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Head of Chemistry R&D - Thornton, CO (Day Shift)
Posted: 11/04/2026

OVERVIEW

Don’t come to work for Sashco. Come to Create Excellence. We manufacture caulks, sealants, and wood stains.  Are you deep in polymer chemistry?  Do you like formulation? As the Head of R&D and a Leadership Team member, we need your energy, creativity, and wisdom. Generate successful pathways to team growth and raise the bar on innovation and product performance. Adopt new technologies and system improvements which enhance efficiency and staff satisfaction. Create a highly productive R&D function that knows how to focus efforts on innovation, product improvements, and cost savings. Understand Marketing, Production, Sales, and Finance. Broaden our vision. If this fits your passion and experience, please apply.  

Sashco is a 90-years-young family owned, fast paced, manufacturer of caulking, stains, and sealants for the housing industry. We recently moved to a brand new 2.5X larger facility with a state-of-the-art laboratory and manufacturing plant in Thornton (Denver) Colorado.  We are skilled at marketing and driven by innovation.  Consider joining Sashco and become part of our vision to dominate high performance in every segment we enter.


KEY FUNCTIONS

    • Participate on the Leadership Team making company-wide decisions and contributing to long and short ranges plans.  
    • Develop the strategic plan for the R&D team. 
    • Lead, inspire, and manage the R&D team.  
    • Identify new opportunities for growth in technology and channels 
    • Measure performance and productivity. 
    • Provide technical direction and oversight in formulating new/upgraded products.. 
    • Get on the bench and in the goop yourself! 
    • Support Sales, Marketing, Production, and Customer Service 
    • Increase analytical tools (DOE, AI, etc) 
    • Leverage the operational budget as an investment aligned with the company plan.


QUALIFICATIONS

We want to hear from you if you have/are:

    • Bachelor of Science degree (or higher) in Chemistry 
    • Ability to provide technical help to R&D staff 
    • 10+ years of progressive career growth including management of teams. 
    • Experience functioning on top leadership teams. 
    • Creativity and valuable networking contacts.


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Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Account Manager - Teckrez
Posted: 10/30/2026
OVERVIEW

The Account Manager is responsible for managing and growing Teckrez’s Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) market business. This role oversees an established customer portfolio representing approximately $10 million to $15 million in annual sales, with a focus on maintaining strong customer relationships, protecting existing business, driving revenue growth, and identifying new opportunities for Teckrez’s hydrocarbon and specialty resins.

The new Account Manager will work alongside our retiring PSA specialist from early Q1 through May 2027. This overlap will provide time for joint customer visits, product and application training, and a deliberate transfer of account relationships and active projects.

Position reports to Sales Manager - Resins

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Manage PSA customer relationships and develop account plans that support retention, growth, and long-term partnership value.
    • Identify and win new resin opportunities with existing customers and prospective PSA manufacturers.
    • Understand customers’ formulations, qualification processes, purchasing needs, and commercial priorities.
    • Lead pricing and contract discussions to achieve sales and margin goals.
    • Work with product development, supply chain, operations, and suppliers to advance projects and resolve customer needs.
    • Maintain accurate opportunities, next actions, forecasts, and account plans in Teckrez’s CRM.
    • Share insight on PSA market trends, competitors, pricing, and supply conditions.

REQUIREMENTS

    • Five or more years of experience in specialty chemicals, adhesives, resins, or a related industry, with demonstrated success in sales, business development, or technical service.
    • Hands-on experience in the PSA market is strongly preferred, including familiarity with tackifier selection, adhesive applications, and customer qualification processes.
    • Proven ability to manage significant accounts, develop new business, and work effectively across commercial and technical teams.
    • Strong communication, negotiation, planning, and problem-solving skills.
    • Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, business, or a related field preferred.
    • Ideally based in the Southeast or Northeast United States near a major airport, with willingness to travel regularly for customer and supplier meetings. Travel may be up to 50%.

OUR CORE VALUES

    • Customers & Suppliers Focused - Prioritize external and internal customer and supplier outcomes.
    • Honest and Transparent - We readily share methods because we are proud of how we do things, and we work in the best interests of our customers and suppliers.
    • Enthusiastic and Engaged - We are determined to support the Teckrez Vision, consistently execute on our processes, and maintain our winning culture.
    • Expertise - Continuously learn so we can remain at the forefront of our industry. This enables us to help our customers and suppliers succeed. We rely on data, expertise, and experience.
    • Future Oriented - Prioritize our long-term goals and success over short-term results.

For more information and to apply, click here.

Chemist - Danvers, MA (Full Time)
Posted: 10/23/2026 

SUMMARY

Our Research and Development team plays an important role in our business and product development success. As a Product Development Chemist, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, investigative abilities, and customer-relationship skills, to create great product development outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to design, develop, and scale-up differentiated commercial products in a rapidly growing environment! 

