Coatings Lab Chemist
Company: Fenix Group
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: May 3, 2024
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Job Description:
Description:The Fenix StoryFenix Group's inception brought
together several smaller brands, each born from the vision of small
business owners. These entrepreneurs shared a profound love for
their industry, a passion for their products, and an unwavering
commitment to their loyal customers. Their businesses thrived
because customers could rely on quality products, friendly service,
and dedicated technical support. Each brand became synonymous with
exceptional quality, performance, and genuine care.What united
these brands was a shared dream-a dream to transcend individual
success and create a meaningful impact on the industry. Under one
unified team, Fenix Group, they aimed to achieve the
extraordinary.With that in mind, we are executing on a
transformation to build a results-driven and goal-oriented culture
cemented by our core values of reliable, can-do, curious, team
player, and achievement. We are focused on listening to customers
to better understand and service their needs, identifying
opportunities for growth within the market, and pursuing ways to
leverage technology and automation both within our manufacturing
plants, but also across our entire organization for our long-term
success.R&D VisionOur R&D Department serves as a valued
strategic partner driving technical excellence within Fenix Group.
This partnership extends beyond products and innovation as the
department serves as a conduit for alignment, ensuring that the
company aspirations resonate across all departments.This chemist
role promises exceptional fulfillment due to the extensive
utilization and implementation of a diverse array of chemical
specialties. The opportunity to work across these chemical domains
enriches skills and amplifies the impact that can be made. This
role also will have direct access to company VPs as you get to
share ideas and results not only on lab-based projects, but also
participate on cross-departmental teams focused on a variety of
company goals and initiatives. It's an opportunity to have career
security by gaining valuable experience!What You Will Get To Do
Each Day:New Product Development - Our Chemists play a vital role
in the creation of innovative products that utilize the best of new
technologies while leveraging what we know. They are partners in
the process from beginning to end, including: working with sales to
identify customer needs and opportunities, identifying the best
formulations and technologies for success, and partnering with
manufacturing to scale up the final product. Technology Expert- Our
Chemists identify, evaluate, and implement innovative solutions
that have an impact on helping us provide the best possible
solution for our customers. They are actively seeking out and
leveraging new technologies in the market to improve productivity
and reduce cost amongst other factors. Our chemists have a genuine
curiosity to explore new possibilities and believe in turning the
impossible into possible. They also have an ability to effectively
communicate technical concepts with their team members, as well as
non-technical stakeholders to influence decision making.
Customer/Product Management:Our Chemists play an important role in
connecting our customers' needs with our available product
offerings. They seek opportunities to partner with sales to better
understand our customers' needs and ways to better service them
with improved products, reducing cost or number of formulas,
improved application methods, or streamlining products across
multiples customers. Our chemists also serve as technical support
to our customers and sales team, a key part of our unique approach
to winning. The individualized service our customers receive on
technical needs is unmatched by our competition!Opportunities For
Excellence: Our Chemists not only ensure our external customers are
serviced effectively, but they are also exploring opportunities to
improve our internal processes too. They drive impact by partnering
with manufacturing to create processes to produce our products
faster and easier by optimizing formulas, reducing raw materials,
and reviewing quality processes to ensure all batches come out
correctly the first time and meet regulatory requirements. Our
chemists also focus on opportunities for cross-brand integration of
products and formulas and play an active role in onboarding new
companies added underneath the Fenix portfolio. Supervise Quality
Control Technicians/Tinters:This role is unique in that you will
also get to supervise and manage our two Quality Control
Technicians/Tinters at our Lubbock, TX location to ensure our
products meet the required customer specifications and keep our
manufacturing processes moving for timely delivery. As a part of
this, you will be responsible for the implementation of a data
color computer to make color corrections faster and easier.
Requirements: 3-5 years of experience in the industrial coatings
marketBachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,
Material Science, or Related FieldMust have proven familiarity with
basic coatings lab equipment including but not limited to: Zahn
viscosity cups, Stormer viscometer, gloss meter, fineness of grind
gauge, and draw down bars. Must have knowledge in the manufacturing
of some of the following coatings including clears and pigmented:
Solvent based solution acrylic sealers 2-part water based and
solvent based acrylic urethanes 2-part water based and 100% solid
epoxies 2-part polyaspartic and urethane systems Acrylic emulsion
Polyurethane dispersion Silane and silicone Alkyds
PM21Requirements:PI72374b13c722-25660-34320989
Keywords: Fenix Group, Lubbock , Coatings Lab Chemist, Healthcare , Lubbock, Texas
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