1st Shift Coatings Chemistry Technician (E-Coat/Pretreatment)

Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.; Gallatin (TN); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonuses

Medical benefits

Retirement contributions

Employee stock purchase

Job summary

Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. in Gallatin, TN, is seeking a Coatings Process Chemistry Technician to oversee pretreatment and E-Coat chemistry. You will conduct testing, manage chemical additions, and maintain process-control records to ensure coating quality and line stability.

The role involves daily lab work, data review, and collaboration with Operations, Engineering and Quality teams. A chemistry background with hands-on coating experience is preferred, with full-time hours on first shift.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry preferred or equivalent hands-on experience in industrial process chemistry.
• 3+ years of experience in Laboratory chemical testing, wet chemistry, manufacturing quality, coatings, pretreatment, plating, surface finishing, or closely related process control work.
• Hands on experience with titrations, pH meters, conductivity meters, sample dilution, concentration calculations, reagent handling, endpoint recognition, and chemical bath control.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily chemical testing and process control for pretreatment and E-Coat systems.
• Perform approved chemical additions to E-Coat, pretreatment, zirconium, and supporting process tanks when results are out of specification or trending out of control.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of E-Coat line chemistry by monitoring bath condition, chemical consumption, inventory levels, reagent availability, sample collection practices, and testing repeatability.
• Maintain and improve lab and chemical-control documentation, including testing records, chemical addition logs, inventory records, spreadsheets, electronic quality records, work instructions, visual standards, and training material.
• Participate in various improvements projects related to process chemistry, product quality and lab efficiency.

Skills

Laboratory testing

pH testing

Titrations

Chemical handling

Data review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry

Tools

pH meter

Conductivity meter

Excel

Job description

Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. in Gallatin, TN, is seeking a Coatings Process Chemistry Technician to oversee pretreatment and E-Coat chemistry. You will conduct testing, manage chemical additions, and maintain process-control records to ensure coating quality and line stability.

The role involves daily lab work, data review, and collaboration with Operations, Engineering and Quality teams. A chemistry background with hands-on coating experience is preferred, with full-time hours on first shift.