Overview
Celanese Polymer Products Canada Company is seeking a highly motivated, collaborative, and results-driven Analytical Specialist to join our Kingston, ON team. In this role, you will work closely with Scientists, Engineers, and global project partners to deliver both routine and non‑routine analytical support for experimental projects as well as manufacturing needs. By contributing accurate, reliable data in a safe and efficient manner across a wide range of projects, the laboratory team helps drive informed decision‑making, maintain momentum, and ensure project milestones and business objectives are achieved together.
Responsibilities
- Planning, organizing, and executing experiments in a team environment with guidance provided by a senior analyst, scientist and/or engineer.
- Take ownership of assigned analytical equipment by ensuring required consumables and chemicals are readily available, and by performing routine maintenance and troubleshooting as needed to support reliable operation.
- Timely support to answer customer’s inquiries related to testing capability, testing methods, simple data interpretation, new methods or external testing, etc.
- Consistently balance the needs of multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize the tasks and ensure to complete work within committed deadline.
- Interact and collaborate with various global labs on polymerization, compounding and extrusion for testing job submission, method alignment, testing capability and completion timeline, etc.
- Strong documentation and communication skills that include both operating parameters and experimental observations as well as sharing findings efficiently and effectively via verbal and written presentations.
- As the work continually evolves, flexibility will be required in terms of willingness to take on different work and to be flexible in work schedules (e.g., some periods of shiftwork or holidays/weekends may be required)
Qualifications
- 3-year technologist diploma or B.Sc in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or related field also acceptable with significant relevant experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in laboratory environment (combination of academic and industrial experience accepted) is an asset. Including hands-on experience with:
- Gas Chromatography (FID, MS)
- Liquid Chromatography (HPLC, GPC)
- Thermal Analysis (DSC, TGA)
- Physical Testing (Instron)
- Familiar with global standardized test methods on plastics (ISO, ASTM, IEC, DIN, etc.).
- Experience in engineering polymers and testing techniques, including mechanical and analytical testing properties is an asset.
- Must be energetic, self-motivated, flexible/adaptable and with good time management skills.
- Be a team player, results oriented, and with a strong safety conscious mindset and a desire for excellence and continuous improvement.
- Willingness to accept new challenges in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
