Senior Chemist

Sr. Chemist/High Temp Group

R&D Composites. 

Full Time On-site in North Kansas City.

Polynt is one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of composites, intermediates, and coatings with household-name customers across four continents. With 65 years history we provide a wide range of products designed for all key sectors like industrial, transportation, building and construction, marine, medical, consumer, and food additive markets.

Benefits:

Company offers generous PTO benefits, 401k with 5% employer match vested 100%, Medical including PPO, HSA, and FSA. As well as Vision, Dental, Long term disability insurance, Company paid short term disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition reimbursement, Company paid life insurance, paid holidays and more. 

Responsibilities:

• Implementing new resin advancements from the synthesis group and developing a means for their use into composite applications.
• Leading and completing assigned projects related to unsaturated polyesters and vinyl esters resins that develop into business opportunities across multiple application areas and aim at optimizing production, cost and quality for our customers and business.
• Developing new products, modifying existing products to meet the needs of our customers, and providing technical support to our customers and manufacturing.
• Developing, testing, and reporting results of UPR/VE resin formulations work in support of selected projects.
• Defining performance requirements to be met, normally in collaboration with sales rep (and frequently through direct customer contact).
• Determining appropriate experimental approaches.
• Making and testing composite materials as pertinent to high temperature applications (SMC, BMC, RTM, Pultrusion, Filament Winding.
• Assembling, interpreting and communicate results (including direct presentation to customer depending on nature of project).
• Troubleshooting, adjusting, and maintaining equipment in the testing center to ensure accurate results.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of the chemical processes and equipment used to manufacture unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester polymers.
• BS in chemistry- minimum.
• 5 years composites application experience.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Teamwork.
• Travel approximately 15% of time to customers.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Functional knowledge of UPR/VE resins with emphasis on composite applications.
• Strong knowledge of the chemical processes and equipment used to manufacture unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester polymers.

• Practical experience with customer processes and ability to transfer that information into a lab environment
• Knowledge of customer base for both unsaturated polyester/ vinyl ester and advanced composites.
• Demonstrated ability to work within program management guidelines and meet deadlines- reassigning priorities as necessary.
• Strong knowledge of current FRP fabrication processes.
• Strong team related skills including good communication skills, good group interaction, individual accountability, and respectful attitude.
• Detail oriented with excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, problem solve, prioritize workload, and multi-task.
• Basic computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs- some knowledge of SAP is required.
• Ability to represent entire product line to selected group of customers.
• Knowledge of statistical quality control (SQC) and statistical process control (SPC) method.