Process Engineer, Paint
Crosslinked · Normal, IL · 3 wk ago
Management$78k–$98k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings using for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Role: Process Engineer, Paint (but we don't put title as heading)
- Location: Normal, IL (on site)
- Salary range: $78,200-$97,700 (Pay Disclosure)
- Benefits: equity awards, annual performance bonus, Employee Stock Purchase Program, comprehensive benefits (paid vacation, sick leave, insurance, 401(k), ESPP). Also mention full-time coverage effective first day, part-time after 90 days. So we have Benefits section.
- About Rivian: mission statement etc. Could be "About the role" or "About Rivian". The instruction: use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have About the role (maybe summarizing role summary). Responsibilities: list bullet points from responsibilities. Requirements: maybe education and experience? Qualifications: maybe technical skills? But we need to avoid duplication. Let's decide sections:
- About the role: role summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: bullet list of responsibilities.
- Qualifications: education, experience, technical skills (maybe combine).
- Skills: maybe list specific techniques (8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, SPC, time studies, Lean, 5S, Kaizen, etc.)
- Benefits: bullet list of benefits.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: maybe mention Full-time, On-site, Work type. The posting says: Work On-site Type Full-time. So schedule: Full-time, On-site.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must remove boilerplate like EEO, visa sponsorship statement (though we can mention No Visa Sponsorship maybe as part of qualifications? But it's minor metadata; we could fold into a short p or drop. Probably drop.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details:
About the role / Role Summary:
"The Paint Process Engineer role focuses on maintaining and improving paint shop performance through process optimization, defect reduction, and rigorous adherence to safety and quality standards. This role is located on site in Normal, IL and will report to the Manager of Process Engineering within the Paint Department"
Also "Own defect reduction and process optimization for a high-volume EV paint shop, with direct impact on finish quality." That's from "Why it is interesting". Could include.
Responsibilities list:
- Process Optimization (Manual Decks): Analyze and optimize manual deck operations across the entire paint shop (prep, masking, sanding, tacking, spraying, and finesse/polishing) to eliminate technique variations and reduce bottlenecks.
- Automated Sealer Quality: Monitor the quality output of automated sealer cells, collaborating directly with maintenance, technicians, and external contractors to troubleshoot equipment issues and ensure consistent, high-quality sealer application.
- Defect Resolution: Perform root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys) on paint and sealer defects (dirt, runs, sags, orange peel, skips) to implement permanent corrective actions, reduce manual rework, and minimize material waste.
- Tooling Implementation: Evaluate, source, and integrate improved tooling and equipment (e.g., ergonomic sanders, optimized masking dispensers, upgraded spray guns) to reduce operator fatigue and improve finish quality across all manual zones.
- Process Confirmation: Develop, maintain, and audit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Conduct Layered Process Audits (LPAs) to verify adherence to validated techniques, fluid flow rates, and flash times.
- 5S & Contamination Control: Drive rigorous 5S practices across all manual decks and mixing rooms to eliminate dust/dirt contamination, organize chemicals/abrasives, and optimize point-of-use material flow.
- Safety & Ergonomics: Partner with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to mitigate VOC exposure hazards, ensure proper management of combustible materials, and resolve physical ergonomic risks at manual workstations.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead cross-functional Kaizen events and execute cost-reduction projects specific to the paint shop environment.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
Experience: 3+ years of engineering experience directly supporting a manufacturing paint shop, with exposure to both manual processes and automated application cells.
Technical Skills (maybe part of Qualifications): Deep understanding of fluid and sealer applications, paint defect identification, and contamination control protocols. Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing, 5S methodologies, and Kaizen facilitation. Strong background in structured problem solving (8D, Ishikawa) and Statistical Process Control (SPC). Experience conducting time studies, line balancing, and ergonomic risk assessments.
Communication: Ability to write clear technical documentation and effectively train, audit, and collaborate with shop-floor paint technicians, maintenance teams, and external contractors.
Skills: maybe list specific techniques: 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, SPC, time studies, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, line balancing, ergonomic risk assessments.
But we already have those in Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could have Qualifications cover education+experience, and Skills cover technical skills list. That seems reasonable.
Benefits:
- equity awards
- annual performance bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, spouse/domestic partner, children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability
- 401(k) Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (already mentioned)
- Full-time employee coverage effective first day of employment
- Part-time employee coverage effective first of month following 90 days of employment
Pay:
- Salary range: $78,200-$97,700 for Illinois based applicants.
- Also mention eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity awards.
