Corinth Reman Engines, Cranks & Blocks Painter I (1st shift)

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About the role

Our Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division currently has an opening for a Painter I position located in the Corinth, MS facility. As a painter, you will become a member of the team that lives daily the team culture, understands, and accepts plant policy, procedures, and practices. Your daily tasks often include operating a spray applicator and/or other equipment to apply industrial paint finishes on engines or component parts via mixing paints and other solutions, monitoring drying to ensure desired quality results.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THIS POSITION: All painting positions will be required to wear a detail suit with hood and/or respirator. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast-paced, safety and quality focused team environment to perform various assembly processes.
• Ensure that parts and materials used in the assembly process are free from quality defects.
• Inspect parts and materials to ensure they are free from quality defects.
• Paint engines or component parts per work instructions, standard operating procedures, blueprints, risk assessment, and job routing.
• Conduct operations level maintenance on all paint systems and equipment: paint kitchen, 2KS, paint booth, hoods, guns, etc.
• Complete daily production logs to meet environmental and safety standards.
• Maintain operator performed maintenance (OPM) and routine housekeeping (5S) and perform activities to eliminate workplace hazards and handling of hazardous waste.
• Identify and relay information for correction on discrepancies in affected assembly processes, safety, quality, and production issues.
• Prioritize work to meet production schedules.
• Disassembly and clean paint gun and other equipment.
• Flexibility to work across other value streams.
• Prioritize reliability and quality awareness.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Previous paint application experience within a manufacturing setting.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of MS Office Applications (basic skills/knowledge - capable of functioning independently).
• Basic understanding of both hand and air (pneumatic) tooling.
• Previous experience in an automotive, paint or body setting or similar application experience.
• Basic understanding of blueprints.
• Previous experience with compliant spray equipment.
• Interest in becoming a power trainer.

Physical Requirements

• Job may be physically demanding at times and must be able to handle high volume fast paced operation.
• Comfort with heights and utilization of ladders and lifts.
• Ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods.
• Ability to perform repetitive operations.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
• Will be required to wear a detail suit with hood and/or respirator.
• Will require respirator physical and training.
• Must be able to wear proper PPE.
• May be required to lift/push/pull heavy parts up to 30 lbs. multiple times per shift.
• Must be able to stand for up to 10+ hours per shift.

Pay

Starting hourly pay rate of $19.75 (pay negotiations based on skills/experience).

Schedule

• Work Hours: 5AM - 3PM; Monday - Thursday.
• 40-hour work weeks with potential for overtime.

Benefits

• 80 hours of vacation with an additional 3 days (hours dependent on work schedule) of Paid Time Off (PTO) (all prorated based on hire date).
• 10 Paid holidays.
• Climate controlled work environment – most areas 100%.
• 401k match up to 6% offered on day 1 of employment.
• Health, dental, vision, & life insurance offered on day 1 of employment.
• Potential annual performance increase.
• Clean/safe work environment.
• Paid holiday shut down at the end of the year (dependent upon business needs).

All eligible candidates MUST pass the following pre-employment screenings before they can be hired to any Caterpillar position: Background Screening, Drug & Alcohol Screening, and Post-Offer Medical Questionnaire - clearance from Corporate Medical.