R&D- Associate Chemist

Sherwin-Williams • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

The Associate Chemist position in our General Industrial division that is responsible for a variety of exciting activities related to developing new technologies and new platforms in our high performance coatings. 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to determine the difference between colors so you can correctly tint paint to the colors desired by customers.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Polymers and Coatings
• 2 years industrial coatings lab experience. Liquid technology preferred.
• Familiar with or exposure to General Industrial coatings market segment.
• Experience with color matching and use of color prediction software.

Responsibilities

• Work 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.
• Function under substantial supervision, but may lead individual or group projects. Product development and/or enhanced with consistent in performance and quality.
• Utilize advanced technologies to develop products that demonstrate improvements and difference that consumer can perceive and will desire.
• Perform basic paint making processes, meets manufactures specifications
• Perform basic coating formulations, applications and physical/performance testing methods
• Providing timely and accurate data to help resolve field complaints, raw material issues, manufacturing problems, and support existing and new product development
• Gain experience with solvent-borne and water-borne acrylic, alkyd, epoxy and urethane chemistries
• Application and troubleshooting of general industrial coatings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees