Chemist II – Innovation & Sanitation Solutions

Fortrex, Inc.; North Little Rock (AR); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Basic Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Fortrex, Inc. is seeking a Chemist II to join our innovation team at the North Little Rock facility.

You will support chemical product manufacturing facilities, drive key innovation projects, and improve existing solutions in cleaning and antimicrobial applications. The role requires independence, strong problem-solving skills, and collaboration with manufacturing, R&D, QA, and supply chain to bring products to commercialization.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, microbiology, or engineering (chemical, biochemical, materials) or other related scientific field
• 3-5 years of related experience

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize new sanitation/intervention formulations through public domain literature research.
• Design and execute experiments to produce new chemical formulations.
• Design and execute process improvement experiments for existing sanitation/interventions and manufacturing processes.
• Assist in product quality investigations that result in reworking plans or specification updates as part of the CAPA process.
• Works cooperatively with manufacturing plants, distributors, engineering, supply chain, procurement, R&D, and quality assurance in the transfer of new products to commercialization.
• Drives new product development projects from ideation to commercialization as assigned.
• Apply scientific skill to solve complex problems utilizing knowledge of Safe Foods & Fortrex customers and markets.
• Prepares and tests chemical product formulations utilizing appropriate SOPs and test methods.
• Communicate with field staff and Technical Services on the improvement of existing sanitation/intervention formulations & allocation systems.
• Evaluate and approve new raw materials and raw material vendors following appropriate SOPs.
• Review and author technical reports, process and packaging specifications, recommend product quality enhancements, and commercialization materials.
• Independently manage multiple concurrent projects from conception through commercialization with minimal supervision.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support to plant and field personnel on formulation-related issues.
• Contribute subject-matter expertise during customer-facing technical discussions as needed.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Chemistry knowledge

GLP/GMP experience

EPA regulations

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, microbiology, or engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Job description

Fortrex, Inc. is seeking a Chemist II to join our innovation team at the North Little Rock facility.

You will support chemical product manufacturing facilities, drive key innovation projects, and improve existing solutions in cleaning and antimicrobial applications. The role requires independence, strong problem-solving skills, and collaboration with manufacturing, R&D, QA, and supply chain to bring products to commercialization.