Senior Color Specialist - Engineering Polymers (Thermoplastics)
Penn Color
- Hatfield, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- High School Diploma (Associate’s Degree a plus)
- 5 or more years of color matching experience in various plastic polymers
- Thorough knowledge of industry specific regulations and limitations
- Thorough understanding of color index numbers
- Must be able to handle multiple RLW’s at a time (Request for Lab Work)
- Collaborates with other groups on projects requiring multi lab coordination
- Can champion complex projects or bids and assist other members of the team
- Good customer communication skills and the ability to provide onsite technical assistance and generate detailed trial reports
- Has the ability to speak on technical subjects and understands industry needs
- 2 years of high temperature polymer experience including:
- Thorough understanding of polymers, dispersants, colorants, fillers and additives for high temperature polymers
- Ability to formulate complex master batches to address specific end product requirements.
- Functional additives, UV, A/O, Slip, etc.
- Thorough understanding of all industry related manufacturing processes
- Extrusion, Molding, Blow Molding, Calendaring
- Ability to teach others
- Established “go to” expert people rely on for knowledge and training
- Travel to customers to provide technical support and color service
- Able to present work and results in professional manner
- Customer service oriented
- Independently perform color matching and all necessary sample preparation
- Operate Injection molding equipment, two roll mills and extruders
- Utilize the color correction program on the spectrophotometer to meet color tolerances specified for each project
- Utilize all of the application related test machinery in the laboratory and prepare the proper test exhibit for the application of the product being manufactured
- Recipe entry in Oracle including formula, Designer and QC specifications
- Prepare sample documentation for shipping, including labels, cover letter, regulatory and invoices
- Perform mathematical calculations
- Other duties as assigned
- Highly competitive compensation
- A choice between 3 outstanding medical plans (will differ outside the U.S.)
- 401K with a strong company match (will differ outside the U.S.)
- PTO to balance your life
- Additional company perks
- And More!
- Unmatched company stability
- Long-term career opportunity
- True open door, friendly environment
- Ability to "own" your role
- Company events that bring us all together