R&D- Technician II

Sherwin-Williams • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for someone with great attention to detail, organization and note taking abilities, and desire to learn spray application techniques for industrial coatings. The work environment is an air-conditioned laboratory environment including personal lab benches and shared processing and application spaces. 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 of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• High school diploma or equivalent of.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Basic Computer Skills
• 6 months experience in an industrial lab

Nice To Haves

• Technical degree

Responsibilities

• Accurately recording results and observations related to batch making, sample preparation, and panel testing
• Making paint samples using equipment
• Spraying or applying coatings to small test panels
• Measuring properties of wet paint samples and coated panels
• Assisting in application lab with more complex application techniques
• Communicating information to the project leader
• Follows work instructions and test methods
• Routine paperwork for ordering chemical samples, formula samples, etc.
• Maintaining chemical inventories

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED