R&D- Chemist II

Sherwin-Williams • Minneapolis, MN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chemist II within the Military and Transportation team of General Industrial Division is responsible for developing new technologies and platforms in high-performance coatings. Job duties include interacting with other employees and accessing confidential information. The Company requires a criminal history review to protect its business, operations, reputation, and the safety of its staff and business relationships.

Requirements

• Must meet ITAR U.S. Person requirements – Sherwin-Williams maintains International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliant operations in United States based facilities. This position is subject to ITAR which requires U.S. Person status. ITAR defines U.S. Person as U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status.
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math field.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have at least 3 years of experience with reactive chemistry- specifically urethane and epoxy coatings.
• Experience with solvent-borne and water-borne acrylic, alkyd, epoxy and urethane chemistries.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Application and troubleshooting of general industrial coatings.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with DOE, Minitab, Product Vision, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Working closely with a mentor chemist developing, reformulating, maintaining and enhancing products through planning, executing and analysis of experiments with clear and accurate results.
• 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 substantial supervision, but may lead individual or group projects. Product development and/or enhanced with consistent in performance and quality.
• Utilizing advanced technologies to develop products that demonstrate improvements and difference that consumer can perceive and will desire.
• Performing basic paint making processes, meets manufactures specifications.
• Performing basic coating formulations, applications and physical/performance testing methods.
• Providing timely and accurate conclusions based upon data to help resolve field complaints, raw material issues, manufacturing problems, and support existing and new product development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level