Chemist

Job description

Thompson First Group is currently seeking a qualified Chemist for a local client in Tallapoosa, GA. Position Summary: To develop and continuously improve the overall efficiency, compound cost, overall product profitability through lean manufacturing, industrial engineering, and project management methods for a variety of markets/applications. To prevent and eliminate variability and define permanent solutions to ensure the product meets internal and external specifications. Responsibilities: Qualifications: - Initiate, develop, evaluate, and improve the manufacturing of polymeric compounds on new and current polymeric compounds for all areas of business. - Set up and follow all new recipes through customer trials. - Provide technical and problem-solving support to manufacturing including process improvements, quality improvement measures, raw material substitutions and reformulations. - Manage recipe/formulation design characteristics in the areas of critical to controls and critical to quality. - Assist with customer visits to follow trials and troubleshoot their process. Also participate in audits. - Analyze, review and revise compounds/formula to improve overall productivity and...