Quality Control Lab Technician
Pubblicato il 29-10-2026 - Sherwin-Williams in Pianoro
The Plant Chemist is accountable for ensuring and improving product quality and production efficiency
Additional Information:
This position is also eligible for premio based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company’s applicable plans.
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.
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- The Plant Chemist is accountable for ensuring and improving product quality and production efficiency under supervision and through
- Monitors all new production and communicates potential problems to Operations and Control Lab.
- Ensures manufacturability through lab batches and following production batches as needed.
- Identifies process and formula changes needed for successful manufacturing of existing formulas.
- Identifies process and quality problems to determine systematic root cause and follows through with corrective action.
- Coordinates test batches with production and scheduling.
- Maintains local formulas in formulation system.
- Drive improvements around primary metric OTMIS, distressed, and recall goals.
- Lead and or participate in quality investigations to determine root cause.
- Develop standard operating procedures and provide training to QC personnel to ensure procedures are followed.
- Manages new formula introduction and plant manufacturability acceptance
- Manage in raw material acceptance/rejection based on raw material specification
- Ensure timely resolution of distressed batches and rework/returned goods.
Minimum Requirements:
- 5+ years experience in Operations, Quality, or Technical
- Flexible work schedule
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
- Presentations skills
- Results oriented
- Demonstrated problem solving, project management, Change Management, Conflict Management, and coaching skills
- ISO knowledge
- Program knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access, Minitab, and Business Objects
- Knowledge of Root Cause investigation and analysis tools
- System knowledge of Watson, MES, Product Vision, Discovery, and MES.
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