Paint Technician

About the Role

Join the Special-Lite team to help us drive growth through relationships as strong and dependable as our products! As a Paint Technician, you will perform a variety of duties related to the painting of our custom doors and entryways.

Responsibilities

• Inspect doors, frames, and accessory components for cosmetic defects
• Sand or perform cosmetic repairs as needed
• Hang doors, frames, and accessory components in preparation for priming and painting
• Mix and spray primer and paint according to shop sheet specifications on prepared doors, frames, and accessory components
• Examine finished product to verify conformance to specification
• Clean and maintain spray equipment and work area

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to read, comprehend, and carry out instructions in written, oral, and/or diagram form
• Lift 70 lbs with assistance
• Complete all work within our safety guidelines
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Knowledge of safe operation of basic hand and power tools
• Intermediate mechanical comprehension and abilities
• Skills to measure and perform mathematical computations, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions
• Ability to read a tape measure down to a 1/32"
• Work and train in other departments as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with spraying wet paint
• Previous experience with Bondo and sanding
• Previous manufacturing, assembly, or construction experience
• Blueprint or template reading
• Bilingual in Spanish and English

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate office equipment, and reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to talk and hear
• Required to stand and walk
• Required to lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 70 pounds with assistance
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Safety glasses are always required on the production floor
• Hearing protection is required in designated areas

About Us

Special-Lite manufactures engineered architectural products, which includes commercial entrance systems, interior aluminum (Type II) framing with swing or sliding aluminum framed doors, and FRP restroom partitions. Our interior and exterior complete entrance system products are fiberglass or aluminum flush doors with many door face texture options including wood grain, aluminum monumental (stile & rail) doors, fiberglass, and aluminum framing. Our engineered, made-to-order architectural products are used in new construction and renovation projects for educational, commercial, institutional, industrial, and municipal applications. The company was founded in 1971 and pioneered the use of fiberglass reinforced polyester (FRP) material for door skins in the early 1980s, and today is the largest volume producer of commercial FRP doors in the United States.

Special-Lite will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed, and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position.