POWDER COATING TECHNICIAN

Key Responsibilities

• Perform all duties in a safe manner
• Interact in a professional manner with other employees/customers
• Work overtime as necessary
• Operate and maintain all powder coating equipment necessary to ensure parts are finished to quality standards
• Abside by Company Safety Rules and Procedures, use all recommended PPE and perform required scheduled safety measures such as checking ground connections, test fire eye equipment, and KV testing
• Operate all powder coating equipment, both automatic and hand operated
• Maintain proper powder level in fluidized beds in automatic and hand booths
• Maintain proper air and powder settings on automatic booths with scheduled air pressure checks and documentation - adjusting if out of parameters established
• Properly position automatic spray guns in booths per part set up using part program reference sheet
• Perform setup and scheduled maintenance of powder coating equipment such as booth cleaning, automatic gun nozzle replacement, pump replacement, cleaning of nozzles and pumps, filter replacement, and cleaning of production areas in the powder rooms such as conveyor tracks, dirt guards, and outside of booth
• Schedule cleanout of color booth and collector module changeover
• Manually spray parts and direct others assigned to him/her for this operation
• Maintain required housekeeping in powder room and raw material storage area using provided cleaning checklist and follows 5S initiative
• Perform mil checks every 60 minutes if applicable
• Must have excellent communication skills – Must be able to keep open communication between group leader and associates responsible for reporting downtime issues using floor radios

Qualifications, Experience requirements

• Thorough knowledge of Powder coating operations
• Valid Forklift certification
• Must have verbal and written communication skills
• Must have attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to follow directions accurately
• Maintain regular attendance and punctuality
• Able to travel to other divisions when required
• Detail-oriented and hands-on oriented