Coatings Performance & Testing Chemist

Elchemie

Full-time Other-General
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Location
johannesburg, johannesburg, South-Africa
Posted
July 19, 2026

Job Description

What youรขย€ย™ll be doing

    • Design and run structured performance test programmes for new and existing products across all product categories.
    • Test and report on application and film properties: adhesion, gloss, hardness, flexibility, sprayability (gravity-fed and air-assisted), brushability, workability, hiding power, drawdown, drying and curing behaviour.
    • Run durability and resistance testing: UV / weathering exposure, corrosion resistance (salt spray), chemical and abrasion resistance, water and humidity resistance.
    • Benchmark Company products against competitor products
    • Maintain a performance database
    • Select, brief and manage external and accredited laboratories for testing beyond in-house capability
    • Prepare and dispatch samples, define test protocols against relevant SANS / ISO / ASTM / EN methods
    • Work with the development chemists to translate performance gaps into specific formulati...