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Job Summary
As Customer Development Chemist, you will manage laboratory experiments, analyze and document results, draw data‑driven conclusions, and ensure all work complies with safety, quality, and laboratory standards.
Responsibilities
- Follow direction and implement assigned experimentation with some involvement from supervisor, discuss work with supervisor daily.
- Logically organize a series of tasks to complete assigned experiment.
- Record experimental output in a condensed, tabulated or graphic form to communicate results and trends.
- Draw conclusions from work and demonstrate attention to detail. Detect anomalies in experimental parameters or results.
- With guidance from supervisor, provide technical support to other teams.
- Keep lab supplied, keep basic equipment functioning and certifiably calibrated.
- Seek opportunities to improve formulation efficiency, cost‑effectiveness, and sustainability.
- Collaborate with production, quality, and marketing teams to ensure product consistency and understanding of customer expectations.
- Understand and practice EHS processes relevant to the job in the working environment.
- Manage conclusions from lab experiments following discussion with supervisors.
- Ensure all experimental work is recorded in appropriate lab notebooks, databases, project reports.
- Work safely, following all lab procedures and contribute to the maintenance of high safety standards.
- Provide technical support (guided by supervisor) to other departments especially sales and production.
- Contribute ideas for lab work involving new product development, existing product improvement, formula cost reduction, processes and procedural improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- 2+ years of experience in a technical role at a relevant company within the chemical or coatings industry.
- Basic knowledge of paint making, testing techniques and colour theory.
- Comprehend paint manufacturing and production processes.
- Understanding of main formulating rules and principles.
- Familiar with major raw material suppliers and their technologies.
- Aware of PPG and competitive product ranges and customer application practices.
- Working knowledge of all laboratory and EHS procedures.
About the Company
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD®
Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.
Company Culture
- We are customer champions – Proactive, bold, trustworthy.
- We act with purpose and speed – Agile, data‑driven, empowered.
- We are excellent operators – Productive, collaborative, accountable.
- We compete to win – Future‑focused, driven, ambitious.
- We are PPG proud – Strong, united, passionate.