Schedule:
- Work On-site Type Full-time
- Location: Normal, IL (on site)
- Maybe mention shift? Not specified.
We should not include "No Visa Sponsorship" as a heading; we can drop or include in a short p maybe under Qualifications? But it's minor metadata; we could drop.
We must not include duplicated lines.
Now produce HTML fragment:
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Role: Process Engineer, Paint (but we don't put title as heading)
- Location: Normal, IL (on site)
- Salary range: $78,200-$97,700 (Pay Disclosure)
- Benefits: equity awards, annual performance bonus, Employee Stock Purchase Program, comprehensive benefits (paid vacation, sick leave, insurance, 401(k), ESPP). Also mention full-time coverage effective first day, part-time after 90 days. So we have Benefits section.
- About Rivian: mission statement etc. Could be "About the role" or "About Rivian". The instruction: use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have About the role (maybe summarizing role summary). Responsibilities: list bullet points from responsibilities. Requirements: maybe education and experience? Qualifications: maybe technical skills? But we need to avoid duplication. Let's decide sections:
- About the role: role summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: bullet list of responsibilities.
- Qualifications: education, experience, technical skills (maybe combine).
- Skills: maybe list specific techniques (8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, SPC, time studies, Lean, 5S, Kaizen, etc.)
- Benefits: bullet list of benefits.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: maybe mention Full-time, On-site, Work type. The posting says: Work On-site Type Full-time. So schedule: Full-time, On-site.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must remove boilerplate like EEO, visa sponsorship statement (though we can mention No Visa Sponsorship maybe as part of qualifications? But it's minor metadata; we could fold into a short p or drop. Probably drop.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details:
About the role / Role Summary:
"The Paint Process Engineer role focuses on maintaining and improving paint shop performance through process optimization, defect reduction, and rigorous adherence to safety and quality standards. This role is located on site in Normal, IL and will report to the Manager of Process Engineering within the Paint Department"
Also "Own defect reduction and process optimization for a high-volume EV paint shop, with direct impact on finish quality." That's from "Why it is interesting". Could include.
Responsibilities list:
- Process Optimization (Manual Decks): Analyze and optimize manual deck operations across the entire paint shop (prep, masking, sanding, tacking, spraying, and finesse/polishing) to eliminate technique variations and reduce bottlenecks.
- Automated Sealer Quality: Monitor the quality output of automated sealer cells, collaborating directly with maintenance, technicians, and external contractors to troubleshoot equipment issues and ensure consistent, high-quality sealer application.
- Defect Resolution: Perform root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys) on paint and sealer defects (dirt, runs, sags, orange peel, skips) to implement permanent corrective actions, reduce manual rework, and minimize material waste.
- Tooling Implementation: Evaluate, source, and integrate improved tooling and equipment (e.g., ergonomic sanders, optimized masking dispensers, upgraded spray guns) to reduce operator fatigue and improve finish quality across all manual zones.
- Process Confirmation: Develop, maintain, and audit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Conduct Layered Process Audits (LPAs) to verify adherence to validated techniques, fluid flow rates, and flash times.
- 5S & Contamination Control: Drive rigorous 5S practices across all manual decks and mixing rooms to eliminate dust/dirt contamination, organize chemicals/abrasives, and optimize point-of-use material flow.
- Safety & Ergonomics: Partner with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to mitigate VOC exposure hazards, ensure proper management of combustible materials, and resolve physical ergonomic risks at manual workstations.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead cross-functional Kaizen events and execute cost-reduction projects specific to the paint shop environment.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
Experience: 3+ years of engineering experience directly supporting a manufacturing paint shop, with exposure to both manual processes and automated application cells.
Technical Skills (maybe part of Qualifications): Deep understanding of fluid and sealer applications, paint defect identification, and contamination control protocols. Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing, 5S methodologies, and Kaizen facilitation. Strong background in structured problem solving (8D, Ishikawa) and Statistical Process Control (SPC). Experience conducting time studies, line balancing, and ergonomic risk assessments.
Communication: Ability to write clear technical documentation and effectively train, audit, and collaborate with shop-floor paint technicians, maintenance teams, and external contractors.
Skills: maybe list specific techniques: 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, SPC, time studies, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, line balancing, ergonomic risk assessments.
But we already have those in Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could have Qualifications cover education+experience, and Skills cover technical skills list. That seems reasonable.
