Job DescriptionThe Global Director, Engineering: Protective Coatings & Passive Fire Protection is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and advancing Sherwin-Williams' global engineering capability for Protective & Marine Coatings. The role leads engineering strategy, passive fire protection, technical governance, project design integration, specification influence, and customer-facing engineering support across global markets.
Passive Fire Protection is a critical pillar, including structural fire engineering, fire engineering judgments, fire testing strategy, engineering tools, and global technical standards. The Director partners closely with Commercial, Marketing, R&D, Technical Service, Product Management, and Operations to position Sherwin-Williams as a trusted engineering and technology leader.
This position can be worked remotely.
Responsibilities- Engineering Strategy & Business Leadership
- Own the global engineering strategy for Protective Coatings and Passive Fire Protection.
- Define the roadmap for engineering services, fire engineering, technical support, digital engineering tools, and capability development.
- Align resources and investments with business priorities, customer needs, market opportunities, and profitable growth objectives.
- Drive engineering influence that improves specification success, project conversion, and customer value.
- Global Engineering Leadership
- Lead and develop a global engineering organization supporting the Americas, EMEAI, and APAC.
- Provide direct leadership for the Global Fire Estimation & Engineering Team.
- Establish the operating model, service standards, prioritization process, and resource deployment approach.
- Build a high-performance culture focused on technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer success.
- Passive Fire Protection & Fire Engineering Leadership
- Own global PFP engineering capability, including methodologies, standards, testing strategies, technical governance, and engineering tools.
- Lead application of structural fire engineering principles, including fire engineering judgments, heat transfer analysis, finite element modeling, and performance-based fire design.
- Serve as final technical authority for complex fire engineering evaluations, engineering methodologies, and design approaches.
- Define best practices for intumescent coatings and PFP systems across commercial, infrastructure, industrial, and energy applications.
- Specification Leadership
- Lead the engineering contribution to global specification strategy and project pull-through.
- Partner with Commercial and Marketing to position Sherwin-Williams as a trusted engineering and technical solutions partner.
- Support regional commercial teams in securing major projects through differentiated engineering expertise and technical value propositions.
- Translate complex technical solutions into business value for customers, specifiers, and stakeholders.
- Technology & Innovation Leadership
- Partner with R&D, Product Management, and Technical Service to define future technology and innovation priorities.
- Establish the global engineering technology roadmap for PFP and Protective Coatings solutions.
- Guide global fire testing, system validation, and performance verification strategies.
- Identify unmet customer needs and translate them into innovation opportunities and technical development programs.
- Technical Governance, Quality & Risk Management
- Own the global technical governance framework for engineering services and fire engineering support.
- Establish standards for engineering methodologies, calculations, modeling assumptions, software validation, reporting, and approvals.
- Ensure engineering recommendations are technically sound, auditable, defensible, and compliant with applicable standards and regulations.
- Maintain globally consistent quality standards across engineering deliverables, technical reports, and customer-facing documentation.
- Industry Leadership & External Engagement
- Serve as Sherwin-Williams' primary technical ambassador to global engineering firms, fire consultants, industry associations, standards organizations, testing bodies, and approval authorities.
- Influence industry standards, testing methodologies, design practices, and future fire protection requirements.
- Lead participation in technical committees, standards organizations, and industry working groups.
QualificationsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fire Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in structural fire engineering, passive fire protection, protective coatings, engineering consulting, industrial projects, infrastructure, or energy sectors.
• Experience leading global or multi-regional engineering organizations and developing technical talent.
• Demonstrated success influencing major projects, specifications, customer decisions, and technical value propositions.
• Experience working with EPC contractors, engineering consultants, fabricators, asset owners, regulators, and industry bodies.
• Strong understanding of fire engineering principles, PFP systems, intumescent coatings, engineering governance, and quality systems
• Experience using MS Office
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master's degree
• Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer, or equivalent professional accreditation
Travel Requirements: 50%
This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H-1B visa.
Successful candidate will be required to sign an Employee Restrictive Covenant Agreement where permitted by law.
