Painter

About This Role

This role is primarily responsible for preparing products for priming and/or finished painting and then priming and painting them on a rotating basis. The role suits a painter who can work on a 2nd shift and is committed to safety.

Responsibilities

• Receive and check invoices from the paint/shipping supervisor for products to be cleaned and painted daily
• Manually clean and apply spray cleaning solution to raw products
• Mix paint for painting products, including identifying colors and checking viscosity; involves lifting 5-gallon paint buckets weighing up to 40 lbs. daily
• Manually sand and wipe raw products with cleaning solvent to remove grease, dirt, and other foreign substances
• Apply masking materials to products to preserve the surface for further processing
• Coat products with primer and finish paint using air-assisted and/or airless sprayers and aerosol spray cans
• Apply high-pressure air from air hoses to remove dirt and other foreign substances before priming and painting
• Manually apply serial number plates to products using an electrical drill and pop rivet gun
• Operate a forklift to transport products to and from the paint booth
• Visually inspect products for quality before, during, and after the painting process
• Maintain cleanliness and order of work area, equipment, and tools, including replacing filters and flooring of paint booths, cleaning paint spray guns, hoses, and lights as needed
• Observe all safety regulations and report any unsafe working conditions to the department supervisor
• Accept overtime assignments to meet departmental goals and objectives

Requirements

• Automotive paint experience
• High School diploma or GED
• Ability to understand general arithmetic
• Ability to write in an understandable manner
• Ability to understand verbal or written instructions
• Ability to read and understand instructions, lists, and billing materials
• Use PC based applications, including Mainstar, Outlook, and Microsoft Office
• Normal attention with periods of high concentration intermittently to operate machinery approximately 50% of time
• Walking/standing approximately 70% of time
• Lifting up to 40 lbs. approximately 15% of time
• Repetitive overhead work approximately 10% of time
• Repetitive stooping, forward bending, and crouching approximately 5% of time
• Use of hands, arms, and feet for repetitive lifting
• Use of hands and arms to operate all manufacturing equipment, meters, chain hoists, automatic drills, and general hand tools and to record written information