Paint Touch - Up Detailing - 1st 2nd shift 2562

About Pierce an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913 building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized carefully designed and engineering pumpers aerials tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today youll find more than 30000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in peoples lives every day. To us every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

Summary of Job Description

The touch up painter apply finishing paint to large and complex truck parts. Workers may perform metal finishing and masking of parts. They inspect the work of others and troubleshoot equipment and tools. They provide mentoring training and work instructions to new hires and/or coworkers. They must communicate with coworkers to keep and maintain a clean and safe environment.

Essential Functions

• Communicate verbally with coworkers to keep a safe working environment
• Train new hires
• Instruct coworkers to complete a task
• Be responsive to needs of coworkers and supervisors
• Transport truck parts to and from designated areas
• Spray paint and primer onto parts
• Use hand and power tools to prep truck parts for the painting process
• Assist coworkers with pushing/pulling carts filled with parts and equipment
• Bleed lines apply sealer and apply paint to parts
• Detect unpainted areas on a part that is not painted and paint over it
• Detect and repair defects in the painted parts
• Have knowledge in skill painting (e.g. shooting blends)
• Hand sand file grind and repaint parts and equipment when necessary
• Caulking taping and hanging of parts
• Metal finish sand grind flatten parts for the painting process
• Complete finish work including painting and touchup painting
• Apply primer to larger truck parts (e.g. truck frames doors and subassembly parts)
• Wipe down body parts of a truck and apply multiple coats of paint to the part
• Rotate between painting sanding and taping parts and equipment
• Troubleshoot tools and equipment
• Quality checks on finish painted parts
• Sweep and clean work area and equipment
• Must maintain a safe and clean work environment

Marginal Work Functions

*These functions may be considered essential based on location position and other factors.

• Use of a computer to read blue prints on parts*
• Work overtime if needed*
• Use of 79 step ladders to spray primer and paint on top of truck parts*
• Mixing paint and emptying waste paint*
• Operating a forklift*
• Regulating paint kitchen and dumping waste paint*

Basic Qualifications

• Proficient at reading checklists paint codes safety logs and JSAs
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge in every step of the paint process
• Knowledge in fine line painting
• Ability to crosstrain

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions

• High School Diploma or its equivalence
• Five 5 or more years of experience in industrial painting or an evaluated equivalent
• Painting Certifications

Key Abilities Needed to Complete Essential Functions

*All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.

• Perform assigned tasks
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills
• Recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions
• Teach train mentor new hires and coworkers on new tasks
• Inspire coworkers to get task completed
• Use and wear personal protective equipment as indicated by the task or environment
• See variety of paint colors for painting truck parts
• Differentiate shades of paint colors
• Evenly apply primer and paint to parts and understand the quality of painting parts
• Examine finished painted trucks for quality assurance
• Assist coworkers with lifting parts and tools
• Hear safety alarms and other coworkers
• Inspect defects on parts
• Repair tools and equipment
• Special paint parts (e.g. shooting blend)
• Push/pull a cart or dolly with parts
• Maintain balance on stairs stools and on wet slippery surfaces
• Paint certain areas on a part while crouching kneeling sitting or in other awkward positions
• Perform safe lifting of equipment parts and tools
• Climb steps to reach area that needs painting
• Read blue prints off of a computer
• Carry spray and painting tools for an extended period of time
• Individually lift and manipulate parts/equipment weighing up to 75 pounds from 18 to shoulder height
• Use both hands to perform the task safely
• Read prints work orders and measuring tools
• Detect hazardous materials near or around the work area
• Remember task sequence and safety constraint

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process please contact our talent acquisition team by email .

Oshkosh Corporation is a meritbased Equal Opportunity opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporations legal duty to furnish information.

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