About the Company

 

Addivant™ is a leading global supplier of antioxidants, intermediates and inhibitors, polymer modifiers, and UV stabilizer solutions. As the only manufacturer to market all major families of stabilizers, we offer the widest range of performance-based polymer additives in the industry.

Our goal is to be the most innovative supplier of stabilizer solutions worldwide.  We are a leader in non-dust product forms, including our proprietary ANOX® NDB® stabilizer blend technology that enables up to eight components to be delivered in a single granular blend and a variety of liquid antioxidants.

Providing products and services in more than 100 countries and maintaining worldwide manufacturing and research facilities as well as global sales offices, the Addivant™ commitment is to maintain the highest standards of excellence in product quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.

Our broad range of antioxidants, light stabilizers, polymerization inhibitors, polymer modifiers, antiozonants & curing agents are employed to either aid processing, to chemically modify the polymer or to combat degradation, thereby extending a product’s life, appearance & performance by maintaining its strength, stiffness or flexibility.

We recently celebrated Addivant’s 2 year anniversary.  Addivant is an exciting place to be as we continue to build and grow our company with a strong focus on innovation and process improvements that add value to our customers and provide significant business impact.  

We recently announced that our development of WESTON® 705 liquid antioxidant, the next generation of nonylphenol-free phosphite technology, and received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for food contact applications. The WESTON® 705 will be manufactured at our Morgantown facility.    

Overview of Position:

• Analyze and improve existing manufacturing processes to improve overall quality and efficiency and reduce waste.
• Implement chemical processes into manufacturing by translating processes from a lab environment to full scale productionPrimary Responsibilities:
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• Working independently, but under the guidance of the Process Improvement Group Leader the incumbent will:
  • Develop viable manufacturing processes
  • Research manufacturing processes for new and existing products
  • Develop optimized plant processes
  • Work closely with colleagues in manufacturing to resolve any production issues
  • Provided detailed written and verbal reports
  • Work in full compliance with EH&S policies and the company code of conduct

 

Experience:

 

With Bachelor-            6-9 years

With Masters-              3-6 years

With PhD-                   0-3 years

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s degree is preferred. 

Area of Concentration: Chemistry

Required Skills or Abilities:

 

Technical

• This role is primarily a practical chemistry position, requiring organic synthesis ability, analytical chemistry ability, and ability to work in a production environment.
• Understanding of chemical processes and manufacturing facilities.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Excellent problem-solving ability.

Behavioral

• Enjoys working in a high energy environment with the ability to adapt to high pressure, rapidly changing business conditions while maintaining a calm composure in stressful or tough situations
• Assertive and results oriented. Takes initiative and holds oneself accountable for achieving results. Must be committed to follow up and follow through.
• Self-starter, self-motivated, and the ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations.
• Good communication skills with ability to simplify information to present concepts clearly and concisely to varying audiences. Keep people informed about issues and updates that affect them.
• Possess good interpersonal and teaming skills with the ability to interact and maintain relations with all levels of the organization.
• Organized and strong time management skills with the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Tackles issues as challenges with resourcefulness and good problem solving skills.
• Strong ability to analyze data, make judgments and decisions.

 

CHEMIST 2 WRITE UP

• Demonstrated command of technology area as evidenced by being able to apply knowledge to efficiently arrive at innovative, non-obvious or complex work product that has practical value to the company.
• Develops, proposes, and tests methodology for solutions to assigned projects.
• Makes recommendations based on his/her interpretation of data for fulfillment of the projects goals
• Technical presentations are an important aspect of this position.
• Plans own work to achieve assigned technical goals, is responsible for the relevance of work and the integrity of results.
• Supervisor input into planning and interpretation: weekly