Researcher I - Coatings

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

To develop, prepare, execute and analyze research elements (e.g. problems, questions, ideas) in own discipline and develop new and improve existing research methodology, in line with the R&D strategy, project and R&D functional standards, in order to gain insight into new developments and contribute to the realization of objectives of research/development/support projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development of new products, new technologies, and updates of existing products using innovative ideas, materials, and test methods.

• Knowledgeable of materials, products, and technologies commonly encountered within the business area.

• Ensure robustness in all phases of research and development using accepted techniques including DOE, FMEA, SPC, and others as required.

• Provide training and supervision for Technicians by identifying development needs, mentoring, administering PDD, and planning/scheduling activities such as experiments and projects.

• Provide technical assistance and support to Production, Sales, and Marketing in support of product scale-up, quality control, application testing, and other cross-functional activities

• Know and observe company and location health and safety requirements.

• Maintains detailed technical records in the form of a Laboratory Notebook or Computer Databases.

• Provide progress reports, monthly and quarterly reports, technical plans, and project summaries to ensure appropriate communication of project status and needs

• Maintain and develop professional contacts including company personnel, vendors, and customers

• Maintain a safe and clean work environment in accordance with company safety rules to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environments and safety regulations

• Oversee specific functions and/or locations, as required

• Travel requirements are light, typically 0-4 trips annually

• Participate in Special Teams including safety, HSE, housekeeping, etc. as required

• Performs additional duties as assigned and required

Job Requirements

• Maintains and promotes a safe work environment, complies with safety policies and procedures. Follows safe work practices for personal and equipment safety, in both the laboratory and in the field. End results are zero or minimum safety incidents and a clean, orderly working environment

• Sets-up, plans, executes, analyses, interprets, and reports experiments within own unit

• Identifies new product/process optimization and technical solutions and new application opportunities for own area/domain and shares these with other professionals

• Keeps current on uses and improves relevant research methods in the field, ensures retention of knowledge through research reports

• Participates in projects and ensures execution and delivery of technical results

• Formulates and presents solution directions and issues advice at request or at own initiative

Rewards & Benefits

Salary range for this role is: $85,000 to $95,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

• Benefits beginning Day 1
• 401K retirement savings with 6% company match
• Annual bonus Short Term Incentive
• Medical insurance with HSA
• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits
• Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career growth opportunities
• Active Diversity and Inclusion Networks
• Employee referral bonus

Competencies

Accepting Direction

Accepting Responsibility

Acquiring Information

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: #LI-SS1