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Senior Project Engineer

The Sherwin-Williams Company
$96,522.30 - $123,866.54 Annually
parental leave
United States, Illinois, Kankakee
901 North Greenwood Avenue (Show on map)
Apr 03, 2025

This position is with the Plant Engineering group. The Senior Project Engineer will be assigned to Engineering projects and/or Process Engineering assignments working closely with Plant Engineering Manager, Process Engineers, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement & Production Management, site personnel and contractors.

Additional Information:

1st Shift: Monday - Friday

This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits, and more. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays, among other benefits. For more information about our benefits, visit http://www.myswbenefits.com/.

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.


  • Project-related Engineering tasks such as understanding, developing and/or updating PFDs, P&IDs, Equipment & Instrument lists, General Arrangements, review of equipment and instrumentation, functional specifications, etc. as needed.
  • Developing Solutions and Managing Projects to address needs with production equipment and facility infrastructure.
  • Coordination and assistance with Safety & Regulatory activities such as MOCs, PHAs, Permitting, Construction safety planning, etc.
  • Preparation of Capital Request Documents, project justification information, tracking action items, recording and distributing meeting notes, updating project documents, project SharePoint / information management systems, OnBase Updates
  • Identify Improvement Opportunities in existing manufacturing operations, and facility/safety systems.
  • Working with others, sometimes on emergency off-hours basis, to troubleshoot controls, process & equipment issues.
  • Leading major multi-disciplined engineering projects with support from 3rd party engineering firms and/or internal engineering resources.
  • Updates and maintenance of Scope documents and processes including Requirements, Work Breakdown Structures, Scope Statements, Change management, etc.
  • Budget / Cost activities including updates and maintenance of Commitment Ledger, tracking of Receipts, invoice resolutions, spend forecasting, updating of PFP, contingency spend, etc.
  • Schedule activities including updates and maintenance of Milestones, Project Schedule, Critical Path, forecasting, slack time, etc.
  • Coordination/Oversight of engineering and construction contractors.
  • Procurement Management activities such as RFQ/RFP editing, bid walks, bid evaluations and analysis, responding to RFIs, new vendor setup in procurement systems, vendor management, project inventory management, etc.
  • Monitoring and reporting of project progress, metrics, performance, standard compliance, etc.
  • Working as part of interdepartmental multi-disciplined project teams on larger projects and initiatives.
  • Responsible for personal safety and adherence with EHS procedures and promoting EHS adherence with others.

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
  • Must have four (4) years of work experience in Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Have at least five (5) years of work experience in Engineering
  • Have at least five (5) years of work experience managing projects in engineering or operations
  • Have at least one (1) year of work experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution facility
  • Have at least one (1) year experience with Project Management software (such as Procore or MS Project) and/or Design software such as AutoCAD
  • Have at least one (1) year experience with OSHA Process Safety Management 1910.119 (PSM)
  • Have at least one (1) year experience with Programable Logic Controller (PLC)/Supervisory Control Data Administration Programming (SCADA)
  • Have a Project Management and/or Continuous Improvement Certification
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