Team Lead Scientist- Coolants
Date: Nov 11, 2024
Location: Lexington, KY, US, 40509
Company: Valvoline Global
Why Valvoline Global Operations?
Valvoline Global is a worldwide leader in automotive and industrial solutions, creating future-ready products and best-in-class services for partners around the globe. Established in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, claiming our position as The Original Motor Oil.
As an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we continue to invest strategically and expand globally, driving unparalleled product innovation and sustainable business solutions.
Our corporate values of care, integrity, passion, unified, and excellence shape everything we do. Living out our values is what makes our company, our employees, our partners, our customers, and the communities we serve great.
When you join Valvoline Global, you join a culture that is committed to: treating all people with care, operating with integrity, striving for excellence in everything we do, showing passion about delivering on our commitments, and being unified in all our enterprise endeavors.
Careers for the Driven
Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as a Team Lead-Coolants. We whole-heartedly adopt a ‘never idle' mindset. We also know that outstanding service begins and ends with our employees. So, we’re looking for good people to join our team. You bring your skills, talents, and drive. We will give you a great place to work, a competitive salary and benefits, and the resources and support to develop and advance within our global company.
How You’ll Make an Impact
We need a quick learner who can become a subject matter expert in our operations environment. In the role, you would be responsible for:
- Lead the group of coolant scientists and support customer, operational, and technical interaction for heat transfer fluids.
- Technical liaison to third party tollers: technical support for deviations to production process, maintain and update formulation sheets, provide database support
- Technical support for customer complaints
- OEM support for coolant production: communicate with OEM customer on PPAP, manage and resolve issues for OEM
- Coolant vLIMS database manager: maintains test plans, development work with IT, integration of instruments into vLIMS
- New instrument development: maintain AFE requests for coolant group, work with coolant lab scientists to determine method development
- Management of recipes in SAP
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor's of Science Degree in the STEM field
- Minimum of 3 years experience analyzing aqueous samples using HPLC, IC, and ICP.
- Knowledge of antifreeze/coolant specifications
- Experience with development of analytical test methods and laboratory methods
- experience managing complex projects and working with tight deadlines.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
What Will Set You Apart
- Masters of Science Degree
Benefits That Drive Themselves
- Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
- HSA and flexible spending accounts
- 401(k)
- Incentive opportunity*
- Life insurance
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Paid vacation and holidays*
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discounts
- Tuition reimbursement*
- Adoption assistance*
*Terms and conditions apply, and benefits may differ depending on position.
Valvoline Global provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Are you good at what you do? Join us.
The Company has put a process in place to make its recruitment process accessible to any and all users. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, upon request, to applicants with disabilities in order to facilitate equal opportunity throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at 1-800-Valvoline or email 1-800Valvoline@valvoline.com to make a request for reasonable accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. The contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.
Requisition ID: 544
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Nearest Major Market: Lexington