Petroleum Analytical Chemist — R&D & Method Development

Axens North America; Lawrenceville (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Axens North America in Lawrenceville, NJ is seeking a Chemical Analyst to join the Chemical Analytical Department. The role involves executing petroleum analytical testing, developing and implementing new methods, and supporting internal and external clients with R&D activities in our Pilot Plant.

The candidate should have 5–10 years of relevant experience, a BS in Chemistry or related field, and strong skills in chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques, data handling, and problem solving.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemistry or related field with 5 to 10 years of experience in Petroleum testing or related fields.
• Experience with Distillation Procedures, UV-spectroscopy, ICP-OES, Wet Chemistry, Simulated Distillation, Gas-Chromatography, TGA.
• Technical proficiency in utilizing Scientific Methodology to solve problems that may arise during routine task performance.
• Additional experience with rheology properties understanding and ion chromatography would be advantageous.
• Ability to manage a broad scope of activities including, but not limited to, conducting experiments, participating effectively in a team environment, and managing multiple tasks.
• Ability to effectively interact with customers, peers, plant personnel, R&D and Run-Engineers
• Effective communication, troubleshooting, networking, and computer skills to extract, evaluate data, and make sound technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical expertise and problem solving in support of our Analytical and R&D departments.
• Utilize existing ASTM analytical methods to measure critical parameters in various petroleum derived products.
• Ability to maintain logbooks and data well organized.
• Problem-Solving skills are very important to achieve expected performance in this position.
• Basic knowledge of equipment troubleshooting such as calibration issues, gas leaks and thermocouple problems
• To communicate and document troubleshooting findings to supervisors.
• To perform daily duties with minimum supervision.
• The candidate must have good organizational skills for daily log sheets and test results must be kept in an organized manner.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Problem solving

Data analysis

Documentation

Communication

Education

BS in Chemistry or related field

Tools

Gas Chromatography

ICP-OES

UV-Vis spectroscopy

TGA

Distillation procedures

Wet chemistry

Job description

Axens North America in Lawrenceville, NJ is seeking a Chemical Analyst to join the Chemical Analytical Department. The role involves executing petroleum analytical testing, developing and implementing new methods, and supporting internal and external clients with R&D activities in our Pilot Plant.

The candidate should have 5–10 years of relevant experience, a BS in Chemistry or related field, and strong skills in chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques, data handling, and problem solving.