Dow is hiring top potential research talents to join the TS&D department for the Packaging and Specialty Plastics business, aiming to set you up to be world leading scientists technical experts who will contribute to solve current and future scientific difficulties. Corporate structured orientation and practical working experience will be provided to maximize your career potential, develop your innovative researching skills. This entry-level development opportunity has been recognized as one of the best in the industry.
Career Opportunity
In R&D department, theoretical training and practice-oriented working experience will concrete your technical foundation & innovation mind-set; enlighten to be future industry expert and world-class scientist. Working in Technical center enables you:
- Together with industrial experts and scientists all over the world, to develop cutting-edge technologies and applications
- Providing innovative solutions to customers, witness strategic growth for Dow and our partnership
- Networking with experienced Dow scientists and building mentoring relationship, obtain timely guidance in daily work
- Coached by leaders to support you becoming industrial leading expert, achieve personal & professional career development
Key responsibilities
This role will play a key technical role in supporting the growth of the business in different countries of ASEAN&ANZ. The role is to be part of Dow’s cutting edge technology development and resolve current and future scientific difficulties in material science.
Provide technical solutions:
- Focus on client-side application development and technical support.
- Propose solutions to resolve internal and external technical issues related to the business.
- Identify gaps of existing products and technology, help develop new products by working closely with R&D experts.
Interface with Customers
- Cultivate and maintain customer intimacy by interacting with customers on a regular basis. Work closely with commercial counterparts to develop and build relationships with customers.
- Responsibilities include: visit customers, provide technical consultation and troubleshooting advice, coordinate test samples and results, documentation, technical presentation and lab results analysis.
Lab work
- Handling of chemicals to conduct experiments and handling of lab equipments is required for this role.
- At Dow, safety is the topmost priority. Role requires spending time on safety related initiatives for safe operations during lab work
Qualifications
- Good English reading, writing and speaking capability is required. Local language capability is a plus.
- Master or PhD degree in Polymer Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and other relevant disciplines.
- Research Experience on plastics and rubber compounds formulation, process and application in infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation will be preferred.
Soft skills qualifications
- Self-motivated, proactive, and confident. Possesses customer-oriented mentality. Can-do attitude.
- Strong interpersonal skills. Work comfortably in a team setting. Able to motivate and positively influence team members.
- Good writing and presentational skills.
- When required, able to travel up to 30% of work time within ASEAN& ANZ.
