Process Chemist

Henkel; Lexington (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Financial benefits

Family Support

Career Growth

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a chemist to advance synthetic routes and scale-up processes in our Adhesive Technologies unit in the U.S. You will evaluate pathways, optimize materials, and contribute to safe, cost-effective manufacturing across lab, pilot, and production environments.

The role requires a chemistry or chemical engineering degree with 1–3 years of lab or plant experience and familiarity with GPC, FTIR, and GC techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
• 1–3 years of chemical lab or chemical plant experience.
• Synthetic benchtop lab experience from 50 mL to 6 L.
• Experience with analytical testing techniques (GPC, FTIR, GC).
• Production plant or pilot plant experience is nice to have but not required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing and new synthetic routes for monomers/polymers, and coatings to define scale-up strategies.
• Contribute to selection and design of viable synthetic pathways and raw materials to improve yields and safety at reduced cost.
• Work safely in the laboratory and help lead safety initiatives.
• Demonstrate processes in lab, pilot, and manufacturing with equipment recommendations for safe production.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and raw material suppliers.

Education

Chemistry degree

Chemical Engineering degree

Tools

GPC

FTIR

GC

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit –where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customerswith a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functionalcoatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Evaluate existing and new synthetic routes for monomers/polymers, and coating formulations to define scale up strategies.
• Make valuable contributions to the selection and design of viable synthetic pathways and raw materials to generate high quality products, increase yields, stream line the synthesis process, and optimize any safety and environmental aspects at reduced cost.
• Work safely day-to-day in the laboratory and help lead safety initiatives.
• Demonstrate processes safely in the laboratory, pilot and manufacturing with recommendations on equipment selection which allows safe manufacturing.
• Collaborate and maintain interactions with internal stakeholders as well as suppliers of raw materials.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelors degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• 1-3 years experience chemical lab experience or chemical plant experience
• Synthetic benchtop laboratory experience on a scale from 50mL to 6L
• Experience with analytical testing techniques, specifically GPC, FTIR, and GC
• Production plant or pilot plant experience is nice to have but not necessary

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance:Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible& hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sellprogram
• Financial: 401kmatching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matchingshares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loanreimbursement
• Family Support:12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents givingbirth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discountedchild and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diversenational and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

Thesalary range for this role is $70,000.00 and $95,000.00. This range represents thegood‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offerfor this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, thisposition may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, asapplicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package asdescribed above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as thecandidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. Thisposting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local paytransparency laws.

Henkeldoes not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies.Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore,Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of anunsolicited referral.

AtHenkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lifeexperiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us.Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability,veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.