A scientist will provide technical leadership and innovation for our Industrial Wood portfolio, focusing on the building products segment, but will also be involved with other segments such as kitchen cabinets, furniture, and flooring. This role develops and optimizes advanced coatings systems and provides technical support to our industrial customers. The individual is accountable for solving complex technical problems around products and processes while demonstrating significant chemistry, substrate, and testing knowledge. The scientist will be responsible for providing timely, accurate, and solutions to these technical problems across the division and the entire enterprise. In addition to technical responsibilities, this position plays a key role in proactively mentoring chemists, fostering a culture of scientific rigor, continuous learning, and customer-centric innovation. This role will also serve as a customer-facing technical expert and will heavily interact and interface with OEMs throughout the development timelines.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.