What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemist position at PPG Industries?
As a Chemist, you will develop next generation flooring products, develop expertise in existing technologies and products, offer manufacturing and QC support, lead projects and supply innovative solutions to challenging technical problems. You will be responsible for new product development and maintenance of existing product portfolio within a global and regional technology segment supporting the Protective and Marine Coatings business.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow existing experimental procedures and develop new procedures towards development of new products and performance testing of existing products.
- Generate reliable data, and consistently demonstrates the ability to supply to the design of experiments.
- Lead independent projects and portions of larger project.
- Provides innovative technical solutions to challenging problems.
- Responsible for planning and coordinating technical activities for new projects.
- Consults with other chemists in the organization and field technical service personnel.
- Ensure compliance with all PPG policies and business strategies including EH&S, business conduct, code of ethics, and all governmental regulations and laws.
Qualifications
- MS in Chemistry or Polymer Science with a minimum of 2-5 years of relevant work experience
- Knowledge of epoxy, vinyl ester, polyurethane, polyurea, and polyaspartics formulating principles is recommended.
- Drive continuous improvement, adopt collaboration & accept and deliver significant feedback.
- Able to search and interpret literature and is cognizant of competitor technology and intellectual property.
- Knowledge of design of experiments principles, preferred.
- Have excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills in order to deal efficiently with external customers and internal personnel; generate written reports; and make technical presentations.
- Product launch, field support and meetings may necessitate travel and overnight stays.
- Travel up to 30%.
About us:
Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.
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We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.
We trust our people every day, in every way.
We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.
We make it happen.
We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.
We run it like we own it.
We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.
We do better today than yesterday – everyday.
We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.
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PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.
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