Color Scientist

Location: Dallas, TX or Conroe, TX

Reports to: Research & Development Manager

Do You Dream of Working in a Fast-Paced Environment Where Your Initiative Drives Success? Are You Ready to Drive Change Through Innovation and Responsible Action?

The Color Scientist is responsible for supporting the development, matching, and maintenance of color formulations within the coatings segment. This role ensures accuracy, consistency, and efficiency in color processes through technical execution, database management, and cross-functional collaboration. The Color Scientist provides insight to internal teams, distributors, and customers while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and supporting commercial/regional projects.

Do You Want to Be Part of a Global Team Where Collaboration Drives Success?

What you need to be successful in this role:

• Execution-oriented: delivers tasks with precision and timeliness.

• Collaborative: partners with peers, distributors, and cross-functional teams.

• Technical: focuses on accuracy of formulas, testing, and data.

• Supportive: assist with training and documentation but does not own strategy or leadership responsibilities

• Adaptability- Demonstrates adaptability and resilience by effectively adjusting to frequent changes in priorities, systems, and processes, while embracing new implementations to ensure continued alignment with organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute color development, color matching, and tinting requests for R&D, distributors, customers and commercial.

• Support maintenance of color databases (Synergy T3, LargoMatch, LargoTint, etc.), ensuring formulas are accurate, current, and aligned with regional/global standards.

• Conduct testing, evaluation, and troubleshooting of color formulations to resolve technical issues including customer complaints.

• Conduct database audits, identifying and correcting shade duplications, missing reflectance data, or misalignments.

• Support distributor launches by preparing formulas, files, and training materials.

• Support product launches as needed based on color database requirements

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (R&D, Technical Service, Operations, Marketing, Sales) to deliver color solutions.

• Assist with training, documentation, and technical support to internal staff and distributor personnel.

• Contribute to the development of SOPs and knowledge-transfer documents for sustainable processes.

• Participate in projects aimed at improving efficiency, standardization, optimization, and productivity in alignment with global color lab systems.

• Independently work and manage multiple projects with varying timelines.

• Troubleshoot color database related issues at off-site locations (Travel requirement <20%)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Materials Science, or related field (or equivalent technical experience).

• Color matching and color theory experience is required

• 2–4 years of experience in a coatings or chemical manufacturing environment with focus on color matching, tinting, or formulation.

• Hands-on experience with color database software and spectrophotometer.

• Strategic thinker with a detail-oriented and proactive approach.

• This position follows a 4/10 schedule, working four 10-hour days each week with one weekday off.

• Please note, we do not offer sponsorship for this role. Must be authorized to work in the US.

Sounds like a match?

Welcome to apply! Click the ‘Apply for position’ button in the top-right corner and submit your application letter with a CV in English via our recruitment system.

Application due

2025-12-31

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Functions

Production, Product Management, Research

Industry

Chemicals

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