Chemist

Job Title: Chemist

Job Location: Brecksville, OH

Job type: Full-Time

Type of role: On-Site

About Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Chemist

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do

As a Chemist, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, supporting Lubrizol’s R&D efforts through design, synthesis, and evaluation of new specialty polymers as well as technical support to manufacturing of the current portfolio of products. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life.

What We're Looking For

• Collaborate with senior researchers to synthesize, characterize and develop new polymeric materials
• Conduct laboratory synthesis, evaluation, characterization and performance testing
• Utilize technical knowledge, data, statistical tools, etc. to solve technical challenges
• Compile, interpret and communicate results to supervisor, colleagues, sponsors, and customers
• Document experimental results and enter them electronically upon completion of the laboratory work
• Keep the proper maintenance/operational safety of lab equipment
• Ensure compliance to safety procedures and good housekeeping practices
  
  

Skills That Make a Difference

• B.S. degree in chemistry or polymer/macromolecular science
• Experience in laboratory synthesis of organic and/or polymeric compounds
• Experience with analytical instrumentation and methodology
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively as part of a team
• Willing to work at Lubrizol’s Wickliffe, Ohio site (up to 50% of the time)
• Strong communication and basic math skills
• Fluent in spoken English and capable of writing reports and presentations
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office products
  
  

Perks And Rewards That Inspire

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401k Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental and vision offerings
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave
  
  

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.