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Engineering Project Lead

Sherwin-Williams
Waco, TX Temporary
POSTED ON 4/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/3/2026
Job Description

This position will lead operational, engineering, IT coordination, and transition activities required to successfully launch the new Southern California DSC, stabilize operations, and decommission the legacy DSC. This role ensures a safe, on time, and cost-effective startup.

Additional Information

The travel for this position is 50%.

This role is not remote/hybrid. This role will report to Sherwin-Williams 1300 Aviation Parkway Waco, TX 76705.

This is a temporary position.

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

  • Execute and Implement Capital Projects related to Mfg/Filling Chemical Processes
  • Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for a platform
  • Develop Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for multiple platforms both Domestically and Globally
  • Recommend and Specify new processing equipment and systems in operations
  • Manage internal and external resource groups to ensure proper installation and performance of equipment and processes
  • Create Standards and Guidelines to ensure successful leveraging of people, tools, and processes across the organization
  • Evaluate New or Innovative MFG and Filling processes
  • Work with functional groups to reduce Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), eliminate processing issues and customer complaints
  • Ensure equipment meets and exceeds current Safety guidelines – Conduct PHA’s, MOC Evaluations, and other safety audits
  • Work with Environmental resources to ensure sites are staying in compliance on Engineered controls
  • Train and mentor site and divisional resources (peers, interns/co-ops, Site Engineers, Site Leadership, Regional Leadership, Process Engineers, Automation Engineers, external contractors)

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
  • Must have a bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or ten (10) years of experience in distribution, engineering, or operations
  • Must have at least eight (8) years of work experience in operations or engineering
  • Must have at least three (3) years of work experience in project execution in site or regional level
  • Must have Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt, Black Belt, etc.)
  • Must have work experience with successful execution of capex projects at the Regional/Divisional level
  • Must have work experience with tangible application of Engineering and Continuous Improvement
  • Must have work experience in AutoCAD
  • Must have work experience with general safety engineering

Preferred Qualification:

  • Have a bachelor’s degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering
  • Have Blackbelt Certification
  • Have Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Have work experience with pertinent National Fire Protection Associate (NFPA) & National Electrical Code (NEC) codes
  • Have work experience with engineering Practices (RAGAGEP)
  • Have work experience with AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Visio
  • Bilingual

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being

Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution

Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities

It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/ . Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

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. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

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