Field Application Scientist

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Field Application Scientist to join our Bioprocessing team. This role will serve as a key resource for Ecolabs customer base and provide technical support to help customers develop efficient purification processes leveraging Purolite Resins innovate portfolio of chromatography products. The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert for Purolite Resins partnering closely with Sales Managers Product Management Quality and R&D teams to position Purolite Resins as a powerful high-performance solution for downstream purification workflows.

What You Will Do:

• Provide technical leadership by demonstrating application and theoretical knowledge of chromatography and downstream purification to design-inPuroliteResins.

• Deliver scientific support for purification activities at all scalesincluding discovery process development pilot and cGMP manufacturingas well as column packing assistance.

• Work directly with end-users to understand purification objectives and address critical challenges.

• Partner with Sales Manager to develop new opportunities and unlock maximum territory value.

• Demonstrates strong critical thinking abilities effectively communicates technical issues addresses complex problems and recommends scientifically sound efficient robust and scalable solutions.

• Develop and maintain business and technical relationships with accounts through effective communication on a frequent basis

• Consistently maintain the CRM to reflect the current state of development within the territory.

• Strategically positionPurolite Resinsin the context of addressing customer needs and process solutions.

• Deliver technical seminars training hands-on bench work product demonstration conference engagements and technical customer service activities to support Commercial objectives.

• Internal cross-functional responsibilities include liaising with Product Management Marketing R&D and other functions.

• Willingness to travel within the territory on a regular basis

Minimum Qualifications:

• Commutable distance from Boston MA

• BS required in biochemistry Chemical Engineering biotechnology biology chemistry

• 5 years of relevant direct chromatography development experience in Process Development (PD) and/or MSAT

• Strong fundamental and practical knowledge of chromatographic techniques in protein/ large molecule purification.

• Ability to travel 50% of the time

• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this role

Preferred Responsibilities:

• MS or PhD preferred

• Ability to operate and interpret data from an AKTA or alternative bench-scale chromatography development system and/or automated high throughput development systems such as Tecan.

• Experience in small-scale pilot-scale and large-scale chromatography operations

• Knowledge of analytics used to support purification development activities including HPLC ELISA SDS-PAGE and spectroscopy and proficiency to interpret data

• Understanding of Design-of-Experiment (DOE) and/or statistics

• Good understanding and knowledge of the Biopharmaceutical/ Biotech industry.

• Experience with small-scale pilot-scale and large-scale column packing.

• Experience in non-GMP Pilot plant and cGMP production operation.

• Experience with filtration and other downstream unit operations.

• Ability to effectively multi-task and manage multiple priorities at one-time.

• Experience working in an external-facing role (FAS Product Specialist etc.)

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range

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- Be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 including a booster if eligible unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.

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