Plant Chemist I

This position is accountable for ensuring that products produced at the facility meet or exceed our internal and external customers’ quality standards. Ensuring customers’ quality standards may involve trouble-shooting formula/manufacturing issues, non-conformance investigation and corrective action, routine laboratory maintenance, including organization and cleaning of work areas, checking for expired raw materials and disposal of products.

**Additional Information**:
Days 8:00am - 5:00pm (40hrs/week)

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Quality testing of incoming raw materials, components, in process batches, and finished products against established specifications.
- Entering test results into Electronic Bench Records (EBR).
- Placing non-conforming material on hold as needed.
- Suggest and detail proposed changes in site’s quality control operations to the QC Manager.
- Conduct audits on finished goods in the warehouse as needed.
- Assist production with required product specifications.
- Support day-to-day Manufacturing and Filling requirements.
- Oversee rework initiatives.
- Adjust non-conforming batches into specification.
- Testing and analysis of certain environmental related issues.
- Statistical analysis of data to determine specification center, range, etc.
- Make lab scale batches for various problem solving.
- Investigate and resolve customer complaints.
- Conduct production studies to determine appropriate specifications
- Trouble shoot and resolve formula-related problems and assist Manufacturing and Filling with problems of a technical nature.
- Update batch cards in-order to improve quality metrics (OTMIS and DPTO)
- Assist in maintaining ISO 9001- 2015 registration by adhering to quality procedures and standards.
- Investigate, test and perform root cause analysis for non-conformances
- Use Kepner Trego, 5-Why, Fishbone for ARC investigations
- Maintain safe work environment.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and Safety initiatives.
- Making fact/data-based decisions, particularly during the problem-solving process.
- Customer technical problem resolution.
- Maintain established quality level of all finished goods.
- Maintain customer quality expectations.
- Maintain customer satisfaction.
- Maintain inventory for lab supplies.

QUALIFICATIONS

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment
- Must have a bachelor's degree or higher in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) field

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Have at least one (1) year experience working as a Plant Chemist.
- Have at least one (1) year experience working in a manufacturing and/or distribution facility

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION

Here, we believe there’s not one path to success, we believe in careers that grow with you. Whoever you are or wherever you come from in the world, there’s a place for you at Sherwin-Williams. We provide you with the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive us forward. We’ll give you the space to share your strengths and we want you to show us what you can do. You can innovate, grow and discover in a place where you can thrive and Let Your Colours Show

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.