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Location

Cheswick, PA | United States

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Job description

The S&T Color Specialist, Senior responsible for the Little Rock Plant, able to establish, planning, managing projects and responding to development and technical support activities for the marine coatings and protective and coatings business.

Key Responsibilities

• Solve the multiple requirements that are requested in the area such as substitutions of pigments or colorants due to shortage of the supplier, color adjustments in batches manufactured by the Little Rock plant, prioritize the compliance dates and negotiate with the different areas the prioritization based on available resources.

• Ensure that the color formulas developed in the laboratory work and are reproducible in the plant, distribution centers and dealers.

• Will also be involved with production scale-up, launches, and maintenance of product line.

• Will assist in manufacturing and field concerns through root cause analysis.

• Communicate with internal and external R&D scientists, product, plant, marketing and sales managers/ salespeople.

• Share ancillary duties such as equipment maintenance and calibration, ordering raw materials, proper disposal of paint waste or raw materials and lab supplies, competitor benchmarking and other testing, and other support duties.

• Perform color matching work.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience

• BA/BS/MS in Chemistry, Polymer Science or Chemical Engineering or any related sciences

• Knowledge of epoxy, polyurethane, polysiloxane, inorganic zinc silicate, water base products formulating principles and solvent base formulating is necessary.

• Search and interpret literature and is cognizant of competitor technology and intellectual property.

• Project, SAP applications required.

• Product launch, plant and field support and meetings may necessitate some travel and overnight stays.

• Knowledge in Color Science (color spaces, color difference equations etc.) and color measurement instruments preferred.

• 3+ years' experience in laboratory work and be able to optimally read, understand and modify color formulae; and, successfully pass a color blindness test; knowledge of color measurement technology preferred.

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Medical, Dental, 401K, paid vacation and holidays.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email [email protected].

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