POWDER TECHNICIAN

Key Responsibilities

• Follow schedule of production assignment.
• Read production schedules to determine setups of equipment and machines.
• Properly complete packing with identify of items (part number, quantity, shift, operator, date).
• Properly complete schedule and manufacturing reconciliation.
• Visually check part to ensure quality specifications are met regarding paint coverage.
• Touch up and/or repair finished parts as needed.
• Maintain all necessary equipment and tools.
• Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces.
• Adjust paint flows and powder spray guns for optimal coverage with correct amount of powder spray.
• Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
• Test machinery to ensure that it is operating properly.
• Troubleshoot and perform general maintenance repairs on powder coating equipment.
• Meet safety, production and quality metrics.
• Maintain production records.
• Fill out and maintain quality records, labor reports showing parts produced and scrap generated.
• Ensure work area is clean, secure and well maintained, clean machines, related equipment, and work areas, using water, solvents and other cleaning aids.
• Perform other duties as, when and where assigned.

Qualifications, Experience required

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• 3 years of powder coating experience with troubleshooting knowledge.
• English fluency.

General Requirements

• Detailed and hands-on oriented.

Physical Requirements

• Standing, lifting, carrying, reaching.
• Working in areas that are not climate controlled for long periods.
• Encountering some dirt, grease, and oil in the course of routine job duties.
• Experiencing some fumes and smoke but not continuously.
• Subjected to noise from machines which may require hearing protection.

Equipment Use

• Basic mechanical tools.
• Telephone.
• Computer.
• Occasionally change filters.
• Occasionally operate counterweight forklift.