PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TECHNICIAN
📍 Mentor, OH 44060
🕒 Schedule: Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
🏢 Onsite Position
We are seeking a Product Development Technician/ Lab Technician with hands-on experience in formulation, compounding, and laboratory testing within the adhesives, sealants, coatings, rubber, or plastics industry.
This is NOT a Quality Control, Pharmaceutical, Food Science, Environmental Testing, or Clinical Laboratory position. Candidates without direct formulation or product development experience will not be considered.
Key Job Functions:
• Product Formulation & Batch Preparation
• Laboratory Testing & Product Validation
• Technical Documentation & Data Analysis
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of relevant industry experience; OR Associate degree with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with rubber, plastics, compounding, coatings, adhesives, or sealants
• Experience performing ASTM-based testing
• Ability to prepare and mix formulations using laboratory equipment
• Strong technical documentation and reporting skills
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work safely in laboratory and manufacturing environments
• Comfortable using power tools such as drills, saws, routers, and fabrication equipment
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to independently manage testing activities and communicate results
IMPORTANT:
Applications from candidates whose backgrounds are primarily in pharmaceuticals, food science, environmental testing, medical devices, or quality control laboratories without formulation/product development experience will not be considered.