This position on the Performance Coatings Group Commercialization Engineering team is located at an R&D site in Warrensville Heights, OH, and is accountable for new product scale-up, process optimization, process troubleshooting, and site-to-site product transfers. The position will be focused on supporting the Automotive and Protective & Marine divisions with responsibilities including making lab batches, defining process conditions, supporting new product test batches, and leveraging knowledge of both operations and technical staff. In this position, the individual will focus on building their engineering expertise to ensure successful new product commercialization and efficient process design. They will develop their skills by contributing to or being a team member of technically challenging projects. 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. Technical Employ engineering principals to ensure successful scale-up and commercialization of new products. Develop engineering-based correlations between laboratory and production equipment. Optimize processes, equipment, and formulas to produce quality industrial coatings. Perform a variety of laboratory tasks using general instruments and advanced lab equipment. Troubleshoot production and quality issues by diagnosing and determining solutions. Use statistical techniques to design experiments and interpret experimental and production data. Support root cause analyses to identify and resolve quality issues at production plants. Design and conduct feasibility studies on new process equipment and technology. Project Management Develop work plans and timelines for projects. Collaborate with engineers, chemists, and operations personnel on projects. Identify opportunities and implement recommendations for continuous improvement. Develop standardized processes for industrial coating commercialization and production. Communication Document laboratory and production results and observations. Communicate heavily with R&D labs and production sites. Write technical reports of lab results and production observations and present findings to R&D and operations stakeholders. Provide process engineering guidance on R&D and operations projects. Safety and Quality Review new product formulas to ensure processing robustness and adherence to quality standards. Ensure safety, housekeeping, and ISO practices are followed Maintain certification on safety and quality standards Promote safe work practices and seeks to reduce safety and quality risks Other duties as assigned BASIC QUALIFICATIONS * 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. * 3.0 GPA or higher * Previous internship or co-op experience in an operations or R&D setting Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar * 2+ years of experience in a chemical operations or chemical R&D setting * Experience with design of experiments and statistical analysis * Experience applying engineering principles for process optimization and continuous improvement * Ability to effectively interact and build relationships across multiple levels of management and technical personnel * High level of