R&D Co-Op - 2027

Testors; Pleasant Prairie (WI); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Rust-Oleum is seeking a co‑op/intern to work in Pleasant Prairie, WI, 40 hours per week at $25.00/hour. Students will act as coatings chemists in training, gaining growth in a teamwork-based environment while learning about a range of product types from metal to concrete coatings.

Typical duties include creating sample batches, performing testing, documenting results, and supporting production scale-up and batch adjustments, under cross-functional guidance.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate student pursuing Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a comparable scientific degree.

Responsibilities

• Creating sample batches of paint for formula development.
• Conducting performance testing on lab samples and competitive products.
• Documenting data and interpreting/reporting results.
• Assisting with production scale-up and batch adjustments.

Skills

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Teamwork

Education

Undergraduate in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm / Full Time / 40hrs/wk

Pay: $25.00/hr

What to expect:

• Job Duties: Summary :Co-op/Intern students are treated as coatings chemists in training, with a focus on professional growth and skills development in a teamwork-based environment. Students work on and learn about a variety of product types from metal to concrete coatings and decorative to high performance systems. Interaction with chemical suppliers, marketing brand managers, and manufacturing operations is incorporated with increasingly complex projects throughout the co‑op career. They will train cross functionally under the different product platforms.
• Typical work assignments include Creating sample batches of paint for formula development, conducting performance testing on lab samples and competitive products, documenting data and interpreting/reporting results and assisting with production support through the scale‑up process and batch adjustments.
• Required Skills:Current undergraduate student pursuing Chemistry, Chemical Engineering ora comparable scientificdegree.

Rust-Oleum is an equal-opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or other protected class.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 15949
• Job Category Admin Support
• Locations 8105 95th St, Pleasant Prairie, WI, 53158, US