Our Paint Line Team Members are an integral part of the American Products team. They are responsible for ensuring our parts are powder painted with superior quality with cone, disk or nozzle type industrial equipment.
A Paint Line Team Members will be assigned to a part of the line, but may switch stations in the assembly process at manager or supervisor designation or request.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Moves switches and dials to start flow current, and to activate conveyor, as well as paint spraying equipment.
Turns valves and observes gauges to set pressure and to control flow of paint to each spray station.
Hangs parts as they come off the line.
Inspects painted units for runs, sags, or unpainted areas.
Re-adjusts pressure valves to control direction and pattern of spray, and to correct flaws in coating.
Cleans paint from ceiling and walls of booth, conveyor hooks or grid, and from disks, cones, spray heads, and hoses.
Hand sprays parts to cover unpainted areas or to apply rust preventative.
Mixes paint according to specifications with viscometer to regulate consistency according to changes in atmospheric conditions.
Complies with SDS requirements.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
High school diploma or GED strongly preferred; not required
Specialized Knowledge and Experience
Prefer thorough understanding of powder painting, including related equipment, ovens, conveyor systems, and washing equipment.
Ability to read and comprehend blue prints, shop floor documentation, customer specifications/diagrams, instructions provided by supervisors/managers.
Minimum of 1 year of related experience, in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to complete rate, ratio, and percent.
Ability to use precision measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, and protractors.
Ability to read a tape measure.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Skills and Abilities
Other Skills
Requires the interpersonal skills to interact and collaborate with wide variety of internal personnel.
Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
Must be able to interact professionally, appropriately, and courteously with customers, co-workers and other outside parties.
Excellent attention to detail;
Shows concern for quality and practices continuous improvement;
Travel
No travel is required for this position.
Physical requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; talk, hear, and smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.
Direct reports
This position has no direct reports.
Additional Information
This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While it is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different duties/tasks be performed.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Including disability/veteran
