Senior Application Specialist

About the role

We’re looking for a practical, creative, and extremely talented hands-on Senior Applications Specialist to join our applications development team. The Sr. Application Specialist will be responsible for providing local, site-specific support for our product development functions.

Responsibilities

• Execution of DoE’s to test existing and new formulations for viability and optimization.
• Able to observe, analyze, calculate and interpret results, prepare reports and recommend further action based on results.
• Generate relevant technical data for marketing presentations and specific applications.
• Absorb and discuss results directly with customers and assist in alpha scale up study at internal global application centers if needed.
• Actively participate in work group team meetings to address safety, process improvement, problem solving, and other work group, department, and functional topics.
• Hold self to highest standards on safety. Committed to build strong safety culture in all laboratory and related activities.
• Effective communication skills are necessary for working with the external customers as well
• Accountable for a project and achieving specific technical goals within that project.
• Keep up with new techniques and methods developed in the field.
• Ability to maintain instruments mechanically a plus.
• Ability to work in a high paced and multi-task environment. Self-motivated. Team oriented.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to convey technical information effectively and concisely to engineering, sales, technicians, etc

Requirements

PhD or master’s degree in chemical engineering or related field
3-5 years of related experience working in chemistry laboratories

Qualifications

Customer Focus: Understand customer needs and expectations. Build strong relationships, earning respect for advice and results. Positively impact customer decisions through respected advice.
Initiative and Flexibility: Engage dynamically with customers. Adapt project focus to meet evolving needs effectively
Communication Skills: Professional and responsible communication with internal and external customers. Effective in discussing chemistry, component, and equipment testing and analysis. Confidently present to peers and customers.
Creativity: Trusted to plan, execute, and report on complex projects. Capable of collaborative problem-solving and proactive initiative.
Results Orientation: Excellent organizational skills, managing multiple complex projects. Set high performance standards and consistently complete tasks diligently.
Collaboration: Understand objectives and collaborate effectively. Maintain good relationships with internal and external customers. Adaptable, seeking feedback to improve performance.

Benefits

Competitive compensation (competitive base salary and performance-related bonus plan)
Benefits packages (health, dental, and vision insurance, Wellness Program, PTO/Holidays, as well as a 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match)

Pay

The typical base salary range for this position is between $78,906 and $118,358

Schedule

N/A