Senior Color Formulator

PPG Industries; San Juan del Río; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG Industries is seeking a Senior Color Formulator to develop pigment-based coatings, dispersions, and intermediates while ensuring color, performance, and regulatory compliance across the product lifecycle.

You will lead color development projects, provide technical support and training, and collaborate with technicians and formulators to deliver milestones within an EHS-compliant framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering with focus on color design.
• At least 5 years of color design experience in the automotive sector.
• Experience with paint manufacturing processes (grinding/milling).
• Strong knowledge of color evaluation (visual/instrumental) and DOE.
• Experience with waterborne and solventborne coatings.
• Familiarity with automotive quality tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Create pigment-based coatings and dispersions meeting color requirements for customers.
• Ensure formulations meet performance and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate on color development, adjustment, and optimization across product lifecycles.
• Support development and manufacturing of intermediates and dispersions.
• Provide technical support, training, and color science guidance to the organization.
• Guide technicians through new product development and launch processes.

Skills

Color design

Automotive

DOE

Color evaluation

Color science

English proficiency

Color discrimination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

As a Senior Color Formulator , you will develop pigment-based coatings, dispersions, and intermediates that meet the color, performance, and regulatory requirements of internal and external customers. You will achieve this through the structured execution of innovation and continuous improvement projects. Additionally, you will provide specialized technical support collaboration, and ensure throughout the entire product lifecycle. All of these efforts will be in compliance with our Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental (EHS) standards.

You will reporto to Technical Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Create pigment-based coatings and dispersions that meet the color requirements of internal and external customers.
• Ensure that developed formulations comply with critical performance and regulatory requirements established by internal and external customers.
• Collaborate on color development, adjustment, and optimization projects throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Collaborate on the development, adjustment, optimization, and manufacturing support of intermediates and dispersions.
• Communicate with internal customers throughout project execution.
• You will provide technical support, consultation, and training related to product development, color science, and pigments to members of the organization.
• Guide technicians and formulators through the requirements of customers’ new product development and launch processes to ensure successful completion of each project milestone.
• Promote and follow a structured approach to project execution, applying all available methodological and technological tools.
• You will implement strategies, working with technicians and fellow formulators.
• Participate in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) projects and continuous improvement programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience of at least 5 years in color design and development projects within the automotive industry.
• Demonstrated experience in paint manufacturing processes, including grinding and milling operations.
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of color evaluation (visual and instrumental), pigment selection, Design of Experiments (DOE), and formulation of both waterborne and solventborne technologies.
• General theoretical and practical knowledge of coating application processes (automated and manual).
• General knowledge of automotive quality tools and methodologies.
• Color discrimination ability.
• Conversational English proficien
• Work onsite #LI-Onsite

About us:

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 thandoes any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG onX.

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