Analytical Chemist

Georgia Pacific; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Chemist for the Analytical Services Team at the Neenah, WI Technical Center. You will work on diverse requests from mill troubleshooting to analyzing competitor products, collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver analytical insights.

The role emphasizes applying chemical and instrumental analysis, maintaining instruments, and communicating findings through reports and summaries while ensuring safe lab practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and hands-on experience with analytical experiments using standard test methods.
• Ability to communicate data and test results to technical and non-technical audiences in reports and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Apply chemical and instrumental analysis to support R&D, operations, and manufacturing.
• Assist plants in troubleshooting operation problems.
• Characterize and quantify compounds in complex mixtures.
• Troubleshoot analytical instrumentation.
• Develop new testing capabilities with product development teams.
• Write research summaries, reports, and reviews.
• Follow safety guidelines in the laboratory.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Instrumentation

Data interpretation

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Tools

Analytical instruments

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Chemist to join our Analytical Services Team for the Technical Center located in Neenah, WI. In this role you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of requests from troubleshooting with mills to analyzing competitor products to working with customers and suppliers.

What You Will Do

• Apply expertise in chemical and instrumental analysis to assist R&D, operations, and manufacturing efforts
• Assist plants and mills in troubleshooting operation problems
• Characterize and quantify compounds in complex mixtures
• Troubleshoot analytical instrumentation
• Work with the Neenah Technical Center's product development teams to establish new testing capabilities for current and future materials
• Write research summaries, reports, and reviews
• Work safely in a laboratory setting and follow detailed safety guidelines

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry
• Experience performing analytical experiments utilizing standard test methods

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience developing, validating, and implementing new analytical test methods
• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing support laboratory
• Knowledge and/or prior research experience in analytical, inorganic materials and/or organic chemistry
• Experience in operating, maintaining, and performing routine maintenance on analytical laboratory instruments
• Experience communicating data and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences through both oral and written reports

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.