R&D Coatings Chemist II: Scale-Up & Innovation

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking an R&D Chemist II to advance coatings technologies for heavy equipment and transportation markets in North America. You will work with Marketing, Sales, and customers to ensure product performance and warranty expectations are met.

Collaboration across global teams will be routine. Responsibilities include leading technically complex projects, analyzing data, formulating and testing coatings, and scaling up products for manufacturing while adhering to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or math.
• Experience in coatings or polymers and characterization methods.
• Knowledge of extrusion and dispersion processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customers to advance coatings tech.
• Lead technically complex projects with minimal supervision.
• Analyze data, identify trends, and support project progression.
• Develop, scale-up, and test new coating formulations.

Skills

Coatings R&D

Polymer science

Extrusion

Dispersion

Data analysis

Project leadership

Scale-up

Analytical methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Analytical instrumentation

Job description

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking an R&D Chemist II to advance coatings technologies for heavy equipment and transportation markets in North America. You will work with Marketing, Sales, and customers to ensure product performance and warranty expectations are met.

Collaboration across global teams will be routine. Responsibilities include leading technically complex projects, analyzing data, formulating and testing coatings, and scaling up products for manufacturing while adhering to