What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analytical Chemist position at ZINK HOLDINGS GROUP?
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Senior Analytical Chemist
Zink Holdings, located at 37 Manning Drive, Billerica, MA is looking for a Senior Analytical Chemist to join our team as a Senior Scientist.
Purpose: Provide broad routine and non-routine analytical support to R&D and manufacturing. Integrate analytical information from disparate sources to reach understanding of materials and processes. Provide analytical expertise to other development chemists and formulators. Provide analytical expertise to manufacturing. Interface with R&D and manufacturing chemists to determine specifications for raw materials and internal intermediates. Interface with and assist suppliers in dealing with quality problems. Provide analytical expertise to supply chain sourcing and substitute materials. Provide analytical expertise in health, safety, environmental, sustainability and regulatory compliance issues. Maintain existing analytical capability and recommend additional capabilities. Maintain systematic analytical record keeping. Train and mentor other analytical personnel. Interface with third party analytical service labs for analytical needs outside of company capabilities. Perform other lab, technical and administrative tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Requirements: MS/PhD analytical chemistry or related discipline; 5 years industrial experience. Excellent understanding of and prior experience with liquid and gas chromatographic techniques, including GC-MS and LC-MS. Excellent understanding of and prior experience with thermal characterization techniques. Excellent understanding of and prior experience with quantitative analytical method development. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent computer skills for systematic data analysis and presentation. Excellent understanding of statistical methods for data analysis and experiment planning. Detail oriented but able to understand the big picture. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently. Ability to work on the milligram scale with "good hands”.
Functional Skills: Works independently to plan and coordinate technical activities. Works collaboratively with other staff, suppliers and customers. Collects, correlates and interprets data from multiple sources. Works safely and mindfully of health and environmental issues.
Other Valued Skills: Experience supporting R&D, scale-up, pilot and manufacturing for coating operations and small molecule organic synthesis. Experience in negotiating vendor specifications. Experience in wet chemistry analytical techniques. Experience in physical characterization of materials. Experience in microscopy and microtomy.
For immediate consideration, please send your resume to Robin.Manley @zink.com
