Powder Engineer - Military veterans preferred

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

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.

1. Determine, request, execute and implement Capital Projects for Powder lab locations in USCA to drive efficiency and support growth.
   1. This position supports multiple USCA labs who specialize in powder coatings technologies.
   2. Capital projects can vary in size from small to large and can vary in scope from minor system upgrades to full green site development.
   3. Manage internal and external resource groups to ensure proper installation and performance of equipment and processes.
   4. Present financial justifications for capital projects (ROI, IRR, NPV, etc.).
2. Act as a Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for powder equipment used in the lab and manufacturing.
3. Update equipment and implement solutions to improve powder equipment in the lab, manufacturing, and the correlation between lab and plant.
4. Create Standards and Guidelines to ensure successful leveraging of people, tools, and processes across the organization to quickly scale up all technologies.
5. Evaluate New and/or Innovative R&D technologies and equipment that drive margin growth in our products.
6. Ensure smooth timely transitions for all new products transferring into production.
7. Establish lab scale up metrics that capture current customer pain and manufacturing pain, track metrics, and put in action plans to address issues that are causing customer pain and manufacturing pain.
8. Work with the lab to formulate the best product for customer satisfaction and manufacturability.
9. Quickly address scale-up delays or customer issues for first time makes by leading and hands-on troubleshooting problems as needed.

10. Reduce the time from LWR entered to batch manufactured – establish, track, and improve the metric.

11. Conduct PHA’s and JHAs as needed.

12. Lead or support project management activities for new customer startups. Activities may vary depending on customer, but can include projects related to: permitting, system design, safety, production flow, part hanging, application selection, part trials, etc.

13. Collaborate with Manufacturing and Commercial Engineering to improve our scale up process, formulation guides, process SOP’s/WI’s, first pass yield, manufacturing equipment, etc that is needed to fully support the business need.

14. Manage the USCA lab capital plan by coordinating, budgeting, getting approval, and supporting lab managers to ensure R&D is meeting the budgeted capital spend.

15. Create dashboards that communicate progress toward KPI’s and continuous improvement projects.

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).
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.
• 8 Yrs in Field Operations, Engineering, or related
• 3 Yrs Project Execution (Site/Regional Level)
• Successful execution of capex projects at the Regional/Divisional level
• Tangible application of Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and Project Management.

• Knowledge of general safety engineering.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S Engineering Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Chemical
• Greenbelt or Blackbelt Certified
• PMP Certification
• Bilingual
• Proficiency in AutoCAD.
• Expertise with Continuous Improvement.
• Knowledge and understanding of pertinent NFPA & NEC codes.
• Knowledge of Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP).

• Familiarity/experience with AutoCAD, MS Project, MSExel, MSWord, MSPowerPoint, MS Visio.

Travel Requirements: Up to 50% Domestic and International

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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