R&D- Sr. Chemist Site Support

This Senior Chemist position in our Coil division within the Site Support group will be responsible for a variety of exciting activities related to troubleshooting, stabilizing, and correcting external customer complaints, batch problems from manufacturing, and quality related endeavors.  This position will be based in the Pittsburgh Coil Facility and will be reporting to remote management. 

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.

• Be responsible for investigating and resolving customer complaints for Coil High-Performance products through prioritizing, executing and analysis of experiments and tests with clear and accurate results. 
• Providing timely and accurate data to help resolve field complaints, raw material issues, manufacturing problems, and support existing and new product development.
• Interact with customers both internally and externally on technical projects.
• Display a basic working knowledge of the use of chemicals, raw materials, substrate preparation and use instruments commonly found in a lab environment.  
• Responsible for inputting data, data analysis and technical documentation daily into lab books or a database.
• Functioning under minimal supervision and will lead individual or group projects. 
• Serve as a technical resource for all Coil and Spray applied projects.
• Utilizing advanced technologies to innovatively troubleshoot issues which consumer can perceive and will desire. 
• Perform basic paint making processes to meet manufactures specifications. 
• Perform basic coating reformulations, applications, and physical/performance testing methods. 
• Experience with solvent-borne and water-borne acrylic, alkyd, epoxy, and urethane chemistries 
• Excellent organizational and communication skills 

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. 
• 5+ years of coatings experience in an industrial setting.
• Computer knowledge for basic inputting, communication, and data analysis.
• Experience working with DOE, Minitab, Product Vision, Navigator, Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree in STEM field
• 5-7 years of industrial coatings/ formulation experience
• Experience working with products and technologies including, but not limited to, 1K, 2K, primer, basecoat, and clearcoat systems both solvent based and waterborne
• Project leadership experience. Proven track record in successfully leading small project teams
• Demonstrated ability applying structure-property relationships to achieve project goals.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills, including root-cause analysis. 

 

Travel Requirements: Up to 10%

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
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