Sr. Analytical Chemist

Join Georgia‑Pacific’s Analytical Services Team at the Neenah Technical Center as an Sr. Analytical Chemist to deliver actionable chemical and instrumental analysis that supports R&D, operations, and manufacturing. You’ll solve production and analytical challenges, develop and validate methods, and enable data-driven decisions that improve product performance and plant reliability. The ideal candidate is a practical problem-solver with a generalist mindset—comfortable handling a wide variety of tasks, working across analytical techniques, and shifting priorities as business needs evolve.

The Analytical Services Team provides cross-functional laboratory support across the Neenah Technical Center, product development, and manufacturing sites. We partner with R&D and plant teams to establish testing capabilities, troubleshoot operational issues, and translate analytical results into practical solutions.

• Translate complex analytical results into clear recommendations that resolve plant issues and improve process performance.
• Characterize and quantify unknown compounds in complex matrices to support troubleshooting and new product work.
• Develop and validate analytical methods that produce reliable data to guide product development and manufacturing decisions.
• Maintain and optimize laboratory instrumentation to ensure consistent uptime and quality of test results.
• Establish and expand testing capabilities for current and future materials in collaboration with product development teams.
• Produce concise technical reports and research summaries that communicate findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Apply strong laboratory safety practices and follow established protocols to protect people and data integrity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an Analytical Services or similar laboratory environment.
• Hands‑on experience operating and maintaining analytical instrumentation 
• Demonstrated experience with method development, method validation, or routine analytical testing.

• Advanced degree in Chemistry (MS or PhD).
  Proven experience developing, validating, and implementing new analytical test methods.
• Background in analytical, inorganic, polymer, and/or organic chemistry, including prior research experience
• Experience