Painter 2nd Shift (Heavy Equipment)

Description

The hours for this position are 3:00 pm to 1:45 am Monday through Friday.  Some Saturdays are possible, depending on the production schedule.  

Job Type Full-time

Job Summary:  Sprays surfaces of machines and/or parts, manufactured products, or working area with protective or decorative material such as urethane and/o polyurethane paints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Must have basic automotive painter knowledge.
• Basic spray gun operation, basic paint equipment knowledge and repairs, basic spraying techniques.
• Spray equipment (2KS paint mixing systems, spray guns, pumps, pressure pots, spray gun cleaning station, paint kitchen area, booths ad ovens).
• Applying paint, mixing paint ratios
• Taping or masking areas
• Set up load/unload paint booths and ovens.
• Touch up equipment, panel painting or blending the area.
• Basic non-hazardous and hazardous waste training and disposal
• Must be willing to prep machines and/or parts to be painted.
• Knowledge of basic operation of the solvent recycler
• Use a 3-wheel hydraulic cart to move the machines around the paint area.
• Must be able to climb ladders (up to 12 feet), stoop, bend, reaching, pulling, walking, kneeling, standing, crouching, and crawling.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to mix all paint colors by ratio.
• Must be able to use dry film thickness gauge after the paint has cured.

Requirements

Requirements

Education and Experience: 

• High School diploma or GED (General Education Degree)
• One year certificate from college or technical school
• One to two years painting experience (automotive preferred)

Physical Demands: 

• The employee is frequently required to walk, use hands/fingers, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb/balance on a ladder (up to 12 feet in the air)
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities are required by this job include close vision and color vision.