Synthetic Organic/Polymer Chemist II

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how to make them work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Synthetic Organic/Polymer Chemist to join Ashland Specialty Ingredients G. P. as a member of our Applied Research Team in Global R&D. This position is visible and significant and will report to the Applied Research Group Leader in Bridgewater, NJ.

This position will be located in Bridgewater, NJ.

To learn more about Ashland Specialty Ingredients, visit: www.ashland.com.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design, initiate and execute synthetic strategies for new product development.
• Function as a technical liaison to applications and marketing groups to advance new products and to solve challenging technical problems for customers.
• Work closely with process and production engineers to scale-up new products at global manufacturing sites.
• Independently summarize and interpret analytical and application data.
• Author technical reports and present technical results to internal and external audiences.
• Maintain lab notebooks and logbooks in accordance with company guidelines.
• Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry
• Understanding of chemical principles, good lab skills, neat working habits
• Ability to work in highly collaborative, cross-functional environment involving global customers, labs, and manufacturing sites
• Good time management and organizational skills for supporting multiple projects
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Creativity, ingenuity and initiative
• United States citizenship or permanent resident status

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• 2 to 5 years of work experience in synthetic organic or polymer chemistry
• Understanding of synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry
• Evidence of creative problem solving

Perks of working at Ashland:

• Team and individual recognition rewards, employee engagement events, and company bonus plan
• Comprehensive benefit package, medical, dental and vision starting on day one for you AND your family
• Generous 401(k) plan with company match
• Referral bonus plan – get a job with us and get paid to refer your friends
• Good work/life balance with options for flexibility in work schedule

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees and, whenever possible, strive to help one of our solvers grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our solvers make all the difference in our success.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.