Chemistry Production Specialist

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What we do:

For 150 years, Watts has built best-in-class products that are trusted by customers in residential and commercial settings across the world. We are at the forefront of innovation, working with cutting-edge technology to provide smart and connected, sustainable water solutions for the future. Watts is a leading brand with a quality reputation — and we have a dynamic future ahead.​

Scope of Position

The Chemistry Production Specialist serves as a technical resource within the Chemistry Department, supporting manufacturing, laboratory operations, quality, safety, and continuous improvement activities.

This position develops expertise across chemistry products, manufacturing processes, laboratory methods, and equipment while providing hands-on technical support, troubleshooting, documentation, and training.

The position reports to the Quality and Sustaining Engineer Manager and is onsite in Fort Myers, Florida.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive knowledge of chemistry products, raw materials, formulations, manufacturing processes, laboratory methods, equipment, and quality requirements.

• Become qualified to independently perform chemistry manufacturing work orders and laboratory testing for raw materials, in-process materials, finished products, validations, and investigations.

• Serve as a technical resource for laboratory and production personnel by providing hands-on support, troubleshooting, training, and guidance on manufacturing and laboratory processes.

• Monitor manufacturing and laboratory activities to ensure product quality, consistency, efficiency, safety, traceability, and compliance with approved procedures.

• Troubleshoot manufacturing, laboratory, equipment, raw material, and product issues using data, experimentation, and structured root cause analysis to support corrective actions.

• Analyze manufacturing and laboratory data to identify trends and opportunities to improve quality, yield, repeatability, throughput, and process control.

• Operate and support laboratory and manufacturing equipment, including calibration, verification, maintenance, troubleshooting, and validation activities.

• Support quality investigations, nonconforming materials, customer complaints, CAPA activities, engineering changes, process validations, manufacturing trials, and new product introductions.

• Develop and maintain SOPs, work instructions, laboratory methods, manufacturing procedures, process documentation, and training materials.

• Train and mentor laboratory and production personnel on manufacturing processes, laboratory methods, equipment, quality requirements, documentation, and safe chemical handling.

• Support ISO 9001, EHS, audit, supplier, raw material, and other quality or regulatory activities related to Chemistry Department operations.

• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement, EHS, and other teams to resolve technical issues and improve departmental performance.

• Participate in Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement initiatives and communicate technical findings and recommendations to appropriate stakeholders.

• Continuously develop technical knowledge with the expectation of becoming a subject matter expert for Chemistry Department products, processes, and laboratory operations.

• Assume responsibility for other projects and duties as assigned by Quality and Sustaining Engineer Manager or Company management.

• Responsibility directly tied to Watts Value (Integrity, Accountability, Continuous Improvement, Transparency)

• Travel Requirements: 0%

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in a related field with equivalent relevant laboratory, manufacturing, quality, or scientific experience.

• 4+ years of laboratory, manufacturing, production, quality, regulatory, or scientific operations experience.

• Experience with analytical testing, laboratory investigations, scientific experimentation, manufacturing support, or similar technical activities.

• Working knowledge of laboratory methods, manufacturing processes, scientific equipment, process controls, and quality principles.

• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to l