R&D- Associate Engineer - Brecksville - Sherwin-Williams

Description

This is a R&D Engineer position.  Excellent growth opportunity for an individual interested in leading projects and/or project teams as a member of the Commercialization Engineering Team.  Position is accountable for contributing to and/or leading Process Improvement, Maintenance of Business, New Product Development, 6-sigma, and Quality Investigation projects.  
 

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role will be located at Sherwin-Williams Morikis Global Technology Center located at 6745 Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.

 

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

1.    Project Management

•    Ensures all assigned projects are completed in accordance with the project requests, under moderate supervision.

•    May lead Continuous Improvement projects or portions of a technically challenging project, with moderate supervision.

•    Develops project plans including phases, timelines, project updates and deliverables. 

•    Partner with team members to execute key project deliverables.

•    Lead studies to ensure technology robustness for downstream development and formula robustness for production.

•    Frequent and direct interaction with Manufacturing, Quality, PTS, Process Systems, Technical Labs, and various support groups.

2.    Technical and Professional Knowledge

•    Identification/assessment of technologies, paint making and testing, data analysis and application of paint formulation/knowledge to meet performance requirements. 

•    Has broad awareness of group business knowledge and understands impact of work decisions

•    Establishes and executes experiments using appropriate experimental design parameters.

•    Analyzes data, makes decisions based upon data, demonstrates critical thinking and recognizes anomalies.

•    Performs background searches on research concerns, evaluations, and pitfalls to generate solutions

•    Provide engineering support (DOE designs, failure mode studies, data analysis, formulation/processing recommendations, and test batch) throughout product development to ensure new product launch success.

•    Identify continuous improvement opportunities, validates and implements change.

3.    Safety and Quality 

•    Ensure Safety, Housekeeping, and ISO practices are followed.

•    Maintains all required certifications and follows quality standards.

•    Actively seeks to reduce risk through corrective action of unsafe practices.

•    Documents and maintains an up-to-date electronic lab notebook and project folder per/maintains ISO standards.

4.    Communication

•    Clear and concise written documentation and verbal presentation of information and the ability to adapt to various audiences. 

•    Accurate documentation of lab results and technical information.

•    Communicates/interfaces with other departments, develops relationships & influences others.

•    Communicates work progress, status, completion, issues and suggests solutions.  
 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

•    Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying for employment (without now or in the future needing sponsorship for employment work visa and/or permanent residence status).

•    Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.  

•    Must be at least 18 years of age. 

•    Basic math skills

•    Problem-solving and decision-making abilities

•    Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

•    Basic knowledge of statistics and data analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

•    BS/BA in Chemical Engineering

•    Experience in coatings or processing related field experience

•    Project leadership/management 

•    Ability to interact effectively with various levels of technical experience

•    Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances

•    Experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) 

•    Experience with: Design of Experiments, Minitab, Business Objects, DFSS, 6-Sigma Certification

Travel Requirements: 10%

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.