Lab Technician III EIMEA

As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2023 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,000 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets.

The overall purpose of the Lab Technician III in R&D is to be lab based and to provide help to business by supporting in development/introduction of hotmelt, PSHMA products. The Lab Technician III reports to Sr. Scientist and is responsible for carrying out lab experiments for new products, RM substitution. Responsibility also includes support in testing of substrates, analysis of competition samples as requested by Technical specialist/Customers.   

This position is located in Shirwal, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra India.

General Lab work:

The Lab Technician III is mainly responsible for carrying out experiments for product development, product localization, RM substitution. This function is key driver for hotmelt and PSHMA development. Lab technician III will coordinate with other supporting functions like planning, production, quality and assist in pilot plant scale-up, transfer of products to full production and provide plant support including quality troubleshooting and root cause analysis. All the results need to be documented in a professional manner.

Lab technician III is responsible to support technical specialist, sales team by testing of customer substrates, competition sample analysis & compare the same with H.B. Fuller’s products, support in troubleshooting.

A Lab Technician III shall fulfill responsibilities as required by the Quality System, Safety, and SOP s for the site, laboratory, and business unit. Technician III drives experiment and daily work according to HB Fuller safety procedure.

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Number of direct reports – none

Number of indirect reports – none

• Education with background & degree in Polymer Chemistry

• 4-5 years of R&D lab experience in chemical industry, preferably in adhesives.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in local language and English, interaction with internal and external customers, ability, and willingness to work in a team environment (multinational)
• Good PC skills in Windows (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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