Associate Chemist

DESCRIPTION:

- Seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent laboratory skills to support Formulation Development.
- As a laboratory technician, the successful candidate will join a team that is focused on supporting the entire life cycle of crop protection products; from development of proto-formulations for active ingredient discovery research, through development of commercial products for new as well as established active ingredients and on to support of existing products in manufacturing or the market place.
- The laboratory technician will report to an Ag Research Chemist and carry out preparative studies using a variety of techniques relevant to liquid, dry and specialty formulations as well as characterizing the development products using a broad range of physical testing methods.
- Laboratory work will involve the safe handling of chemicals with known toxicity as well as those that have yet to be fully characterized.
- Reporting to the Ag Research Chemist, it is expected that a laboratory technician organizes and performs complex analyses, experiments, and tests on assigned problems
- May devise and/or assemble new or modify existing laboratory apparatus according to the needs of assigned problems
- Documents research and prepares detailed data summaries and reports on the observations and determinations made.

SKILLS:

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

- Minimum Required: BS Degree in Chemistry or related field.
- Desired: Relevant Chemistry laboratory experience in the formulation development of crop protection chemicals.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

- 2 plus years laboratory experience in: Preparation (weighing, blending/mixing, wet and dry milling, coating, granulation, etc...) and Analysis (rheometry, titration, colorimetry, particle size analysis, physical property testing of liquid as well as dry formulated products).
- Specific experience in bench scale laboratory processes relevant to preparation of formulated agricultural chemical products preferred. This type of experience may be gained directly or with related pharmaceutical or consumer products.
- Relevant experience may be gained through work in chemical synthesis.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

- Intermediate level PC skills.
- Proficient in MS Excel and Word.
- Must have demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, teamwork, and verbal/written communication skills.
- Operate test equipment,
- 1+ years formulation experience
- Chemistry,
- Colloid chemistry course
- English