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Materials Scientist (Glass)

Columbus, Ohio
Materials Scientist (Glass)
Columbus, OH
Competitive Pay and Benefits

The Materials Scientist is accountable for the raw and recycled inputs used to produce glass.  Responsibilities encompass the identification, qualification, and specification of glass-making materials (existing and novel) in partnership with internal and external teams. They will be responsible for applied petrography to analyze glass beads and stones in collaboration with the analytical and operations teams.  
 
Materials Scientist Responsibilities:
  • Develop/maintain material specifications for both raw and recycled materials.
  • Leverage understanding of recycled materials and their processing techniques to allow for improved recycled content, lower embodied carbon, and/or improved cost.
  • Partner with Sourcing to insure competitively priced dual sources of supply for materials across glass platforms, including identification and qualification of new materials and/or sources of supply.
  • Develop technical partnerships with suppliers focused on chemistry, analytical techniques, particle size, consistency, etc.
  • Use digital platforms to organize and report relevant material data to partners in the glass-making space.
  • Partner with Operations, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and vendors on root cause analysis of escalations and near misses.
  • Ensure appropriate petrography equipment is present and maintained in R&D labs and plant locations.  Justify and execute capital projects to improve capabilities, as necessary.
  • Train Operations personnel to insure appropriate level of competency in petrography and fiber break studies.  Audit plant equipment to insure good working order.
  • Assist Operations in analysis of glass beads and stones from plant escalation events.

Materials Scientist Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the geosciences (e.g. mineralogy, geology, geochemistry), materials science (inorganic), mining engineering, ceramic engineering, or related scientific/engineering fields.
  • 5+ years of related experience.
  • Prior petrography experience preferred.
  • Broad knowledge of glass-making materials (both raw & recycled) including processing.
  • Understanding a wide range of analytical equipment and techniques used to study glass-making materials.
  • Excellent problem-framing and -solving skills synthesizing data from multiple sources & points of view quickly.
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills (including statistical tools such as Minitab, JMP, or Python)
  • Outstanding in technical communication and documentation – clear and concise in written and verbal forms.
  • Self-starter who works with minimal supervision, balancing multiple projects.
  • Travel 20-25%.
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