Polyurethane Rigid Foam Tech Service Scientist

Dow Inc.; Roswell (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Inc. in Marietta, GA, seeks an experienced Technical Service and Development Scientist to lead technical interactions with customers, understand needs, and collaborate across technical, commercial, and manufacturing teams to deliver solutions in rigid polyurethane foams.

You will apply scientific methods to develop business cases and create new products meeting growth, performance, and sustainability goals, supporting trials, troubleshooting, and scale-up from lab to production assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or an applied science related field (Ex. Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, etc.) or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant.
• Minimum 6 years’ relevant working experience (leading projects, formulating and commercializing rigid foam polyurethane products in continuous and discontinuous rigid foam applications)
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process)
• Proven track record of Creativity, Innovation, and Project Management
• Problem Solving Skills and Mechanical Aptitude a plus
• Experience in providing technical support to customers
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Previous experience working on a project team
• Cross-functional and/or cross-geography experience

Responsibilities

• Designs value-creating solutions for the customer in response to presented problems with defined scope and impact
• Develops hypotheses, plans & executes experiments, interprets results, and modifies hypotheses appropriately
• Provides technical support for the trial and use of Dow products at customer locations and the scale-up of new products within Dow
• Collaborates effectively across research, commercial, supply chain and manufacturing departments
• Participates in the generation of ideas and data to support the development of intellectual capital and effectively protects Dow’s intellectual capital when working with customers
• Engages in external professional organizations to stay abreast of technology and market trends as well as representing the Dow Polyurethanes brand
• Communicates and appropriately documents work in the form of internal reports and presentations

Skills

Innovation

Communication

Operational Efficiency

Professional Networking

Active Listening

Project Management

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related field

Job description

Dow Inc. in Marietta, GA, seeks an experienced Technical Service and Development Scientist to lead technical interactions with customers, understand needs, and collaborate across technical, commercial, and manufacturing teams to deliver solutions in rigid polyurethane foams.

You will apply scientific methods to develop business cases and create new products meeting growth, performance, and sustainability goals, supporting trials, troubleshooting, and scale-up from lab to production assets.