Color Chemist I

Job Description: Color Chemist I

Position Title: Color Chemist I

Location: Union, SC (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Industry: Specialty Chemicals & Industrial Colorant Manufacturing

Compensation: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience

Position Overview

A leading, established manufacturer of specialty colorants and chemical auxiliaries is seeking a detail-oriented, technically driven Color Chemist I to join its laboratory and production facility in Union, South Carolina.

This role focuses on bench formulation, precision color matching, raw material evaluation, and analytical testing of dyes, pigment dispersions, and specialty chemical formulations across diverse industrial applications.

Key Responsibilities

Formulation & Shade Matching: Formulate, match, and optimize custom color shades (dyes, pigment dispersions, liquid colorants) to meet customer and application specifications.

Analytical Testing & Quality Control: Perform standard wet chemistry tests and instrument-based evaluations (viscosity, pH, specific gravity, color strength, dispersion stability) on incoming raw materials and finished goods.

Scale-Up & Production Support: Collaborate with production and plant operations to transition lab formulations into pilot and full-scale manufacturing batches; troubleshoot batch inconsistencies.

Technical Service & Documentation: Maintain detailed laboratory notebooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and experimental records; generate clear technical reports for internal teams and client inquiries.

Laboratory Safety & Compliance: Adhere to all OSHA, chemical safety, hazardous material handling, and ISO quality management system standards.

• Candidate Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Textile Chemistry, or a closely related scientific discipline.

Experience: 0 to 3 years of hands-on laboratory experience; direct exposure to colorants, dyestuffs, pigment dispersions, coatings, or industrial chemicals is strongly preferred (relevant internships or academic lab research considered).

Technical Proficiencies: Familiarity with standard bench chemistry techniques, colorimetric spectrophotometers, viscometers, and basic analytical instrumentation.

Core Skills: High degree of color acuity and attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and effective technical writing and verbal communication.

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Logistics: Must reside within commuting distance of Union, SC or be willing to reliably relocate prior to start.

• Benefits Package
• Comprehensive Medical and Dental Insurance coverage

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match

Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays

Professional growth and internal career advancement opportunities