Color Chemist

Consolidated Color Corp; Hawaiian Gardens (CA); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Consolidated Color Corporation is seeking an experienced Color Chemist to join our coatings team in California. The role focuses on color matching, tinting, and pigment dispersion development from lab to production with strong collaboration across R&D, quality, sales, and manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on formulation expertise, color measurement proficiency (X-Rite or equivalent), and experience in colorant systems, ensuring color accuracy and product performance across our

Formación

• Experience in color matching, pigment dispersions, formulation and tinting within coatings/paint industries.
• Hands-on chemist with color-matching skills and lab-to-production collaboration.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and color measurement hardware.

Responsabilidades

• Perform color matching and tinting for new and existing products.
• R&D new color lines and colorant systems.
• Develop and adjust pigment dispersions to meet color and performance specs.
• Troubleshoot color, formulation, and production-related issues.
• Provide technical support to customers as needed.
• Collaborate with production, quality control, sales, and technical teams.
• Scale laboratory formulations for production and assist with trials.
• Maintain accurate lab records, formulas, test results, and development docs.
• Use color-matching equipment and software to evaluate color accuracy.

Conocimientos

Color matching

Pigment dispersions

Formulation

Tinting

Product development

Cross-functional collaboration

Herramientas

BatchMaster ERP

X-Rite color instruments

Descripción del empleo

Consolidated Color Corporation is looking for an experienced Color Chemist to join our team. The candidate will have experience and knowledge with color matching, pigment dispersions, formulation, tinting, and product development within the coatings, paint, or related chemical industries. We are looking for a hands-on chemist who can combine technical formulation expertise with practical color-matching skills and work collaboratively with both our laboratory and production teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform color matching and tinting for new and existing products
• R&D new color lines and colorant systems
• Develop, evaluate, and adjust pigment dispersions to achieve required color and performance specifications
• Ability to troubleshoot color, formulation, and production-related issues
• Provide technical support to customers as needed
• Work closely with production, quality control, sales, and technical teams
• Scale laboratory formulations for production and assist with manufacturing trials
• Maintain accurate laboratory records, formulas, test results, and development documentation
• Ability to use color-matching equipment and color computer software to evaluate color accuracy and consistency.
• Assist production with batch adjustments and color corrections
• Follow established lab procedures and maintain an organized, safe work environment

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Experience in the Color Chemist position or positions related to the field
• Software knowledge of BatchMaster or equivalent ERP programs
• Knowledge using X-Rite or similar color computer hardware tools