Ecolab is seeking a Chemist to execute technical laboratory activities in support of technical platform development.
What’s in it For You:
- The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
- The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
- The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best
What You Will Do:
- Conducts analyses and experiments on organic and inorganic substances to determine and evaluate their applications
- Conducts experiments to improve upon or to duplicate various materials and substances
- Engages in research to develop new methods of processing or production
- Examines potential new uses for technical platforms
- Assignments involve data collection, technical analysis, summarizing findings in written technical reports and at key project check points and recommendations for proceeding to project conclusions
- Contributes to the development of differentiated technology, products, processes, or systems
- Provides professional divisional support
- Conducts analyses and experiments in support of product applications
- Maintain accurate lab notebook records and file reports for experimental work
- Assignments may require the development and selection of appropriate methods, tests and procedures
- Develop innovative applications and extensions of existing or new products, processes, systems or methods having major importance to the business
- Ensure that proprietary project innovations are protected with proper legal instruments (e.g. patents)
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry (Biology or Biochemistry may not be a perfect fit for Nalco operations)
- 3–5 years of experience is preferred over 2 years, ideally in:
- The chemical blending industry (first option), or
- Third-party laboratories (second option)
- Operating knowledge of analytical laboratory instrumentation
- Knowledge of physical analysis, spectrophotometric analysis, quantitative analysis, and qualitative analysis
- Preferred knowledge of chromatographic analysis
- Previous experience working under GMP conditions is preferred
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience applying principles of scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, analyze potential solutions, and draw valid conclusions
- Demonstrated success in working on complex, multi-function project teams
- Excellent people and team building skills, interacting with a wide range of individuals and grade levels.
- Strong presentation skills with ability to clearly articulate technical subject matter
- Ability to create innovative solutions toward key application issues for the business
- Must have demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks
