TAPPI Industry Career Center: Grain Processing Corp. Seeks Product Chemist

 

Grain Processing Corp. (GPC), is currently seeking a Product Chemist within the Industrial Technical Service Department for its Muscatine, Iowa, USA, location. This is a full-time role with a complete benefits package reporting to the VP, Industrial Products.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Work in conjunction with other scientists and technologists to assist customers with industrial starch technical issues or questions
•  Help develop new products and/or applications 
•  Assist the department with the timely completion of projects
• Assist with new product development, from conception to commercialization, interacting with Production, Sales, Marketing and Research personnel on new and existing products  
• Utilize feedback process and make necessary changes to product prototypes as a part of an iterative product development process 
• Provide technical support for GPC's industrial products and to interface with the Sales/Marketing efforts to increase the corporation's share of market
• Evaluate performance of starch-based products in various industrial applications and draft technical reports on these investigations.

Education and Experience:

•  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Paper Science, Microbiology, Chemical Engineer or other science-based curriculum.  Master of Science a plus.
•  5 – 10 years’ experience with starch, paper, corrugated box, building products or similar industry
•  Appropriate level of experience may count toward education requirement
•  Pilot plant scale experience
•  Starch or the application of starch in the paper industry preferred
•  Physical chemical characterization of biopolymers and organic molecules chemistry.

Other Skills and Qualifications:

•  Understanding of organic, analytical, and/or paper chemistry
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral including presentation skills
• Strong computer literacy skills with Microsoft Office Suite
•  Flexibility in dealing with changing priorities and managing multiple projects 
• Strong interpersonal skills and interact directly and  positively with management, co-workers and customers 
• Strong analytical skills necessary
•  Strong sales aptitude highly desirable
• Able to travel between 25% to 40% of the time.

About Grain Processing Corp.:

 

Kent Corp. is a diversified family owned corporation with operating subsidiaries involved in corn wet milling, the production of animal feeds and the manufacture of food products. Kent Corp. is owned by the Kent Family and led by Gage A. Kent as chairman of the board and CEO. Operating subsidiaries of Kent Corp. include Grain Processing Corp., Kent Nutrition Group, and Kent Pet Group, all headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, and Kent Precision Foods Group, St. Louis, Mo. The entire family of companies has approximately 1,600 employees and does business in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the world. Grain Processing Corp. is a corn wet miller. It has manufacturing facilities in Muscatine, Iowa, and Washington, Ind. GPC has grown over the years as a strong player with a solid loyal customer base. This is a product focused company providing innovative corn based products and differentiating ourselves with services that support customers' use of the company's products.

 

GPC's primary products include alcohol (beverage and industrial), corn starches, maltodextrins, and corn oil. GPC sells to customers that use GPC products in their end product such as beverage alcohol, food products, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and industrial starch applications. GPC is known for the highest quality products in the markets they serve.

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