Scale-Up R&D Engineer — Process & CapEx Leader

Socket.dev; Kentucky; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwin-Williams is seeking an engineering professional to lead scale-up initiatives and collaborate with R&D, commercialization engineering and plant personnel. You will drive process improvements, manage CapEx projects and develop documentation for new products.

The role emphasizes cross-functional teamwork, hands-on testing, and ensuring quality and lead-time improvements for customers and lab operations.

Qualifications

• 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
• BS in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering)

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 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
• 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)

Skills

Six Sigma

5-S

Lean Manufacturing

Transactional Lean

Education

BS in Engineering

MS in Engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Discovery

Job description

Sherwin-Williams is seeking an engineering professional to lead scale-up initiatives and collaborate with R&D, commercialization engineering and plant personnel. You will drive process improvements, manage CapEx projects and develop documentation for new products.

The role emphasizes cross-functional teamwork, hands-on testing, and ensuring quality and lead-time improvements for customers and lab operations.