Painter/Coater
About The Position
The Painter is responsible for preparing, coating, curing, and inspecting fabricated metal components at Blueprint Automation. This is an onsite role involving surface preparation, masking, racking, powder application, booth and oven operation, cure verification, finish inspection, production documentation, equipment care, and maintaining a clean and safe work area. The Painter reviews job travelers, drawings, work instructions, and customer requirements; prepares and grounds components; operates powder-coating and sandblasting equipment; and applies liquid paint and powder-coat finishes according to customer and engineering specifications. The role also includes checking finished parts for quality, correcting defects or performing authorized rework, maintaining equipment and supplies, keeping accurate records, and mentoring less experienced painters.
Requirements
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in industrial powder coating and metal finishing within manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of metal preparation, part grounding, powder application, cure schedules, and common coating defects.
- Ability to read and follow job travelers, written work instructions, drawings, and customer specifications.
- Ability to use coating-thickness gauges and temperature-reading or monitoring equipment.
- Ability to perform basic equipment setup, cleaning, routine maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team while meeting schedule requirements.
- Ability to lift components up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to wear required PPE, including respiratory protection when assigned.
- Candidates receiving an employment offer must successfully pass a drug screen and background check.
Responsibilities
- Review job travelers, drawings, work instructions, and customer requirements to confirm coating type, color, thickness, masking, and cure requirements.
- Inspect parts before coating and verify that surfaces are clean, dry, and suitable for application.
- Prepare components through cleaning, degreasing, washing, abrasive preparation, masking, plugging, and other required pretreatment methods.
- Rack and ground parts to support complete coverage, efficient production flow, and safe handling.
- Set up and operate electrostatic powder-coating guns, booths, hoppers, reclaim systems, and curing ovens.
- Adjust voltage, air pressure, powder flow, gun distance, line speed, and related settings to achieve consistent coverage and finish quality.
- Monitor oven temperature and cure time and document production and process data as required.
- Inspect completed parts for film thickness, coverage, color, texture, adhesion, and visible defects.
- Identify and correct coating defects such as thin coverage, runs, orange peel, contamination, fisheyes, pinholes, and incomplete cure.
- Perform touch-up or rework when permitted by the applicable process and specification.
- Complete color changes and clean guns, booths, hoses, hoppers, racks, and surrounding work areas to prevent cross-contamination.
- Perform routine operator maintenance and promptly report equipment, ventilation, grounding, or oven concerns.
- Track powder, masking supplies, filters, hooks, plugs, and other consumables and notify management before materials are depleted.
- Maintain clear and accurate production, inspection, rework, and equipment records.
- Operate large-frame and small-parts sandblasting equipment to clean and prepare metal surfaces for finishing.
- Apply liquid paint and powder-coat finishes to aluminum, ferrous metals, and other materials according to customer and engineering specifications.
- Operate and monitor a commercial-grade curing oven to ensure proper powder-coating adhesion, finish quality, and curing requirements.
- Follow company safety rules and policies, including proper use of personal protective equipment when operating paint, powder-coating, blasting, and oven equipment.
- Serve as a mentor or coach to less experienced painters.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Majority employer-paid employee health, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
- 20 days of PTO during the first year of employment.
- 401(k) with a 6% match.
- Opportunity to grow and develop a career.
- Fulfilling workplace with an environment for continuous learning that embraces the ideas and diversity of others.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
