Spray Painter

About the Company

Hutchinson Aerospace and Industry is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of engineered solutions for the control of shock and vibration. We are a French company with an international presence (25 countries), 170 years of history, and 5 billion in turnover, with 5% invested in R&D. Our passion for challenge and innovation drives us to imagine, design, and produce high-performance fluid, sealing system, and anti-vibration solutions. Working at Hutchinson means contributing to the evolution of mobility and reducing carbon emissions.

About the Role

This position applies all spray-painted finishes in compliance with customer and quality specifications for our products at our Hopkinton, MA location. We have a 2nd shift available.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by following company safety procedures and required PPE.
• Identify and use proper materials and metals.
• Layout parts on tables in preparation for the painting process.
• Move materials as necessary using prescribed material handling techniques.
• Prepare and clean metals, including degreasing, derusting, phosphatizing, wheelabrating, hand and spray painting.
• Mix paints to proper viscosity for spraying as required by specs, fill tanks, adjust spray guns to obtain required finish, coverage, and economy, and adjust pressures.
• Apply prepared paints and operate equipment to produce quality parts while meeting efficiency standards and proper levels of working inventory.
• Check work using the prescribed quality procedure, record and notify the lead person of any issues, and make corrections as instructed.
• Maintain all necessary documents such as inspection check sheets, labor cards, or change notices.
• Check equipment using prescribed preventative maintenance procedures.
• Work to eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Work as part of a team and cross-train as needed.
• Perform visual inspection of painted surfaces and identify defects such as runs, sags, orange peel, fisheyes, pinholes, and contamination.
• Understand coating thickness requirements and maintain high cosmetic standards.
• Follow documented quality procedures.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (preferred).
• Technical training in industrial spray painting preferred or three to five years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to comprehend and train to documents such as work instructions, safety rules, maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals written in the English language.
• Ability to perform repetitive work, change tasks frequently, and maintain attention to detail and speed without loss to production.
• Ability to detect and correct process problems on assigned workstations.
• Work with minimal supervision while maintaining proper safety, quality, and inspection standards.
• Exhibit a high degree of responsibility with an emphasis on safety.
• Be aware of respiratory requirements in their areas and cleared for usage; able to complete medical evaluation for the use of a respirator as needed per OSHA standards.
• Clean, maintain, and store equipment as required.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience mixing and applying coatings and paint.
• Experience with visual inspection of painted surfaces and identifying defects.
• Understanding of coating thickness requirements.
• Ability to maintain high cosmetic standards.

Schedule

2nd shift available.