Description
Kelly Services has provided outstanding employment opportunities to the most talented individuals in the marketplace for over 60 years. Today, Kelly Science is searching for an experienced Research Technologist to join our team at a Fortune 500 Chemical Company in Baytown, TX for a long-term assignment
What Role You Will Play
Provide research, industry, market, and plant support in a laboratory environment. The open position is located at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex, Baytown TX and reports through Research Lab Operations supervision.
What You Will Do
Daily functions included are among the following
• Run and help maintain laboratory and lab scale equipment including analytical and safety equipment
• Work with raw materials that can include catalyst preparation
• Use mechanical skills to troubleshoot equipment issues
• Analyze and interpret samples/data resulting from running work requests
• Work with teams (work improvements/solutions/troubleshooting/investigations)
• Have direct interfaces with Ph.D. Engineers and Chemists daily (work requesters)
• Execute and oversee change management (MOC)
Skills and Qualifications
• Capable of safe, reliable, and independent laboratory work
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a science or engineering discipline including chemistry and relevant work experience
• Ability to read and follow detailed instructions, procedures and protocols
• Execute and oversee change management (MOC)
• Experience using laboratory equipment, including auxiliary safety equipment
• Concern for accuracy and precision and record keeping
• Strong mechanical and problem solving skillset
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to learn new techniques as needed and show agility
• Motivated, proactive and dependable
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications and Experience
•Minimum of BS, Chemistry
• Knowledge in the use of Excel or other required digital platforms or strong willingness to learn
• Demonstrated understand standard industry nomenclature (ie. Interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, etc)
• Demonstrated understand chemistry nomenclature (i.e. solutions to polymer chemistries, etc.)
• Demonstrated chemistry laboratory skills, abilities, experience
• Demonstrated understanding of Lab Design Principles and Practices (ex. process safety shutdown systems and logic, etc.)
• Demonstrated understand Process Safety Shutdown Systems and logic
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?
Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
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