- We re looking for an R&D and QC chemist to join our team and help us build safe, high-quality products
- The candidate will oversee the raw material and product quality to make sure they meet the quality standards, conduct re-formulation or new formulation development in the lab based on the customer requirement
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree or above in Organic Chemistry/Industrial Chemistry/Polymer Science or relevant discipline
- More than 3 years of experience in R&D / formulation products, preferably in pulp and paper, water treatment, polymeric resins, surfactants or paint and coating industries
- Being familiar with SAP system is preferable
- Knowledge and prior experience in analytical equipment, HPLC, FTIR, and ICP will be added advantage
- Good communication skills, ability to prioritize and work with cross-functional business units and teams
- Keen to do the lab hands-on work
- Knowledge on Intelligent Authoring will be a plus
Accountabilities:
- Develop new products and work closely with production team to scale up
- Reformulate existing products to improve performance or cost-effectiveness or regulation compliance
- Evaluate new sources of raw materials
- Analyze competitor samples and development of similar products if required
- Improve the production process and assist to troubleshoot ad-hoc process-related production problems
- Prepare TOPs and SOPs for new/improved products
- Perform chemical and physical analysis and testing in support of the manufacturing of chemicals
- Prepare laboratory samples for the field
- Prepare procedures and validation protocols relating to QC and R&D
- Analyse quality-related customer complaints, advise and follow up with the appropriate course of action based on the test results
- Review the quality of expired goods before dispatch
- Conduct investigation on the root cause of the quality-related customer complaint; Record customer complaints and follow-up till closure.
- Review product specifications as and when required and issue spec change notification letters.
- Maintain and update QC specifications (including commercial and internal specs) in SAP
- Maintain suppliers COA properly for traceability.
