Tech Support Chemist

The Tech Support Chemist is a dynamic role at the Waters Taunton Manufacturing Site where you will gain hands-on experience troubleshooting and supporting the manufacture of new and existing chromatographic products. Working alongside experienced members of the Tech Support team, you will learn the chemistry and processes behind existing products and processes, plan and run experiments, and troubleshoot existing processes both in the plant and in the lab. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated chemist who is eager to learn, grow, and make a positive impact on the company.

Technology Transfer: Assist the R&D and Tech Support teams in the transfer of new chromatographic products into production. Execute experiments to assess process robustness and repeatability, submit samples for analysis, gather data, and support scale-up studies under the guidance of senior team members.
1. Process Improvement: Perform well-defined experiments and contribute to ongoing efforts to improve existing manufacturing processes.
2. Production Troubleshooting: Work with Production to help troubleshoot daily challenges including issues related to chemistry, equipment, & existing infrastructure.
3. Hands-on Manufacturing: Assist in the direct manufacture of reagents, standards, and other products using established glassware techniques and procedures.
4. Quality and Continuous Improvement: Support the Quality Assurance team by helping to investigate and to resolve quality and customer issues. Participate in root-cause analysis events to prevent recurring challenges.
5. Interdepartmental Collaboration: Assist Engineering, Production, and other departments with the implementation of new equipment and the improvement of existing equipment. Collect and analyze data to drive continuous improvements.

1. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or related discipline, and some experience working with chemicals in a laboratory environment.
2. 1 - 3 years of experience in an industrial, laboratory, and/or academic research environment.
3. Demonstrated familiarity with operating small-scale glassware reactions and basic laboratory techniques.
4. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
5. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
6. Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping abilities with a high level of organizational skill.
7. Familiarity and adherence with chemical and laboratory safety.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We're the problem solvers and innovators that aren't afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We're all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.