DuPont

Research Assistant

Posted on: 24 Feb 2021

Hayward, CA

Job Description

Job Description

DuPont2019s EKC site in Hayward, California has an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join our team.

This position will be responsible for, but not limited to the following laboratory work:

* Support chemists and work with QC lab for sample analyses
* Prepare chemical solutions and dilutions to precise specifications for experiments
* Conduct chemical experiments, accurately documenting observations and results
* Maintain inventory records of supplies and raw materials; prepare requisitions as needed
* Maintain laboratory equipment and instruments
* Participate in laboratory problem solving and troubleshooting
* Practice lab hygiene and follow safety procedures and protocols
* Safely manage chemical waste per regulatory standards
* Maintain a safe work environment

Please include a current resume with your application to be in consideration.

This position does not offer Visa Sponsorship or relocation assistance.

Job Qualification

The research assistant supports scientists to complete tasks associated with chemistry research experiments.

* The successful candidate should have a B.Sc. in Chemistry (preferred), Biology or Chemical Engineering, and significant work experience in chemical analysis laboratory
* Must have a minimum of three years of post-college hands-on wet chemistry laboratory experience
* Must be detail oriented and willing to work in a scientific laboratory to conduct experiments to ensure accurate and efficient work in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment
* Ability to deliver results in a timely manner. The research assistant must possess strong skills for planning experiments, managing raw materials inventory, organizing test materials and safely disposing of chemical waste.
* Must have good communication skills, a high degree of self-motivation, and can work both independently with minimal supervision and as a team member.

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DuPont

Wilmington, DE

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in materials science and specialty products businesses in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its Performance Materials & Coatings segment manufactures and sells architectural paints and coatings, and industrial coatings; performance monomers and silicones; standalone silicones; and home and personal care solutions. The company’s Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure segment offers ethylene oxides, propylene oxide derivatives, cellulose ethers, redispersible latex powders, and acrylic emulsions; sustainable solutions; and chlorine and caustic soda.

Its Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment provides ethylene, and propylene and aromatic products; and polyolefin elastomers and ethylene propylene diene monomer rubbers. The company’s Electronics & Imaging segment offers materials and systems for mobile devices, television monitors, personal computers, and electronics. Its Nutrition & Biosciences segment provides specialty ingredients, as well as cellulosic- and alginates-based pharma excipients; and enzymes, biomaterials, biocides, and antimicrobial solutions and process technologies.

The company’s Transportation & Advanced Polymers segment offers engineering resins, adhesives, lubricants, and parts for transportation, electronics, healthcare, industrial, and consumer end-markets.

Its Safety & Construction segment provides engineered products and integrated systems for construction, worker safety, energy, oil and gas, transportation, medical device, and water purification and separation industries. The company was formerly known as DowDuPont Inc. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.