Benefits:
- equity awards
- annual performance bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, spouse/domestic partner, children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability
- 401(k) Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (already mentioned)
- Full-time employee coverage effective first day of employment
- Part-time employee coverage effective first of month following 90 days of employment
Pay:
- Salary range: $78,200-$97,700 for Illinois based applicants.
- Also mention eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity awards.
Schedule:
- Work On-site Type Full-time
- Location: Normal, IL (on site)
- Maybe mention shift? Not specified.
We should not include "No Visa Sponsorship" as a heading; we can drop or include in a short p maybe under Qualifications? But it's minor metadata; we could drop.
We must not include duplicated lines.
Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
The Paint Process Engineer role focuses on maintaining and improving paint shop performance through process optimization, defect reduction, and rigorous adherence to safety and quality standards. Located on site in Normal, IL, the role reports to the Manager of Process Engineering within the Paint Department and owns defect reduction and process optimization for a high-volume EV paint shop, directly impacting finish quality.
Responsibilities
- Process Optimization (Manual Decks): Analyze and optimize manual deck operations across the entire paint shop (prep, masking, sanding, tacking, spraying, and finesse/polishing) to eliminate technique variations and reduce bottlenecks.
- Automated Sealer Quality: Monitor the quality output of automated sealer cells, collaborating with maintenance, technicians, and external contractors to troubleshoot equipment issues and ensure consistent, high-quality sealer application.
- Defect Resolution: Perform root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys) on paint and sealer defects (dirt, runs, sags, orange peel, skips) to implement permanent corrective actions, reduce manual rework, and minimize material waste.
- Tooling Implementation: Evaluate, source, and integrate improved tooling and equipment (e.g., ergonomic sanders, optimized masking dispensers, upgraded spray guns) to reduce operator fatigue and improve finish quality across all manual zones.
- Process Confirmation: Develop, maintain, and audit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); conduct Layered Process Audits (LPAs) to verify adherence to validated techniques, fluid flow rates, and flash times.
- 5S & Contamination Control: Drive rigorous 5S practices across all manual decks and mixing rooms to eliminate dust/dirt contamination, organize chemicals/abrasives, and optimize point-of-use material flow.
- Safety & Ergonomics: Partner with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to mitigate VOC exposure hazards, ensure proper management of combustible materials, and resolve physical ergonomic risks at manual workstations.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead cross-functional Kaizen events and execute cost-reduction projects specific to the paint shop environment.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
- Experience: 3+ years of engineering experience directly supporting a manufacturing paint shop, with exposure to both manual processes and automated application cells.
Skills
- Deep understanding of fluid and sealer applications, paint defect identification, and contamination control protocols.
- Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing, 5S methodologies, and Kaizen facilitation.
- Strong background in structured problem solving (8D, Ishikawa) and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
- Experience conducting time studies, line balancing, and ergonomic risk assessments.
- Ability to write clear technical documentation and effectively train, audit, and collaborate with shop-floor paint technicians, maintenance teams, and external contractors.
Benefits
- Equity awards
- Annual performance bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Comprehensive benefits package (paid vacation, paid sick leave, life, medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance) for full‑time and part‑time employees, spouse/domestic partner, and children up to age 26
- 401(k) Plan
- Full‑time coverage effective on first day of employment; part‑time coverage effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment
Pay
The salary range for this role is $78,200–$97,700 for Illinois‑based applicants, with eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity awards.
Schedule
Full‑time, on‑site position located in Normal, IL.
Check for any missing substantive info: The posting also mentions "No Visa Sponsorship". We dropped it; is that considered substantive? It's a minor metadata; instruction says fold minor metadata into a short p or drop it. So dropping is okay. Also mention "BS-level Process Engineering roles on Crosslinked list a median of $110k (505 that show pay)". That's generic info about Crosslinked, not specific to the role; we can drop as boilerplate. Also mention "See roles like this RI Process Engineer, Paint Rivian Normal, ILtodayverified 2 h ago $78k – $98kfrom the posting BS-level Process Engineering roles on Crosslinked list a median of $110k (505 that show pay)." That's noise. We kept the salary range. We kept "Apply Coatings/films Process Engineering roles, by email Apply Worth knowing Why it is interesting." That's fluff. We kept "Own defect reduction and process optimization for a high-volume EV paint shop, with direct impact on finish quality." included in About. We kept "Might not be for you. Heavy focus on manual deck operations and shop-floor troubleshooting, less on formulation or R&D. Mostly at the benchDeep specialist First industry roleBS acceptable Adjacent materials rolepaint and sealer defects (dirt