Solution Lab Chemist

AkzoNobel; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global paints company in Long Eaton is seeking a professional to handle product maintenance, value engineering, and production optimization in the coatings industry. The ideal candidate should have a chemistry-related degree and a minimum of two years' experience. Responsibilities include formulation review, quality improvement, and customer complaint resolution, requiring strong problem-solving and teamwork skills. The company promotes an inclusive workplace and values diversity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of experience in the coatings industry.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Able to write reports.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop product formulations.
• Support value engineering initiatives for materials.
• Optimize production processes and ensure quality.
• Monitor processes for new product scale-up support.
• Investigate and solve customer complaints.

Skills

Chemistry knowledge

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a chemistry-related field

Job description

About AkzoNobel

Since , we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

Job Purpose

• Product maintenance and Increment development
• Problem shooting
• Value Engineering
• Support NPD project
• Production support and process optimization

Key Accountabilities

1. Product Maintenance and Incremental Development
   • Prepare and overview formulation for chemist in terms of color matching & testing
   • Review all formulation maintain in system
2. Support Value Engineering
   • Raw material evaluation for alternatives and replacement
   • Complexity Reduction
   • Reformulation and process savings
3. Production support and process optimization
   • Review complexity reduction
   • Quality improvement
4. Monitor process for new product and scale‑up support
5. Support NPD projects (if required)
   • Support Lab evaluation as request from NPD team
   • Support evaluation on product localization
6. Problem shooting
   • Involve investigation on complaint from customer
   • Coordinate with TSBP/Sales to provide the solution/feedback to customer

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a chemistry‑related field
• Minimum of two years of experience in the coatings industry
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Strong work ethic and effective team collaboration skills
• Able to write report
• Sensitive to color, able to see the color difference and do color adjustment
• Familiar with Microsoft Office

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.