Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Additives, Chemist / Technician for Industrial Applications to join our Specialty Additives business unit at our Wilmington DE research center. This is a significant role within the Company and the specialty additives innovation function and will report to the North American Performance Specialties Group Leader.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• assist in developing leading-edge chemical solutions to industrial specialty additives, particularly specialty coating and ink applications, involving a wide range of chemistry types


• contribute to formulation development and testing of materials for industrial applications


• testing includes property and application testing, formulation development, method development and new product development, where formulations are created, tested, and data generated, recorded and interpreted


• perform customer service studies, utilizing wide range of application methodology to determine performance or properties; with Sales team


• participate in multiple research projects


• execute, analyze experiments, communicate results


• work with members of multi-disciplinary teams to assist in achieving targets


• work sales team and communicate results

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• 5+ years R&D experience in industrial specialty chemicals


• good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel programs required.


• looking for personnel with high level organizational skills, good communication (verbal and written), good laboratory and math skills,


• independent, motivated learner and performer

• have strength in executing experimentation 


• ability to work in multidisciplinary project teams

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• 2 yr science degree minimum preferred


• laboratory experience in coating formulations and ink testing, application testing and development (coatings, inks, adhesives, surfactant ) is preferred


• experience and familiarity with water, solvent and UV based systems and properties


• prefer experience in technology areas of specialty coatings, inks, or adhesives


• hands on experience running industry standard tests

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
 
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
 
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE:  We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.