Quality Control Chemist

Your Role & Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Act as a technical contact for the region on topics and blends unique for South Gate.

• Acts as main contact during customer audits for South Gate laboratory.

• Participates in weekly Blend Team meetings and conducts formulation trials as part of the Blend Team.

• Manages QC/QA documentation for South Gate locations.

• Manages preventive maintenance and repair of lab equipment.

• Manages sending multiple products for testing to get certified on a quarterly/annual basis.

• Perform quality control tests required on incoming raw materials and on finished goods, including adjusting batches as required.

• Perform quality control tests on finished goods, including adjusting batches as required for Brenntag Pacific.

• Prepare or obtain Certificates of Analysis or quality documents as required by Brenntag Pacific and Brenntag Pacific’s customers and scan into BUS system at the time of the product is tested.

• Prepare standard reagent solutions as required by the test methods.

• Prepare indicators, testing solutions, fill reagent bottles, fill titrimetric equipment, and keep all lab equipment in good working order.

• Standardize pH meters, densitometer, viscometer, and refractometers as recommended by the manufacturer of Brenntag policy.

• Maintain good housekeeping in the laboratory, dye room, retained sample room and surrounding areas. Clean up the work area at the end of every shift or personnel change.

• Provide dye/dye solution to plant for production.

• Test Hazardous Wastes and returned goods as requested by Technical Director.

• Maintain appropriate documentation (records and lab notebooks) in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.

• Dispose of and/or retain samples on a regular basis following required regulations.

• Observe, follow, and enforce all Brenntag Pacific Policies and Procedures.

• Attend all required training when scheduled unless absent from work.

• Represent Brenntag Pacific in a professional manner.

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Your Profile 

Skills 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language.

• Possess good organizational skills and ability to prioritize work to meet time-sensitive deadlines with minimal supervision.

• Possess excellent written/oral communication skills.

• Possess proficient skill level of Microsoft Office.

• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of staff, including upper management.

• Ability to operate the following laboratory equipment: balances, Brookfield viscosimeter, kinetic viscosity equipment, densitometer, Karl-Fisher moisture analyzer, laboratory mixers, APHA color tester (Orbeco-Hellige), pH meter, burettes, pipets and other glassware to perform wet chemical analyses, spectrophotometer and turbidimeter.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as algebra, probability, and statistical inference.

• Ability to read and interpret job related documents.

• Ability to work overtime and/or weekends as needed.

Experience and Education 

Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university required in Chemistry or closely related field, two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, feel, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.

Our Offer 

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Human Resources at accommodations@brenntag.com (phone, tty, fax, email, etc.).

Brenntag North America, Inc. and its subsidiaries use E-verify, a government-run, web-based system that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.  For more information, please go to https://www.e-verify.gov/employees or view the poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster.pdf.

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