Job Description:

Key Activities/Responsibilities

1. Ensure all employs follow industry standards for health and safety.


2. Create schedules for employees to ensure optimum staffing levels.


3. Recruit, retain and develop outstanding people who will flourish in a team-based environment. Responsible for the selection, performance management, and disciplinary activities for all direct reports with oversight to these activities for area within scope of responsibility.


4. Establish workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety or quality.


5. Functions as a key member of the MRL leadership team with responsibility to champion and lead the implementation of lean manufacturing principles. Shares the responsibility to define and implement initiatives required to achieve our Operations Activity Diagram and mission statement.


6. Provide motivation, support and guidance to employees.


7. Communicate any problems or obstacles to senior management.   


8. Ensure daily execution of dispatch lists according to demand driven by the Master Assembly Schedule in order to meet customer quality and delivery requirements. Responsible for managing manufacturing and paint capacity to ensure work orders are produced on schedule and changes in future demand are addressed with minimum supply disruption. Also manages Service part demand effectively to meet customer demands.


9. Plan, schedule and implement capital projects, which support our annual plans and meet or exceed Corporate ROI goals.


10. Plan, implement and measure continuous quality improvements to support our high value product position. Implement and manage prevention-oriented quality assurance procedures and practices to ensure customer satisfaction with our machines and ISO9001 compliance.


11. Create and manage appropriate expense budgets within volume adjusted amounts to ensure continuous improvement of expenses as a % of sales.


12. Responsible for continuous improvement of overall process productivity and asset utilization within scope of responsibility.


13. Ensure safe practices through a clean, organized and visual workplace.


14. Support new product development programs to ensure project quality, cost and schedule targets are achieved.


15. Shared responsibility for the installation, operation and maintenance of consumption-based material systems utilizing pull signals on regular usage parts to reduce WIP inventory.


16. Keep abreast of the latest in manufacturing technology and implement appropriate changes.


17. Promote ongoing Human Resource development through training and the development of High-Performance Work teams.


18. Perform other duties, assignments and special projects as assigned.

Operate or tend painting machines to paint surfaces of transportation equipment, such as automobiles, buses, trucks, trains, boats, and airplanes. Includes painters in auto body repair facilities.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Mix paints to match color specifications or vehicles' original colors, stirring or thinning paints, using spatulas or power mixing equipment.

Select paint according to company requirements and match paint colors, following specified color charts.

Dispose of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner. Remove grease, dirt, paint, or rust from vehicle surfaces in preparation for paint application, using abrasives, solvents, brushes, blowtorches, washing tanks, or sandblasters.

Spray prepared surfaces with specified amounts of primers and decorative or finish coatings.

Pour paint into spray guns and adjust nozzles and paint mixes for proper paint flow and coating thickness. Monitor painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and correct their causes.

Remove accessories, such as chrome or mirrors, from vehicles and mask other surfaces with tape or paper to protect them from paint.

Disassemble, clean, and reassemble sprayers or power equipment, using solvents, wire brushes, and cloths.

Select the correct spray gun system for the material being applied.

Fill small dents or scratches with body fillers and smooth surfaces to prepare vehicles for painting. Apply rust-resistant undercoats and caulk and seal seams. Sand and apply sealer to properly dried vehicle finish.

Sand vehicle surfaces between coats of paint or primer to remove flaws and enhance adhesion for subsequent coats. Buff and wax the finished paintwork. Education and Work Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent is required.

A minimum of 3 year work related experience.  A minimum of 5-years experience in a Supervisory/Leadership role is required. 

Be able to lift a maximum of 50 lbs.

Must be able to pass Fork Lift Certification process Possess basic computer operating and data entry skills with knowledge of shipping software. Ability to use pallet jack and overhead crane preferred.

BENEFITS OF EMPLOYMENT Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at no cost for the employee. Additional coverage options for family and dependent coverage. In addition to excellent career growth opportunities, Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: insurance (life, medical, dental, vision), paid holidays, paid vacation, 401(k) with matching contributions. Paid every Friday! We provide our employees with a smoke-free, drug-free workplace.

Mark Rite Lines does pre-employment drug testing as well as random drug testing. We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

About Us

MRL manufactures quality built highly productive Traffic Paint, Thermoplastic, Plural Component and Line Removal/Pavement Grooving equipment. Since 1967, MRL’s extensive “hands-on” pavement marking contracting experience, innovative engineering and attention to quality has enabled MRL to become the largest equipment supplier to the Industry. Decades of MRL’s reliable performance setting Industry Standards coupled with the Industry’s largest parts support inventory and most experienced technical support staff can be summed up in one statement – “When It matters most – MRL Delivers”!

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material, cleans infrastructure, and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901, Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, with manufacturing facilities worldwide, the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal, visit: www.federalsignal.com.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category, characteristic, or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resources at HR@federalsignal.com. All other applications must be submitted online.

Experience

Preferred

• 3 year(s): Industrial, Autobody Paint Prep or Paint experience


• 5 year(s): Supervisor/Leadership Experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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