This position is a comprehensive 12-week learning experience in Performance Coatings Group R&D Division. Students will be assigned to a specific lab and will be given a mentor. Interns will also be given a Technical Project which they will present at the end of their assignment. Students will be active participants on a project team and will have periodic reviews to evaluate their performance. Students will participate in a number of special networking and learning events throughout their assignment. This opportunity will allow students to gain experience in work groups, as well as working with other Interns and Co-ops.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree program in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (“STEM”) at the time of the internship program
• 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 be willing to work up to 40 hours per week for a total of 12 week, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must have a minimum of 2.8 GPA

Preferred Qualifications

• Have previous experience in a Sherwin-Williams research and development (R&D) Internship or Co-op Program

• Be a rising or current sophomore, Junior or Senior in college or university at the start of the internship program

• This position is a comprehensive 12-week learning experience in Performance Coatings Group R&D Division.

• Students will be assigned to a specific lab and will be given a mentor.

• Interns will also be given a Technical Project in which they will present at the end of their assignment.

• Students will be active participants on a project team and will have periodic reviews to evaluate their performance.

• Students will participate in a number of special networking and learning events throughout their assignment.

• This opportunity will allow students to gain experience in work groups, as well as working with other Interns and Co-ops.

• All hires must go through a background check before the start of employment.

This position will start in May 18 2026 at 347 Central Ave Bowling Green, KY 42101 supporting the R&D Performance Coatings Group.

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.