Associate Chemist: Coatings Lab & Customer Support

Nippon Paint Automotive Americas (NPAA); Lansing (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned bonuses

Time off & holidays

Health & retirement

Career growth & recognition

Culture & community

Job summary

Nippon Paint Automotive Americas (NPAA) seeks a detail‑oriented laboratory technician to support customer-focused paint projects. You will perform paint and panel prep, record results, and assist in correlations for client applications while collaborating with chemists and field teams.

The role emphasizes timely communication, data integrity, and adherence to NPAA processes. Travel may be required to support customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related science with 2 years relevant experience.
• Willing and able to travel and work overtime as required.
• Strong work ethic, able to work well with minimal supervision.
• Adapts well to priority shifts.

Responsibilities

• Technical Skills: Understands formula raw materials and component functions; analyzes results with supervision and suggests next steps; may have occasional direct customer contact.
• Application Knowledge: Uses hand-spray equipment to generate test panels; learns customer application methods and spray concepts; adjusts settings to improve workability.
• Communication Skills (oral and written): Communicates results to chemists, managers, and directors; documents in lab notebooks and prepares lab reports; proficient in Word/Excel/PowerPoint.
• Customer Focus: Travel with NPAA personnel to support customer needs; adjust schedules to meet expectations and timelines; relay results to Field Technical Service.
• Business Process: Uses SAP, AS/400, EDS, and related NPAA processes to move tasks from lab to plant to customer; emphasizes timeliness.
• Move waste from generation point to 90-day storage area and properly label containers.

Skills

Technical skills

Application knowledge

Communication

Customer focus

Business process understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or related science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SAP

AS/400

EDS

Mass Change

Job description

Nippon Paint Automotive Americas (NPAA) seeks a detail‑oriented laboratory technician to support customer-focused paint projects. You will perform paint and panel prep, record results, and assist in correlations for client applications while collaborating with chemists and field teams.

The role emphasizes timely communication, data integrity, and adherence to NPAA processes. Travel may be required to support customers.