Painter I

About the role

Dover Food Retail (DFR) is seeking a Painter I to join our team in Richmond, VA. This position is part of the Paint Department and involves painting parts, ensuring quality standards are met, and maintaining a safe work environment.

Responsibilities

• Applies powder paint coating using manual paint guns while adhering to all operational and quality standards.
• Promotes and maintains a safe work environment.
• Tests and adjusts equipment prior to parts arriving at the paint booth.
• Performs preventative maintenance on powder booths, spray parts, and washer systems as required.
• Paints/re-paints refrigerated display case parts on a suspended conveyor at line speeds that correspond with parts being painted.
• Performs color changes following established procedures and time limits.
• Inspects completed parts exiting the paint booth for defects and notifies lead/supervisors as necessary.
• Maintains work area in a clean, safe, and organized manner.
• Effectively interacts and communicates with paint line team leaders and team members.
• Assumes other activities and responsibilities as directed by supervision.

What are the basic qualifications?

• A High School Diploma or GED.
• Pass Hill PHOENIX certification training.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing painting position or powder coating experience is preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills.

Essential Physical/Environmental Requirements

• May be required to perform specific tasks involving standing, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, squatting, or kneeling.
• Lifts with or without mechanical aids on a recurring basis (up to 50 lbs.).
• Work is performed within a production environment, subject to temperature variations, hazardous chemicals, mechanical parts, increased noise levels, and dust.

To Be a Great Fit For The Role

• Organizational and time management skills.
• Team-oriented individual who is flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing, fast-paced, and complex environment.
• Ability to plan and organize and set priorities to meet deadlines and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Good judgment, troubleshooting skills, and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Good teamwork and communication skills and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to sit, stoop, and/or kneel.
• Positive attitude.

How We Define Our Values and Why You Should Join Our Team

The backbone behind our collection of outstanding businesses is a team of dedicated employees who protect and enhance our valued reputation for quality and delivering what we promise. It is our values that define Dover to all our key audiences: our shareholders, customers, prospective employees, and especially to ourselves. These values must be expressed in our work and embody our actions, as they form the basis by which we do our jobs, make decisions, and measure our performance. It is our unwavering commitment to maintaining our values that defines who we are as a Company. Collaborative Entrepreneurial Spirit Winning Through Customers Respects and Values People Expectations for Results High Ethical Standards, Openness, and Trust

Pay and Benefits

• Pay is determined by several job-related, non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position.
• Benefits for this position include: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; medical, dental, and vision insurance; wellness programs; health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts; company-paid short-term disability and long-term disability; company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental employee and dependent life insurance; optional accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance; adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance; commuter benefits; parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence; paid time off, including business travel services; employee discounts; and an employee assistance program that includes company-paid counseling sessions and legal services.