Senior Chemist

The Senior Chemist is responsible to develop, sustain process and customer friendly products under Jotun R&D process guidelines. You will be preparing, testing and evaluating raw materials to ensure product performance & specification as per Jotun's product requirements to meet the customer expectations.

This position will be reporting to the Manager - Lab & Process and will be based in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and ensure all testing as per Jotun & international Standards like ISO, ASTM, AAMA and Qualicoat etc.
• Drive for formulation (process and cost) optimization by revising existing recipes to ensure quality improvement delivery to market.
• Ensure good communication between the Lab team, QC team, sales team and Technical Services & Support (TSS) to enhance internal customer satisfaction and efficiency of operation.
• Ensure the incoming Raw Material (RM) quality as per Group R&D process guidelines.
• Follow Jotun standards and ISO procedures to improve consistency and traceability within the factory.
• Give technical support and cooperate closely with maintenance.
• Implement and supervise calibration procedures for laboratory instruments per ISO & Jotun HSEQ element requirements & guidelines.
• Improve the competence of chemists by reducing number of colour matching cycles per sample to drive the efficiency of routine operation as per lead time targets.
• Make formulations available for production with defined QC/process specification as per customer requirements and with optimized process parameters.
• Optimize recipes to maintain competitiveness in the local market within the framework set by regional and global R&D.
• Organize and ensure efficient optimized planning together with laboratory chemists & Lab operators.
• Preparing monthly lab reports as per the Lab KPI's.
• Review Raw Materials with Purchasing, cooperate on old Raw Materials use up, and new, cost-efficient Raw Materials implementation.
• Update and change formulations as required by Group R&D.
• When needed, analyze quality control of product and raw material to ensure achieving consistency of finished product delivery to customers.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree of Chemistry or Chemical Engineering related with minimum 4 years of relevant experience in Powder Coatings.
• Must be proficient in verbal and written English with a clear, precise and structured manner of communication.
• Positive mindset and passionate about the work.

Personal qualities

• Analysis & Judgment: quickly understands and analyzes complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments.
• Initiative & Responsibility: acts on own initiative, makes things happen and accepts responsibility for the results
• Innovation: produces fresh and imaginative ideas and solutions; breaks away from tradition; promotes change and novelty.
• People Management: provides the team with a clear sense of direction, inspires and coordinates others and keeps them focused on objectives.
• Professional Expertise: demonstrates specialist knowledge and expertise in own area; participates in continuous professional development.
• Systematic Approach: uses a methodical and systematic approach; plans ahead, defines clear priorities and allocates resources effectively.

What we offer

• We are a fast-growing paint and coatings company with proven financial success.
• Extensive opportunities for professional and personal development, through both on-the-job training and Jotun Academy.
• A professional and supportive work environment, focusing on continuous improvement and innovation.
• We are a value-driven organization where Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness are core to the culture and success of our organization.