Production Chemist

About the role

At Hach, a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Responsibilities

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Serve as the primary chemistry resource for production operations, providing ChemKey support and technical guidance to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant manufacturing processes.
• Conduct process validation studies, production trials, and qualification activities for new products, raw materials, equipment, and process changes to ensure successful implementation and manufacturing readiness.
• Monitor critical process parameters and production performance metrics to identify trends, assess process capability, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Research & Development teams to evaluate process deviations, support investigations, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Review and analyze production, laboratory, and quality data to verify process consistency, identify opportunities for optimization, and support decision-making.
• Support change management activities by assessing the impact of process, equipment, raw material, and formulation changes, and developing validation plans as required.
• Develop, maintain, and improve manufacturing procedures, work instructions, process flows, and quality verification protocols to ensure standardization and operational excellence.
• Provide technical training and coaching to production personnel on chemical processes, process controls, and quality requirements.
• Lead and support process troubleshooting activities by investigating production issues, identifying root causes, evaluating corrective actions, and implementing sustainable solutions to improve process reliability and product quality.
• Participate in nonconformance investigations, customer complaints, out-of-specification events, and corrective action activities to drive continuous improvement and prevent recurrence.

Requirements

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Knowledge of process troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
• Familiarity with quality systems, process validation, and quality verification activities.
• Ability to interpret and analyze process data, quality metrics, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Provides solutions to problems in situations that are atypical or infrequently occurring based on existing precedents or procedures.

Benefits

• Professional onboarding and training options
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k)

Pay

The compensation range for this role is $74,250 - $86,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.