Senior Chemist, Water-Based Coatings & Formulations

Mackinnon Bruce International; Monroe (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackinnon Bruce International is seeking a hands-on R&D Chemist in Monroe, CT to develop, test, and scale water-based coating technologies for plastics, composites, and molded polymers.

You will formulate polymers, binders, surfactants, and additives; perform adhesion and rheology testing; and collaborate across R&D, manufacturing, and sales to meet customer requirements.

The ideal candidate has a chemistry or polymer science degree and 8–10 years of industry experience in coatings.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of formulation experience in coatings, paints, adhesives, or related speciality chemical industry.
• Experience developing and testing water-based coatings and adhesives.
• Strong knowledge of polymer chemistry, surface chemistry, rheology, emulsions, dispersions.
• Hands-on lab experience with formulation development and coating testing.
• Ability to work safely with chemicals and coating application methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize water-based coating and release systems to meet performance and customer requirements
• Formulate and evaluate polymers, binders, surfactants, crosslinkers, rheology modifiers, and specialty additives
• Design and execute laboratory testing for adhesion, film formation, surface properties, stability, miscibility, crosslinking, rheology, and release performance
• Apply polymer and surface chemistry principles to solve technical challenges
• Replicate customer and manufacturing processes in the laboratory to predict application and field performance
• Support customer trials, industrial evaluations, troubleshooting, scale-up, and plant trials
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, quality, technical service, sales, and customers
• Maintain clear documentation of formulations, experiments, test results, conclusions, and recommendations
• Support new product development, raw material evaluations, continuous improvement, and scale-up activities

Skills

Water-based coatings

Polymer formulation

Rheology expertise

Laboratory testing

Adhesion testing

Scale-up processes

Education

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

Job description

Mackinnon Bruce International is seeking a hands-on R&D Chemist in Monroe, CT to develop, test, and scale water-based coating technologies for plastics, composites, and molded polymers.

You will formulate polymers, binders, surfactants, and additives; perform adhesion and rheology testing; and collaborate across R&D, manufacturing, and sales to meet customer requirements.

The ideal candidate has a chemistry or polymer science degree and 8–10 years of industry experience in coatings.