Senior Staff Technician - PSA Job Location: Dublin, OH, United States Employment Type: Regular Category: Research and Development Posting Date: Mar 13, 2025 SR. RESEARCH STAFF TECHNICIAN The Senior Research Staff Technician supports the AP&C-PSA technical service team and sales through customer support with lab testing and data analysis. Reports to Advanced Packaging and Converting – Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Sr. Technical Service Engineer. SAFETY · Actively promotes safe behavior in the workgroup and takes responsibility for personal safe lab operations. · Active in several departmental safety initiatives such as participation on steering teams or making safety presentations (safety topics, observations, reporting). · Mentors new employees in the work group to practice safe working habits. · Operates in compliance with site safety policies, including material handling and waste disposal. KNOW HOW · Associates degree in technology field + 10 years of relevant experience or high school education + 15 years of experience. · Proficient with computer software applications (word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, etc.). · Organizes and analyzes data to explain conclusions and outcomes internally and to customers. Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing. · Develops and implements procedures as required. · Applies practical understanding of basic scientific principles to analyze problems and recommend improvements. · Utilizes mechanical expertise to support own experimental design, and serves as a resource for a large work group. · Utilizes measuring devices, complex diagnostic equipment, and scientific reports. · Develops test prototypes to improve performance in support of functional or experimental objectives and instructs others in their applications. · Demonstrates a commitment to performing lab work ethically and lawfully. PROBLEM SOLVING · Designs and carries out, from conception to finish, new procedures and methods to solve problems. · Recognizes deviations from standard results, and independently resolves them. · Proposes application of new test methods to provide new information. · Able to analyze and organize data to explain conclusions. · Uses mechanical expertise to design and construct unique experimental apparatus if needed to generate required data. Capable of programming measuring and data tracking software. · Can independently survey existing technical/patent literature to determine prior art relating to the problem. · Can distinguish root cause of problem from extraneous background information. · Participates in project discussions with out-of-group participants. ACCOUNTABILITY · Interfaces mainly within local site, often across divisions, sometimes as technical expert. Interfaces directly with outside support organizations (contractors, vendors, etc.); Can participate as support in meetings with external organizations (customers, business unit, etc.) . · Participates in planning of experiments or tests to provide answers to questions. · Keeps up-to-date notebook. Writes reports summarizing results. Gives concise and accurate verbal summaries. · Makes suggestions/proposals for improving existing procedures. · Proposes schedules and timelines to meet requests set by the organization. · Holds other support persons in the organization accountable for meeting schedules and providing results. · Mentors/trains new or temporary persons in the organization. · Active in relevant professional organizations. · Has strong working relationships at department level, internal customers and support personnel. Often may act as a technical consultant across business units. · Starts to develop customer contacts/ relationships on infrequent basis. · Completes and documents technical service and application projects with supervision. · Assists in the orientation, mentoring and development of junior technical staff. · Assists in the training and orientation of new sales/business team members in product/technical areas. · Participates in professional organizations related to area of technical expertise. · Publishes reports for internal distribution. · Understands internal customer needs and makes appropriate product and/or process recommendations to resolve problems. · Prepares SOPs in uncovered areas for review and approval, acts as equipment owner overseeing and training other users, and generally presents study findings in report form. Looked to as a mentor by junior technicians. LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE · Trains and mentors new employees in area of expertise and conducts training for customers and sales people. · Can lead small departmental teams. May participate on multi-functional teams. · Leads departmental development programs, meeting objectives and timelines. · Takes on a technical leadership role in lab operations demonstrating ability to meet objectives and timelines. Who we are?Arkema is a world leader inInnovative Materials for a Sustainable Worldwith the ambition to become a pure Specialty Materials player. We thrive asOne Arkema, comprised of many businesses and brands including Bostik, ArrMaz, and more! and operating with a global reach in 55 countries with more than 21,100 employees. Each one contributes to positioning Arkema as a recognized leader of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, reporting annual sales of €9.5 billion, of which 2.9% allocated to R&D for 1,800 researchers in 17 R&D centers. 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