R&D Chemist Jobs

Monument Chemical

Position Title:

R&D Chemist

Job Status:

Full Time

Reports To: (position)

Sr. R&D Chemist

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Department:

R&D

Work Schedule:

Day

Description

The R&D Distillation Chemist analyses feed stock samples and evaluates chemical reactions and distillation processes in pilot plant units for internal and external customers.

Essential Functions / Key Accountabilities

• Maintenance of product quality by intensive unit supervision and handling.
• Able to conduct risk reviews based on SDS's, desired chemistry and safety info from the public domain.
• The role could cover/rotate within all Monument Chemical sites in the Houston area.
• Writes laboratory reports including all technical and analytical information
• Practice of good laboratory hygiene and housekeeping.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements.
• Accurate analysis of feedstock samples, incl. GC, GCMS, FTIR, AA & Wet Chem.
• Able to use / modify process simulation software to design reactions & distillation processes.
• Part of projects, collaboration with other business function team members
• Setup of lab distillation columns or chemical reactors in configurations based on simulated process design
• Intensive cooperation and communication with the Supervisor in the unit start-up and operation phase.
• Follows safety rules

Education

• Minimum of a Master's degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering with deep knowledge in organic chemistry

Experience / Required Skills

• Possess the ability to work effectively in a highly productive and responsible way in order that lab test results are sufficient for a scale up procedure.
• Able to integrate chemical reactions into the distillation process
• At least Three years of laboratory experience in a chemical manufacturing environment
• Possess good writing skills in order to write and present laboratory results.
• Good project management skills
• Possess knowledge of routine chemical and general laboratory practices with a reasonable knowledge of gas chromatography.
• Possess fundamental knowledge in distillation as well as thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions.
• Possess good interpersonal skills concerning cooperation and communication with team members and customers.
• Able to investigate batch and continuous hydrogenation reactions
• Possess good manual skills to properly handle the necessary equipment.
• Able to select catalysts by performance tests

Preferred Required

Certifications / Licenses List any required and preferred certifications/licenses

• Evidence of process simulation training

Physical Demands

• Working from a seated position for up to 12 hours per day.
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE for tasks as required. FRC uniform, hard hat, safety toe work boots, safety glasses, gloves etc.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms one to two times per day.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force, exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force consistently to move objects forward, downward or outward.
• Raising objects up to 25 pounds occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds consistently from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long periods of time, up to 12 hours per day.
• Possible subject to environmental conditions. Activities could occur inside and outside.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Using upper extremities to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force consistently to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow or slippery surfaces.
• Subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 for periods of more than one hour.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Subject to vibration. Exposure to movements of the extremities or whole body. Operate/drive utility vehicle.