Formulation Chemist
On-siteMeridian, Idaho, United States
Job Summary
Formulate and facilitate the development of innovative personal care and home care products, including liquids, emulsions, and powders, while managing scale-up from lab batches to pilot validation runs with Process Engineering. Identify external partnerships for new technologies, review regulatory literature, and create specifications for raw materials and production batches. Provide technical support to manufacturing, coordinate stability and efficacy tests, and source chemical samples for customer evaluation. Supervise junior R&D staff, maintain laboratory order and equipment, and prepare reports for regulatory submissions.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- 3+ years of formulation and production experience
- 2+ years of experience in development of personal care products
- Strong knowledge of formulations for personal care and home care products that can deliver a fragrance experience
- Knowledge of laundry products and their formulation
- Ability to work in a fast-paced laboratory environment, working safely with laboratory equipment, chemicals, and manufacturing raw materials, including fragrances
- Ability to gain familiarity with compounding equipment
- Strong knowledge of safety data sheets (SDS)
- Clear and direct written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to consult with Compounders, Quality team members, and IBF customers in a clear and helpful manner
- Ability to determine smell and color hues
- Ability to occasionally bend, sit, squat, crawl, walk, and reach above shoulder level
- Ability to frequently read, comprehend, write, perform complex mathematic calculations, communicate orally, and reason and analyze
- Ability to write detailed INCI decks, batch cards, formulas, and technical reports
- Working knowledge of computers and all applicable software including Microsoft Office Suite
- Working knowledge of SAP or comparable ERP systems
Desired Qualifications
- Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) membership a plus
- Laboratory background in analytical instrumentation with working knowledge in gas chromatography, rheometers, and FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared), a plus
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