Job Summary

Position: RD Executive. Location: Gandhinagar. Experience: 3 - 7 Years. Industry: Chemical.

Responsibilities

- New Product Development (NPD)
- Develop recent resin formulations as per customer and business requirements.
- Design laboratory formulations and optimize raw material selection.
- Improve resin properties such as: Reactivity, Water tolerance, Viscosity, Gel time, Shelf life, Bond strength, Heat resistance, Chemical resistance.
- Scale up successful laboratory formulations to pilot and commercial production.
- KPI
- Minimum 2;4 successful product developments annually.
- Successful commercialization of approved products.
- Product Improvement
- Improve existing resin grades for better performance.
- Reduce manufacturing cost without affecting quality.
- Improve consistency between laboratory and production batches.
- Identify alternate raw materials.
- Cost reduction initiatives.
- Improved batch consistency.
- Reduction in customer complaints.
- Laboratory Trial Management
- Prepare laboratory trial plans.
- Execute resin synthesis independently.
- Maintain proper reaction parameters: pH, Temperature, Reaction time, Mole ratio, Solid content, Viscosity, Water tolerance.
- Prepare detailed trial reports.
- Timely completion of planned RD trials.
- Accurate laboratory records.
- Process Optimization
- Improve manufacturing processes.
- Reduce cycle time.
- Increase reactor productivity.
- Improve production yield.
- Optimize energy and utility consumption.
- Increased process efficiency.
- Reduction in manufacturing losses
- Technical Support to Production
- Support production during commercial batches.




- Resolve process-related issues.
- Assist in troubleshooting quality deviations.
- Standardize manufacturing procedures (SOPs).
- Reduced production downtime.
- Reduced batch rejection.
- Quality Improvement
- Ensure products meet customer specifications
- Conduct analysis for Solid Content, Viscosity, pH, Gel Time, Water Tolerance, Specific Gravity, Free Formaldehyde
- Investigate quality complaints.
- Customer complaint reduction.
- Improved first-pass quality.
- Documentation Reporting
- Prepare SOPs, Batch Manufacturing Records, Trial Reports, Technical Reports, Product Specifications, Test Methods
- Maintain laboratory notebooks and formulation database.
- Documentation accuracy above 98%.
- Timely report submission.
- Customer Technical Support
- Support sales team during customer trials
- Visit customer plants when required.
- Recommend suitable resin grades.
- Resolve application-related issues.
- Successful customer trials.
- Improved customer satisfaction.
- Raw Material Evaluation
- Evaluate new suppliers.
- Test alternative raw materials.
- Compare quality and cost.
- Approve raw materials based on laboratory evaluation.
- Qualification of alternate suppliers.
- Cost-saving initiatives.
- Safety Compliance
- Follow laboratory safety procedures.
- Handle hazardous chemicals safely.
- Ensure proper storage and disposal of chemicals
- Maintain 5S practices in the laboratory.
- Zero safety incidents.
- Compliance with laboratory SOPs

Required Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- ERP (Preferred)
- Basic Statistical Analysis

Required Qualification

B.Sc/M.Sc - Chemistry

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