ITW’S BUSINESS MODEL & CULTURE

    • We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life.  Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach. 
    • We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential. 
    • Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive!
    • Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential.
    • We live by our Core Values: 
      • We focus on the essential core of each business opportunity, fostering simplicity in how we think and execute.  
      • We gain strength through trial and error and work as a team through jointly sharing risk. 
      • We treat our customers and suppliers with integrity and transparency, and constantly strive to do the right thing. 
      • We deeply respect diversity at every level of the company and consequently promote an open environment where innovations can emerge from our various backgrounds and experiences. 
      • We trust our team members and are confident that they each work to the highest professional standards and in the company’s best interests.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS JOB IF YOU ENJOY/ARE GOOD AT… 

    • Are an entrepreneurial self-starter. You take initiative and ownership of your surroundings and constantly seek to find ways to improve. 
    • Thrive in a fast-paced environment that keeps you on your toes – you love a good challenge and stay calm under pressure. 
    • Are resilient. You enjoy finding solutions to complex challenges and do so with poise and resolve. 
    • Love putting together the pieces of a puzzle and constantly seek to understand the whole picture. . 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

    • Develop new acrylic, polyurethane, and epoxy adhesive compositions for the alternative energy, transportation, wear & abrasion, and general industrial markets.  
    • Innovate with polymers, catalysts, modifiers, and monomers in adhesives to fulfill unmet customer/application needs for developing differentiated products while complying with adopted ISO requirements.  
    • Manage technical aspects of assigned projects within ITW’s stage-gate process in conjunction with a project manager. 
    • Conduct patent searches to monitor competitive innovations and generate intellectual property in own area of development in the form of patents, formulation know-how, and trade secrets. 
    • Participate in the scale up of formulations from lab scale to mid- and full-size commercial batches.  Coordinate and work with internal departments on the technology transfer for scale-up, commercialization, and determine the appropriate design and product specifications to maximize ease of manufacturing and customer application.   
    • Provide short- and long-term support for current products to maintain ITW’s reputation for quality and performance by qualifying alternative sources of raw materials and validating performance. 
    • Manage multiple projects/tasks independently and as part of a team and fully utilize analytical laboratory equipment.  
    • Work hands-on in the laboratory, when necessary, manage the daily activities of a research lab technician(s). 
    • Promote, support, and adhere to all safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures.  

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES 

    • MS or PhD in Organic or Polymer Chemistry 
    • 4-10 years of industrial R&D experience in product development roles.    
    • Adhesives and coatings formulation experience strongly preferred. 
    • Strong computer, organizational, and destructive and mechanical testing skills are required.  Fluency with Word, Excel, and Access.
    • Experience with polymer testing equipment (DSC, TGA, Rheometer, Instron) highly preferred. 
    • Successful experience developing adhesives/coatings in a commercial setting. 
    • Must be willing to collaborate and work in teams to advance ideas and projects. 
    • Must possess excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and investigative skills.  
    • Must be a practical, hands-on chemist/scientist with excellent formulation skills and problem-solving ability..

For more information and to apply, click here.

Product Chemist - Danvers, MA
Posted: 10/23/2026 

SUMMARY

Our Research and Development team plays an important role in our business and product development success. As a Product Chemist, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, investigative abilities, and customer-relationship skills, to create and sustain a robust portfolio of chemistries, materials technologies, and products. As we grow the business, this role may transition to develop new products & enhance R&D capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your R&D career at a division within a Fortune 200 organization! 

ITW’S BUSINESS MODEL & CULTURE

    • We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life.  Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach. 
    • We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential. 
    • Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive! 
    • Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential. 
    • We live by our Core Values: Trust, Respect, Integrity, Simplicity, and Shared Risk.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS JOB IF YOU ENJOY/ARE GOOD AT… 

    • Are an entrepreneurial self-starter. You take initiative and ownership of your surroundings and constantly seek to find ways to improve.
    • Thrive in a fast-paced environment that keeps you on your toes – you love a good challenge and stay calm under pressure. 
    • Are resilient. You enjoy finding solutions to complex challenges and do so with poise and resolve. 
    • Love putting together the pieces of a puzzle and constantly seek to understand the whole picture. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

    • Support chemical and material formulation changes and implementation of acrylic, polyurethane, and epoxy adhesive compositions for the energy, transportation, wear & abrasion, and general industrial markets.
    • Transfer technology and products from across sites and geographies by understanding monomers, polymers, catalysts, modifiers, in specialty adhesives & coatings while complying with adopted ISO requirements.
    • Provide short- and long-term support for current products to maintain ITW’s reputation for quality and performance by qualifying alternative sources of raw materials and validating performance.
    • Manage multiple projects/tasks independently and as part of a team and fully utilize analytical laboratory equipment.
    • Work hands-on in the laboratory and, when necessary, collaborate with and guide activities of a research lab technician(s).
    • When necessary, support improvements of laboratory capabilities at Danvers.
    • Promote, support, and adhere to all safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES 

    • Bachelors or Masters in Chemistry with emphasis on polymers and materials.
    • 0-5 years of hands-on industrial R&D experience in chemical product development roles.
    • Adhesives and coatings formulation experience preferred.
    • Strong computer, organizational, and destructive and mechanical testing skills are required.
    • Fluency with Word, Excel, and Access. Experience with polymer testing equipment (DSC, TGA, Rheometer, Instron) preferred.       
    • Must be willing to collaborate and work in teams to advance ideas and projects.
    • Must possess excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and investigative skills.
    • Must be a practical, hands-on chemist/scientist with excellent formulation skills and problem-solving ability.

For more information and to apply, click here.