Job: Temp Chemist I

Location: Carlstadt, NJ
Shift: Monday- Thursday, 7:30am- 5:30pm
Pay: $30-$34 an hour

Job Overview: You will report into the Global Sun Chemical Color Material Development team, located at Carlstadt, NJ. The chemist is responsible for the continued assessment of effect pigment products in the innovation pipeline and competitive effect pigments and their use in cosmetic formulations. You will work with various other teams, such as Research & Development (R&D), technical service, manufacturing, and will interact with cross functional global marketing and technical sales.

Essential Job Duties:

• For new effect pigments in the Innovation pipeline, evaluate and determine value proposition. Communicate findings to research, development, process development, and marketing functions.
• Evaluate coloristic properties and application benefits of new pigments versus existing cosmetics effect pigments portfolio and relevant competitive products
• Perform laboratory experiments relating to color cosmetic pigments and applications, including stability and compatibility analysis, bulk pigment evaluation, and solvent drawdown preparation.
• Formulation work on all types of cosmetic products, with emphasis in color cosmetics.
• Develop features and benefits to help determine portfolio positioning
• Develop features and benefits package for new effect pigments prior to launch
• Develop a strong understanding of effect pigments and color evaluation techniques
• Demonstrate fundamental understanding of general chemistry concerning cosmetic raw ingredients.
• The Chemist will need to be highly organized, capable of clearly documenting work in a laboratory notebook, through technical reports and comfortable with communication across multi-functional teams.
• Plans, designs and executes project work with clear interpretation of results and path forward.
• Develop new and optimize existing lab and instrumental procedures for the evaluation and/or analysis of effect pigments.
• Assess patentability of new effect pigments in various cosmetic formulations.
• Use of analytical and experimental data to analyze cause/effect relationships between various components of cosmetic and personal care materials.
• Organize results into reports or presentations that are presented within internal meetings.
• Maintain the cosmetics application laboratory
• Maintain a safe work environment by following Sun Chemical Environmental Health and Safety policies.

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  Minimum BS/BA degree in Cosmetic Science, or Chemistry required
• Working knowledge of cosmetic application, cosmetic application formula development, chemical processes required
• Working knowledge of computer skills (Microsoft office) required
• Minimum 2 years of relevant laboratory or manufacturing experience required
• At least 1 year of colorants and/or cosmetics experience preferred
• Previous technical or laboratory experience is preferred
• Familiarity developing Standard Operating Procedures required
• Critical thinking and data analysis is important for the position
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage and deliver on several project deadlines concurrently while being a team player with a positive attitude