To operate and maintain spray painting gun and/or other painting apparatus. Apply paint and other liquids to parts or products. Performs a variety of duties related to the preparation, operation, and maintenance of painting process and equipment.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

- Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a pre-determined formula
- Tend or operate equipment to clean, wash, strip, sand, remove corrosion, fill dents or otherwise prepare items for application of paint, lacquer or other protective or decorative coatings
- Prepare surfaces to be coated by using various methods (abrasive blasting, high pressure water washing and power wire brushing) to remove grease, dirt and rust
- Tend or operate automated spray paint, dip or flow coating equipment or other mechanized painting or product coating application equipment
- Operate hand-held spray guns to spray paint or coat stationary items or items on moving conveyor system with protective or decorative coatings
- Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
- Clean and maintain painting and coating, ventilation, compressed air and personal protective equipment
- May prepare and apply stencils,



computer-generated decals or other decorative items on finished products
- Monitor performance of painting equipment and correct problems as required
- Move items to drying areas and unload and stack them for further painting or packaging

Other Duties, but not limited to:

- Fill out Statistical Process Control information
- Keep work area, tools, and equipment clean and in an orderly manner
- Other duties as decided by a supervisor

Qualifications:

- Knowledge of spray painting (HVLP, electrostatic spray gun and pressure pot) are required
- Familiar with all terms of painting
- Detail oriented
- Reading and writing skills
- Full use of hands/fingers

Working Conditions:

- 40 hour work week (Monday to Friday, eight (8) hours per day)
- Rapid-paced manufacturing environment
- Exposure to highly-toxic fumes
- Work within a special-ventilated booth
- Required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Large amounts of time spent standing, bending, crouching, or stooping
- Work with minimal supervision

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Job Types: Full time, Permanent

Pay: $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Spray Painter (Chevrier)
🏢 Buhler Industries
📍 Chevrier