# R&D Chemist

Color & Additives - US & Canada | Kennesaw, GA At Avient, our people power our performance. As a Research & Development Chemist, you will develop and support textile screen printing inks within Avient's Specialty Inks Materials Development Team. This hands-on role focuses primarily on water-based ink and coating technologies while also supporting plastisol product development, manufacturing, quality, and commercialization activities. The position works closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products that meet customer and business needs. What You'll Do Develop and optimize water-based textile screen printing inks and related coating technologies Conduct laboratory formulation, testing, and evaluation of new and existing products Support product maintenance, raw material qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Technical Service, Marketing, and Product Management on development projects Analyze technical data and communicate results through reports and presentations Support pilot trials, scale-up activities, and commercial product launches Engage with suppliers to evaluate new raw materials and emerging techno

- **Id**: 4251235
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/avient-rd-chemist>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Kennesaw, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T15:02:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T14:07:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3354
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Plastics & Polymers, Chemical Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1840824
- **Name**: Avient
- **Domain**: avient.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/avient-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Technologies

- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: no
- **Minitab** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T14:07:48Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 3 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 3

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T15:55:40Z

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