the use of statistical methods for design of experiments, data modeling, and analysis of results.
• Ability to work independently and in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of paint application equipment and techniques.
• Experience supporting multiple projects simultaneously.
• Self-starter, highly motivated toward achievements, results oriented and team player.
• Ability to travel as needed to support the evaluations and commercialization of new products (est. 20%).

Considered a Plus:

• Experience in Wood, Masonry, Protective, Industrial coating formulations and testing
• Experience in developing particle dispersions
• Polymer synthesis including acrylic emulsion and polyurethane dispersion