Senior Field Coatings Technical Expert

Guardian Protection Products; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RPM Industrial Coatings Group seeks a Senior Field Technical Service Representative to serve as the highest-level field technical resource, partnering with customers, sales, and manufacturing to optimize coating performance and deliver exceptional support.

You will provide expert consultation in industrial liquid and powder coating technologies, lead complex troubleshooting, perform audits, deliver training, and identify opportunities to improve process efficiency and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in industrial coatings with expertise in liquid coating technologies and powder coating systems.
• Strong knowledge of pretreatment, application equipment, curing technologies, and process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced technical support to customers, distributors, prospects, and internal teams regarding liquid and powder coating technologies.
• Lead investigations into coating defects, equipment performance, and process variability using root cause analysis methods.
• Maintain expert knowledge of coating chemistries including solventborne, waterborne, high-solids, epoxy, polyurethane, alkyd and architectural systems.
• Perform laboratory and field testing per ASTM, PCI, AAMA, ISO standards and interpret results.
• Deliver technical audits, reports, and training to customers, distributors, and manufacturing teams.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

MS Office

Education

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

Tools

FTIR

DSC

XRF

Datapaq

Job description

RPM Industrial Coatings Group seeks a Senior Field Technical Service Representative to serve as the highest-level field technical resource, partnering with customers, sales, and manufacturing to optimize coating performance and deliver exceptional support.

You will provide expert consultation in industrial liquid and powder coating technologies, lead complex troubleshooting, perform audits, deliver training, and identify opportunities to improve process efficiency and quality.