Research Scientist - BTD Catalyst & Polymerization

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.


I. POSITION OBJECTIVE
The Research Scientist position exists to identify industry and academia trends and spearhead the proof-of-concept and scale-up efforts, based on new applicable knowledge and outstanding technologies with our company for the development of innovative value-added products, of high performance polyolefin catalysts to maintain the competitive position, of new technical methods to improve our current products for our customers' need, and of superior catalysis/polymerization process to manufacture the highest quality products in the most efficiency and effectiveness for reducing costs and increasing operating profits.

II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Catalyst Research and Development: Identify current and future trend of industry R&D landscape, sustainability initiatives, and company needs, design inorganic/organometallic compounds and develop advanced Z-N catalyst and catalyst preparation process, to manufacture value-added polyolefin products and to maintain the competitive position for our company. Improve current catalysis and polymerization process to provide the highest quality products for customers.
Operation Support: Optimize our current technologies and methods, develop testing programs and solve manufacturing problems (troubleshooting and internal technical service) in order to increase productivity and to improve quality in the most efficiency and effectiveness for reducing operating costs and increasing operating profits.
Product and Technology Development: Propose innovative catalysts for commercial trial in production Unit, initiate MOC, PHA and SOP, set up operation (process) parameters, prepare program reports/technical presentation/ technical manual, implement catalyst commercial application, and provide technical service during the application. Monitor and evaluate catalyst performance and polymer properties, provide technical expertise /feedback and support for the development and industrialization of polyolefins catalyst systems, resin production and additives packages, and propose specs for optimization of catalyst performance and product properties.
Intellectual Property: Keep up with research trend and literature, and expand knowledge pertinent to polyolefin catalyst systems, process, and application. Pursue FPC Intellectual property on new catalyst, process and product.
Improvement Projects: Initiate R&D programs and B-1 projects for innovative technologies of preparing advanced Ziegler-Natta and/or metallocene (single-site) catalysts, improving manufacturing process, and developing new grade, high added value polyolefin materials.

III. QUALIFICATIONS
Education
◦ Position requires an MS/PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, or Organometallic Chemistry, or Polymer Science, Material Science, or a closely related field of study.
TECHNICAL JOB CRITERIA
◦ Previous Related Experience Required
▪ An MS/PhD with a minimum of 5+ years of academic and industrial experience in Polymer Science, Inorganic/ Organometallic Chemistry, or a catalysis-related field. A PhD is preferred.

◦ Technical Ski