Chemist-Coating Specialist (Chemical Manufacturing)

Location: Brownville and Lowville, New York mills, United States. The role is onsite and includes travel of up to 10%, excluding local travel to service providers, customers, and internal mill locations.

Salary range: $80,600–$127,400 per year.

Company

hirify.global manufactures specialty materials and engineered solutions across filtration, advanced materials, sustainable packaging, healthcare, and related markets.

What you will do

• Develop an in-depth understanding of manufacturing equipment and processes to support new product development, process optimization, and cost reduction.
• Drive quality performance and continuous improvement across papermaking and off-line coating processes.
• Conduct laboratory and machine trials, develop trial plans, and support new product development.
• Define and test Critical to Quality specifications, analyze process capability, and address quality concerns.
• Manage supplier quality issues and collaborate with Operations, Technical, Procurement, customers, and other cross-functional partners.
• Prepare technical reports, support capital projects, manage intellectual property, and execute projects through the Stage-Gate process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, pulp and paper science, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of manufacturing experience in paper or coating operations.
• Experience with process troubleshooting, analytical problem-solving, and continuous improvement; Lean and Six Sigma experience is preferred.
• Ability to evaluate equipment and processes using chemistry, control strategies, mechanical integrity, thermodynamics, mass transfer, fluid dynamics, and energy transfer.
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications, quality databases, and ERP systems; DCS/QCS knowledge is preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, quantitative, organizational, presentation, and training skills, with the ability to work in a matrixed and fast-paced production environment.

Nice to have

• Saturation and coating application or formulation experience.
• Lean and Six Sigma experience.
• DCS/QCS knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-focused zero-incident culture with required training, inspections, investigations, and PPE auditing.
• Competitive benefits supporting employees and their families.
• Opportunities to work on product development, process improvement, cost optimization, and capital projects.