Requisition ID:22941
Built on talent, technology, and trust, Grace is a leading global supplier of catalysts and engineered materials. The company's two industry-leading business segments-Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies-provide innovative products, technologies, and services that enhance the products and processes of our customers around the world. Grace employs approximately 4,300 people in over 30 countries.
Grace is seeking a Process Technology (PT) Scientist to join our Specialty Catalyst Process Support Team at our Baton Rouge, LA manufacturing site. This role reports to a PT Manager.
The role's primary function is to participate in product development and improvement efforts, starting at the laboratory scale through the pilot plant and commercial plant scale. This involves solving technical problems via synthesis and characterization of transition metal components and main group organometallic precursors. Routes to success require hypothesis formation, investigation of structure-property relationships through structural and electronic characterization, mining of data for insights, and innovative synthetic solutions. Solid technical skills combined with leadership and communication skills are vital to success.
The PT Scientist must be able to participate in an on-call Quality Control support rotation work schedule for pilot and commercial facility which includes nights/weekends/holiday. This coverage will be shared amongst all other team members and consist of 1 week every 5 weeks.
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