Global Director, Engineering, Protective Coatings & Passive Fire Protection

We're seeking an experienced engineering leader with a passion for innovation, technical excellence, and shaping the future of fire protection and protective coatings on a global scale.

• Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fire Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Significant experience leading engineering teams within structural fire engineering, passive fire protection, protective coatings, engineering consultancy, industrial projects, major infrastructure, energy, or adjacent technical sectors.
• Proven success building, developing, and leading high-performing technical teams across multiple regions or global markets.
• Strong track record of influencing project outcomes, technical specifications, customer decisions, and business growth through engineering expertise.
• Experience collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders, including engineering consultants, EPC contractors, fabricators, asset owners, regulatory bodies, and industry associations.
• Deep understanding of fire engineering principles, passive fire protection systems, intumescent coatings, engineering governance, and quality management processes.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling customer value propositions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of an organization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Fire Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Professional Engineer (PE), or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Experience participating in industry standards development, technical committees, or professional associations.
• Familiarity with performance-based fire design, fire testing programmes, modelling methodologies, and global fire protection standards.

• The established salary range for this position is GBP 92,774 - 125,371 gross annual in the UK.
• Company bonus plan
• Private medical insurance
• Company car allowance
• Life Pension Scheme: Company-contributed for your future security.
• Flexible Working Schedule: Includes weekends and bank holidays.
• Sick Pay and Annual Leave: Continued salary payment during sickness and 25 days of annual leave.
• Work-Life Balance: We value your personal time and well-being.
• Career Opportunities: Grow within a truly international business.
• Ongoing Training and Support: Continuous learning and development opportunities.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.