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Have the Opportunity to chart your own course, challenge yourself, and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career. We reward employees with competitive pay and incentives to recognize skills, competencies, and contributions to business results.

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We are hiring a Laboratory Research Associate Investigator to join our Spruance site located in Richmond, VA

The Water & Protection business is part of DuPont and is a global leader in products and solutions that protect what matters – people, structures, and the environment. We enable our customers to win through unique capabilities, global scale, and iconic brands including Corian®, Kevlar®, Nomex®, Tyvek®, Styrofoam™ and FILMTEC™.

As part of our Tyvek® growth plan, we are seeking a Laboratory Research Associate Investigator who will support the R&D team in the flash spinning technology development as well as in product development and their introduction into the market.

This hiring initiative represents an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic empowered R&D team that applies a rich understanding of materials, polymer science, chemistry, chemical and mechanical engineering in a diverse environment with the mission to develop nonwoven membrane solutions that protect people, property and critical products and processes from the hazards that threaten them.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Performs laboratory tests under minimum supervision.
• Develops analytical method and writes job procedures.
• Responsible to maintain the operational capability of lab equipment.
• Acquires data to solve technical problems and to support development programs.
• Coordinates and checks work- and test-requests, communicates test results and writes reports.
• Provides assistance to R&D test preparation, execution and analysis, complaint investigation and quality control.
• Coordinates with Manufacturing Technology and Operations to execute R&D tests on commercial equipment.
• Collaborates locally and globally with larger R&D team to coordinate sample shipping, align equipment and methodologies, and report data and analyses.
• This job may require travel up to 10% of work time.

Qualifications

• BS in Material Science, Engineering or Chemistry or related discipline.
• Several years of practical experience in a Material Science laboratory or manufacturing environment is an advantage.
• Knowledge in laboratory method development, method validation and statistical analysis.

Competencies (required)

• Analytical thinking
• Scientific approach to problem solving.
• Intellectual curiosity and personal drive for continuous learning
• Creativity, hands on, pragmatism
• Innovative and entrepreneurial initiative
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and networking skills

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