Paint Materials Engineer - Lead Color & Material Trials

WillHire, Inc; Georgetown (KY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

Job summary

Magnit Direct Source, on behalf of Toyota, seeks an Engineer - Paint Materials for a 12-month contract in Georgetown, KY. The role focuses on evaluating new color paints, materials, and cost-saving initiatives across paint labs and production lines.

Responsibilities include leading color/material introductions, establishing material controls, solving material-related issues, and assessing environmental impacts while partnering with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, etc.
• Proficient summarizing data and creating charts in Excel, building presentations in PowerPoint.
• Experience leading multiple projects that required coordination with people outside your immediate team (other departments, vendors or external groups).
• Experienced in analyzing data to identify the true root cause of a problem in addition to implementing countermeasures.
• Experience creating and presenting reports to multiple levels of management.
• 1+ year evaluating color and appearance of painted surfaces.
• 1+ years of experience in paint lab doing workability evaluations.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods to support projects.
• Ability to travel (up to 30%) to support NAMC competitiveness.
• TBP completed through panel
• Served as SME or internal auditor for North American QR/QS/QH process
• Project experience within Paint Pilot function
• Basic Japanese language skills
• Basic Spanish language skills

Responsibilities

• Lead new color & material introductions to all facilities (body & resin paint) from lab workability through online testing and production approval, including trial planning, quality evaluations, and direction setting recommendations – primary focus on paint & resin shops.
• Establish process controls and parameters for new materials/technologies and gain one-voice among cross-functional teams
• Lead materials-related problem solving across multiple divisions; applying TBP methods to identify root-cause and countermeasures
• Support and assess CPU and Environmental impacts of new materials; quantify cost/benefit and lead decision-making with stakeholders
• Support Paint department Hoshin objectives.

Skills

Data analysis

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Communication

Lab testing

Weekend/holiday flexibility

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Materials Engineering

Chemistry

Material Science

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Magnit Direct Source, on behalf of Toyota, seeks an Engineer - Paint Materials for a 12-month contract in Georgetown, KY. The role focuses on evaluating new color paints, materials, and cost-saving initiatives across paint labs and production lines.

Responsibilities include leading color/material introductions, establishing material controls, solving material-related issues, and assessing environmental impacts while partnering with cross-functional teams.