Production Chemist 

Does working with minimal supervision excite you? 

Do you like working in collaborative teams and solving critical issues? 

Join our Quality Team 

For more than 60 years, Reuter-Stokes researchers and engineers have collaborated with customers to design, produce, and install reliable equipment for harsh environments. Our solutions include precise radiation measurement, nuclear reactor monitoring, UV flame detection, and downhole sensing for directional drilling. Today, more than 100,000 Reuter-Stokes detectors are deployed around the world. We’re proud to help our clients and their customers build the future they want on the foundation of our experience and expertise. 

Partner with the best 

This role supports manufacturing operations in a specific manufacturing area (Plating Lab) within the business to ensure production needs are met. May provide assistance to the technology department by conducting tests for the development of new processes/procedures/tooling/products.  

As a Production Chemist, you will be responsible for: 

Complying with all HSE, Quality, and Radiation Safety procedures and policies. 

Creating solutions, maintaining equipment, cleaning/processing/testing parts, following all technical procedures/drawings, and performing manufacturing processes in the Plating Lab, among others. 

Working directly with the production planner and manager to understand manufacturing priorities, then coordinates efforts to meet production demands; Accomplishes assigned work with minimal supervision. 

Performing Radiation and HSE activities as required (Gamma Surveys, Air Monitoring, Tennelec (brand of equipment that is used for radiation background scans) Maintenance, security inventory verifications, eye wash, safety shower, and spill kit inspections, exhaust hood wash downs, chemical management, among others.) 

Serves as manufacturing expert in this manufacturing area/process (once trained), maintains inventory of production solutions/parts/supplies, and supports quality activities as required (record keeping, documentation review, among others). 

Fuel your passion 

To be successful in this role, you will require: 

Have an associate's or bachelor’s degree (at a minimum) in Chemistry or a related field from an accredited university or college. 

Have the ability to actively and methodically troubleshoot during part processing.

Have the desire and ability to learn and apply hands-on chemistry in a production setting (preferred experience in electroplating techniques). 

Have experience performing wet chemistry practices and in a controlled lab environment. 

Comfortable handling and working with raw materials 

Have the ability to work within a production lab and be comfortable performing wet chemistry practices. - mixing and measuring solutions through the use of pipettes, flasks, beakers, etc 

Have the drive to accomplish assigned work with minimal supervision. 

Ability to transition well in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment. 

Understand and apply manufacturing techniques. 

Be able to quickly assess deviations that have resulted in out-of-process conditions 

You will be required to handle the following Chemicals: 

Uranyl Nitrate 

Hydrofluoric Acid 

Hydrochloric Acid 

Perchloric Acid 

Boric Acid 

Sodium Hydroxide 

Work in a way that works for you 

We recognize that everyone is different and that how people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone, too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns: 

Working Monday-Friday between the hours of 6 AM-4 PM, with flexibility to choose starting time between 6 AM-7:30 AM. 

 
Working with us 

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. 

Working for you 

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.  Join us, and you can expect: 

•          Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities 

•          Comprehensive private medical care options 

•          Safety net of life insurance and disability programs 

•          Tailored financial programs 

•          Education Assistance 

•          Generous Parental Leave 

•          Mental Health resources 

•          Dependent Care 

•          Additional elected or voluntary benefit 

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.