Production Painter

About the Company

BW Papersystems, part of the Barry-Wehmiller Group, builds capital equipment that transforms paper into products for consumers - every day, around the world. We offer innovative technologies, service and parts, and years of global experience in corrugating, finishing; slitting and packaging; stationery; bookbinding and security documents. Customers rely on our machines to produce and convert items such as corrugated boxes, folding cartons, passports, notebooks, copy paper, board, and coated and other specialty papers. For more information, visit bwpapersystems.com. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

About the Role

BW Papersystems is seeking an experienced Production Painter to join our team! As the Production Painter, you will perform a normal range of metal preparation and painting operations on a wide variety of parts, weldments, subassemblies and assembled company products. In this role, you will work from process sheets, repair orders, specifications and instructions to operate various types of grinders and determine colors and areas to paint on machine surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret drawings, route sheets, specifications, and instructions for performing work.
• Utilize surface filler materials to build up part surfaces, sandpaper to smooth.
• Operate various types of hand grinders; use wire brush, files, and sandpaper to remove scale and burrs.
• Clean, grind, and prepare metal or painting operations; tape and mask unit to protect areas not to be painted.
• Set up and operate spray painting equipment to apply standard undercoat sealer and finishing coats of paint.
• Add thinners as necessary to obtain proper paint viscosity.
• Make necessary adjustments and manipulate gun to control and obtain proper finish; exercise care to prevent lags, dry spray and dirt.
• Use both automatic and bench style power sand blasters to remove existing rust and slag; must have some knowledge of materials to eliminate distortion that may result from these processes.
• Operate portable and stand abrasive belt grinders, portable disc grinders and buffing wheels to snag, grind and polish parts.
• Perform clean, prep and finish coating process utilizing coating tanks.