Painter

Position Summary:  Paint various production parts to specifications, ensuring consistent quality and adherence to customer specifications while maintaining a clean and safe work environment.

Core Responsibilities: 
•    Punctuality and daily attendance.
•    Operate and use hand-held electrostatic spray gun.
•    Maintain operational condition of paint gun.
•    Apply wet paint film of specific thickness and texture to production parts in a quality manner within timed sequences.
•    Operate blow-off nozzle; moderate to heavy lifting to remove excess water from parts.
•    Maintain quality standards for work incoming and outgoing.
•    Move hazardous material.
•    Cleanup of shop and work area.
•    Rework of parts to be painted.
•    Ordering and stocking supplies.
•    Performs other duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management to support Volvo Penta goals and objectives.

Within the framework of VPS/Quality/Environment/Safety are the following roles:
•    Do your job, improve your job, develop yourself and develop your team.
•    Follow all quality work instructions to ensure compliance with customer specifications and product requirements.
•    Follow all environmental/safety work instructions to maintain compliance with Volvo standards and applicable legal requirements.
•    Complete and sustain daily 5S activities to support a safe, organized, and efficient work environment.
•    Submit safety observations as required to promote continuous improvement and workplace safety.
•    Initiate Kaizen improvements/PSM and actively participate in cross-functional Kaizen/PMS events as needed to drive operational excellence.
•    Actively work with waste identification and analysis to support productivity, quality, and cost improvement goals

Skills and Knowledge Required: 
•    Must have good coordination and ability to stand, move, bend, and stoop with calculated movements in order to paint various size and dimensions of parts using hand-held spray gun.
•    Requires full range of vision and eye coordination.
•    Requires on-the-job training in paint application, spray techniques, and spray gun maintenance.
•    Must be trained in Basic Liquid Spray Technology.
•    Annual portable fire extinguisher training.
•    RCRA training annually.

Education and Experience:  
•    High school graduate or equivalent required

Equipment Used and Working Environment:
•    Hand-held electrostatic spray gun.
•    Respirators (Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the face piece and the face or that interferes with valve function is not permitted)
•    Coveralls (PPE).
•    Gloves and painters boots (PPE).
•    Must be able to work inside closed spray booth area, exposed to paint and solvent fumes.
•    Must be able to withstand high heat and humid conditions as well as high noise level conditions.
•    Must be able to life moderate to heavy loads.