Technical Service & Development Scientist - Rigid PU Foams

Dow Inc.; Buford (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Service and Development Scientist for rigid polyurethane foams at its Marietta, GA location.

You will lead technical interactions with customers, apply scientific methods, and collaborate across technical, commercial, and manufacturing teams to deliver solutions and scale up new products from lab to production. The role emphasizes developing business cases, communicating results, and supporting trials and troubleshooting at customer sites with a focus

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

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

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science

Related field or military equivalent (US E5 / Canadian PO2/Sergeant)

Job description

Dow Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Service and Development Scientist for rigid polyurethane foams at its Marietta, GA location.

You will lead technical interactions with customers, apply scientific methods, and collaborate across technical, commercial, and manufacturing teams to deliver solutions and scale up new products from lab to production. The role emphasizes developing business cases, communicating results, and supporting trials and troubleshooting at customer sites with a focus