Production Painter na None

Job Title: Painter/Prepper 

Production: Axolotl

Reports To: Plant Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Wage Rate: $25.00 - $27.00/Hour 

Unleash Your Creativity as a Custom Painter!

Are you an expert in transforming ordinary into extraordinary with your painting skills on any substrate? Do you have a passion for custom automotive painting, or the like, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where precision and creativity meet? We're looking for a talented automotive, or equivalent, painter with experience in orbital sanders, polishing, and spray guns, ready to tackle custom coatings on a variety of surfaces. If you're prepared to bring your skills into a dynamic team and work on diverse coating and metal applications, this is the opportunity for you!

Apply now and show us how you can make any surface shine with your custom touch!

Qualifications:
 To perform this job successfully, an individual must have experience with orbital sanders, polishing, and spray guns for coating and metal applications. This task is conducted in a spray booth, sanding room, and on the production floor. This individual also must withstand a physical evaluation and respiratory test to be considered for this position. You must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Must be willing to learn about other sub straights and material 
• Follow the guidelines and processes for prepping, polishing, and painting with numerous coating products
• Learns and understands painting area and equipment

• Follows production schedule for prepping the material to be coated
• Follows production schedule for coatings needed during the day for spraying
• Ensures all mixing supplies needed are available
• Prepares all coatings according to coating suppliers’ specifications
• Sands and prepares the surface for coating
• Ensures the production areas are clean
• Keeps all tools, mixing equipment, and mixing area clean
• Fills solvent containers on the production floor
• Recognizes color and ensures correct color is used
• Understand assembly and disassembly of paint guns
• Communicate with the manager about any issues with the paint gun, air supply, coating quality, and paint booth
• Notifies manager when supplies need to be reordered
• Recognizes the correct coating
• Replaces filters in paint booth and oven as needed and ensures overall cleanliness of paint booth and over
• Learns coating specifications for different customers, recognizes any issues with preparation, and notifies cleaners of problem
• Prep and coat units using proper technique and follow instructions to ensure proper finish
• Follows safety guidelines always wears personal protective equipment and ensures proper care of equipment
• Learns and understands the mechanics of equipment used
• Replaces brown bag on sprinkler heads
• Follows the manager's directions
• Maintains a productive pace as set by the manager
• Works cooperatively with other team members
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Equipment:

• Drill press
• Rubber mallet
• Agitator drum
• Air supply
• Pallet jack
• Compressor
• Paint bucket opener tool
• Paint booth and oven
• Paint gun
• Orbital Sander
• Polisher

Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities: Knowledge of how to use a paint gun 

• Ability to pay attention to detail 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced
• Ability to maintain a productive speed environment
• Ability to cooperate
• Ability to be punctual
• Ability to read and write in English
• Ability to work on a team 
• Ability to measure with measuring cups
• Ability to be consistent in ounces

Physical Demands: 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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, and push and pull. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to one hundred pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to see color. 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to toxic chemicals that require the use of supplied PPE - Note that mask fit testing will be provided. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather) and works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and the job is mostly based in or around a paint booth/dryer system. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.