Process Chemist

At Henkel, you can be a game changer and craft your career. Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit by bringing your ideas to life within a global team. Our leading brands and technologies, along with our high-performing businesses will provide you with countless opportunities to develop your skills and explore new paths. Your career at Henkel will contribute to a more sustainable future, while you grow within our vibrant, diverse culture of trust and belonging. If you're up for challenging the status quo, join our team of pioneers and make your mark on the future with us.

Do you dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE 

This position is responsible for organic resin synthesis in a batch processing environment, both for existing resins and for new molecule development.  Requires fundamental chemical process understanding, process optimization, quality improvement, and enhancement of customer satisfaction while reducing costs and waste. The chemist must be knowledgeable in six sigma problem solving techniques, batch processing, and scale up.

• Support Salisbury Resin Manufacture:
• Manufacturing support with full responsibility for a suite of products with moderate to high complexity.  Process troubleshooting.
• Laboratory, pilot plant, and full-scale organic resin synthesis.
• Process audits.
• Resolution of customer incidents (internal & external)
• Management of change and raw material replacements.
• Cost reduction and quality improvement
• Sample generation for testing and qualification.
• Lead effort to clarify manufacturing instructions to ensure repeatable operations.
• Set up manufacturing processes with input from R&D, maintenance, production, etc.
• Ensure quality, cost, and efficiency requirements are met.
• Fullest support on safety initiatives.

YOUR SKILLS

·Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, Master’s degree preferred.

·3-5 years experience with organic resin synthesis.

·Six Sigma green belt preferred, skilled with design of experiments.

·Competent in project management, possessing the ability of starting a project and driving it through to completion

·Well versed with FMEAs and creation of manufacturing instructions.

·Skilled with statistical tools (SPC, SQC, trend charts, Anova, etc.).

·Experience with process hazard analysis is a plus.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral. At Henkel's request only, preferred vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific open positions. In these cases, a fully-executed agreement with Henkel must be in place and current.

All employees applying for an internal position must have a discussion with his/her manager about their interest in a job posting opportunity. The discussion will not preclude the employee from interviewing if their skills meet the job requirements.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics.