Senior Process Engineer, Regional Engineering

Overview

In this role, you will provide process engineering and process safety expertise for regional capital projects across our manufacturing network, with an initial focus on resin and coating production for beverage, food, and household packaging. You will work across the full project lifecycle to deliver safe, reliable, and sustainable engineering solutions that meet regulatory and company standards. You’ll lead and support risk assessments, equipment selections, and design reviews while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This is a growth-driven opportunity to shape scalable coating processes and strengthen regional engineering capability at Sherwin-Williams.

Pay / Benefits

• Rewards and benefits including health and well-being flexibility
• Career development and skill growth opportunities
• Inclusive team with community involvement
• Supportive environment for international travel and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support for regional capital projects from concept through commissioning and handover
• Develop and review process designs, PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment specifications and engineering calculations
• Translate manufacturing, quality and business needs into practical, safe and sustainable engineering solutions
• Lead or support process-risk assessments (HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, hazardous-area classification, SIL verification) as applicable
• Support equipment selection, technical bid evaluations, commissioning, start-up and process troubleshooting
• Collaborate with manufacturing sites, EHS, R&D, Quality, Procurement, engineering contractors and suppliers
• Promote engineering standards, best practices and knowledge sharing across sites and businesses
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and project teams

Key requirements

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Approximately 5 to 8 years of relevant process engineering experience in chemical, pharmaceutical, or another regulated process-manufacturing industry
• Experience in chemical process design, capital-project execution and process-equipment specification
• Familiarity with regulations and good engineering practices (ATEX, DSEAR, Seveso/COMAH, NFPA, API or equivalent)
• Ability to work across functions, sites and cultures, with regional travel as required
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage
• Experience in resins, coatings, paints, polymers or specialty chemicals is desirable
• Willing to travel across Europe up to 40-50% of the time

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strong communication and influence
• Problem-solving and practical judgment
• Process design and engineering calculations (PFDs, P&IDs, mass/energy balances)
• Equipment specification and bid evaluation
• Hazard analyses (HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA) and SIL verification

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