Senior Chemist

Job Description

Our Research and Development team plays an important role in our business and product development success. As a Senior Chemist, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, investigative abilities, and customer-relationship skills, to create great product development outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of driving innovation and growth for a Division within a market-leading, Fortune 200 organization 

ITW’S BUSINESS MODEL & CULTURE:

We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life.  Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach.

We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential.

Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive

Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential.

We live by our Core Values:We focus on the essential core of each business opportunity, fostering simplicity in how we think and execute.

We gain strength through trial and error and work as a team through jointly sharing risk.

We treat our customers and suppliers with integrity and transparency and constantly strive to do the right thing.

We deeply respect diversity at every level of the company and consequently promote an open environment where innovations can emerge from our various backgrounds and experiences.

We trust our team members and are confident that they each work to the highest professional standards and in the company’s best interests.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS JOB IF YOU ARE/HAVE…

Are an entrepreneurial self-starter. You take initiative and ownership of your surroundings and constantly seek to find ways to improve.

Thrive in a fast-paced environment that keeps you on your toes – you love a good challenge and stay calm under pressure.

Have a passion for innovation and creating new technologies to solve customer pain points and market applicability.

Are resilient. You enjoy finding solutions to complex challenges and do so with poise and resolve.

Love putting together the pieces of a puzzle and constantly seek to understand the whole picture.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the development of new acrylic, polyurethane, and/or epoxy adhesive products or technologies for alternative energy, transportation, wear & abrasion, and general industrial markets.

Innovate with polymers, catalysts, modifiers, and monomers in adhesives and coatings to fulfill unmet customer/application needs for developing differentiated products and solutions while complying with adopted ISO requirements.

Manage technical aspects of assigned projects within ITW’s stage-gate process in conjunction with a project manager.   

Clearly identify project goals, product design requirements, technical approach, test strategy, and conduct laboratory evaluations and issue final comprehensive reports.

Conduct patent searches to monitor competitive innovations and generate intellectual property in own area of development in the form of patents, formulation know-how, and trade secrets.

Lead the scale-up of formulations from lab scale to mid- and full-size commercial batches.  Coordinate and work with internal departments on the technology transfer for scale-up, and commercialization, and determine the appropriate design and product specifications to maximize ease of manufacturing and customer application. 

Provide short- and long-term support for current products to maintain ITW’s reputation for quality and performance by qualifying alternative sources of raw materials and validating performance. 

Manage multiple projects/tasks independently and as part of a team and fully utilize analytical laboratory equipment.

Work hands-on in the laboratory, when necessary, and manage the daily activities of a research lab technician(s).

Understand and stay abreast of important safety and regulatory requirements affecting existing products and new products being developed.

Provide training in subject-matter expertise to new employees.

Promote, support, and adhere to all safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures.

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