Description The Research & Development Chemist role within the Paint team at our Sheffield site is apart of the wider R&D function supporting all our Consumer Brands products within the Lab and into Manufacturing. This position is ideal for someone with R&D development experience, ideally with paint and paint coatings. In return we offer an attractive salary, company bonus, company contributed pension, career and development opportunities and much more. Responsibilities You will be responsible for… R&D Development work of new products/formulations and reformulation of existing products Laboratory testing of formulations and products within our paint products Management of projects through the stage-gate process from feasibility to scale-up Provision of support to the QA and Consumer Services Departments Advise plant on production batch corrections & complaint investigation Management of formulations/recipes within the company IT systems Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, polymer/materials science or related technical discipline desired Experience of working in a chemical laboratory Effective written & verbal communication skills with experience presenting Experience of decorative coatings products and/or woodcare products Driving license is preferred due to occasional travel Our offer… Attractive compensation programme Company bonus Excellent company contributed pension Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment Opportunities for memberships in societies supporting career development including the EMEAI Women's Network Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes LI-JR1