Plant Engineer (Process & Project)

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Kankakee (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Generous leave and holidays

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Plant Engineer II to lead and develop engineering projects, optimize manufacturing processes, and coordinate with plant management, process engineers, maintenance and production teams, and contractors. This role emphasizes capital project delivery, process optimization, safety adherence, and strong cross-functional collaboration across the site.

A bachelor’s degree in engineering plus 2+ years of experience is expected; CAD and PLC/SCADA knowledge are

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or higher.
• Minimum two years of experience in engineering or operations.
• Ability to coordinate projects and manage capital initiatives.
• Willingness to work with cross-functional teams and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Developing Solutions and Managing Projects for production equipment and facility infrastructure.
• Production support based on understanding chemical and physical process steps.
• Identify improvement opportunities in manufacturing operations and facility/safety systems.
• Prepare capital request documents and track action items, update project documents.
• Manage budget/cost activities including forecasting and expense tracking.
• Maintain project schedules and milestones; monitor critical path and slack time.
• Develop process management tools such as mass and energy balances, recipes, and quality monitoring.
• Collaborate with Safety & Regulatory activities and oversee contractors.

Skills

Project management

Continuous improvement

Operations experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

PLC/SCADA

Job description

This position is with the Plant Engineering group. The Plant Engineer II will be responsible for leading and developing engineering projects and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes. The Plant Engineer II works closely with Plant Engineering Manager, Process Engineers, Maintenance & Production Management, site personnel and contractors.

Additional Information

Schedule: 1st Shift, Monday-Friday.

This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits.
• Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, and holidays.

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.

• Developing Solutions and Managing Projects to address needs with production equipment and facility infrastructure
• Production support based on understanding the chemical & physical process steps
• Identify Improvement Opportunities in existing manufacturing operations, and facility/safety systems
• Project-related Engineering tasks such as understanding, developing and/or updating PFDs, PIDs, Equipment & Instrument lists, General Arrangements, review of equipment and instrumentation, functional specifications, etc. as needed
• Preparation of Capital Requestion Documents, project justification information, tracking action items, recording and distributing meeting notes, updating project documents, project SharePoint /information management systems, OnBase Updates
• Budget / Cost activities including updates and maintenance of Commitment Ledger, tracking of Receipts, invoice resolutions, spend forecasting, updating of PFP, contingency spend, etc.
• Schedule activities including updates and maintenance of Milestones, Project Schedule, Critical Path, forecasting, slack time, etc.
• Understanding or developing process management tools such as mass & energy balances, recipes, and quality monitoring.
• Working with others, sometimes on emergency off-hours basis, to troubleshoot controls, process & equipment issues.
• Coordination and assistance with Safety & Regulatory activities such as MOCs, PHAs, Permitting, Construction safety planning, etc.
• Coordination/Oversight of engineering and construction contractors.
• Procurement Management activities such as RFQ/RFP editing, bid walks, bid evaluations and analysis, responding to RFIs, new vendor setup in procurement systems, vendor management, project inventory management, etc.
• Responsible for personal safety and adherence with EHS procedures and promoting EHS adherence with others.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Must have a bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering
• Must have at least two (2) years of work experience in an engineering or operations function

Preferred Qualifications

• Have a bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• Have at least four (4) years of work experience in an engineering function
• Have at least two (2) years of work experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution facility or in an operations environment
• Have completed formal training in and/or have at least one (1) year of work experience applying continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc.
• Have knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management 1910.119 (PSM)
• Have demonstrated success in managing capital projects
• Have skills and experience with AutoCAD, PLC/SCADA programming