R&D- Engineer II

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Grove City (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Scale-Up Engineer to drive the scale-up of new products at the plant and act as the liaison between R&D, Commercialization Engineering and plant personnel.

The role focuses on implementing new equipment, upgrading existing systems, and applying process engineering principles to improve scale-up efficiency, quality, and customer lead-times. Collaboration with chemists, process engineers and site teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or work experience applying continuous improvement tools (Six Sigma, Lean, 5-S).
• BS in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial).
• Three+ years in engineering or product development; CapEx experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Track metrics for scale-up products (Plant FTR, Customer FTR, OTIF).
• Lead Process Improvements projects for LWR, scale up processes, and quality as needed.
• Support all CapEx projects for R&D equipment from concept to installation and commissioning.
• Review CapEx requirements for the Lab and propose upgrades to improve scale-up and turnaround times for Lab Samples.
• Maintain Critical spare Parts Inventory for Lab equipment and collaborate on Spare Part and Maintenance Strategy.
• Collaborate with site engineers to identify improvement opportunities in existing manufacturing operations to improve scale-up metrics.
• Lead Scale-Up Trials for new products and create Trial Reports and Control Plans.
• Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve Scale-Up Metrics with Commercial Engineering.
• Review and advise on formula change requests with new products.
• Lead Pre and Post Trial reviews for new products.
• Responsible for Trial Follow Up Action Items and training documentation for new products.

Skills

Continuous improvement

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Teamwork

Education

BS in Engineering

MS in Engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Discovery

Job description

This position is responsible for scale-up of new products at the plant and function as the connection between R&D, Commercialization Engineering and plant personnel. This role uses project to implement new equipment and upgrade/maintain existing equipment as well as process engineering principals to improve Scale up efficiency in both quality and lead-time to customer.

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.

• Track metrics for scale-up products (Plant FTR, Customer FTR, OTIF)
• Lead Process Improvements projects for LWR, scale up processes, and quality as needed.
• Support all CapEx projects for R&D equipment from concept to installation and commissioning
• Review CapEx requirement for the Lab and propose upgrades to equipment to improve scale-up and turnaround times for Lab Samples.
• Maintain Critical spare Parts Inventory for all Lab equipment and collaborate with other Labs on Spare Part and Maintenance Strategy.
• Collaborate with site engineers to identify improvement opportunities in existing manufacturing operations to improve scale-up metrics
• Lead Scale-Up Trials for new products and create Trial Reports and Control Plans
• Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve Scale-Up Metrics with Commercial Engineering
• Review and advise on formula change requests with new products
• Lead Pre and Post Trial reviews for new products
• Responsible for Trial Follow Up Action Items
• Provide process documentation, training, and standard operating procedures for new products
• Responsible for final product Technical review before product is shipped to customer when control lab does not follow
• Run product verification samples on small Lab Equipment (Extrusion/Milling) when needed
• Lead/participate In ARC's for scale up Issues
• Ability to collaborate with other professionals, such as process engineers, chemists and Plant Personnel. Possess strong teamwork skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, share information, and integrate input from various stakeholders.
• Ability to work with various software systems (Salesforce, Discovery, etc)

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).
• BS in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering)
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have completed formal training in and/or have at least 1 year of work experience applying continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc.
• Must have at least three (3) years of work experience in engineering or product development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Science or Engineering
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience in a manufacturing facility
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience executing CapEx projects
• Knowledge of powder coating manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of powder coating equipment

Travel Requirements: 10%

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