Beamline Paint Machine Operator

Adairsville, GA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Operations

Job Summary

Qualifications :

Product Responsibility:

Make sure the paint thickness and color match what the customer ordered.
Take care of the pre-treatment process and check that the baking oven is working correctly.

Customer Responsibility:

You are responsible for making sure the paint job looks good and meets the customers expectations.

Doc. & instructions:

All documents are available on SharePoint
Production orders are managed through SAP
Quality control sheets are posted at the workstation including:
Degreasing bath titration
Degreasing bath temperature
Bath pump settings
Drying and baking oven temperatures
Powder usage
5S guidelines and procedures are also available for audits

Equipment:

Degreasing and rinsing machines
Drying oven and baking oven
Paint booths

For Quality Checks:

pH strips and titration tools
Elcometer (to check paint thickness)

Safety Gear (PPE):

Safety glasses overalls masks earplugs caps gloves plastic sleeves

For Cleaning:

Air blow guns
ATEX vacuum (for floors and powder bins)
Floor cleaning machine
Suction cabin (for powder tanks)
Plastic bag with shovel or dustpan

Other:

Spare parts for regular maintenance

Knowledge & Skills:

How to operate machines ovens baths and pumps
How to set paint guns (voltage and air flow)
How to use and adjust paint settings
Basic safety for explosive risks and fire systems (ATEX)
How to check pH in the degreasing bath

Work rhythm/size of the series:

Color changes take about 30 minutes with 1 to 2 changes per team per shift
Filling powder bins: about 4 bags per hour per line
Thickness checks: once per hour per line

Working Environment:

Production workshop: noise heat furnaces / parts
Products: Deraclean argon C15 butane HFO 45 Hydro HVI 46 interflon tube HT Sodium hydroxide 0.1mol/l Syndus SP 200 anti-spat Gardabond 4950 Derrastrip FE90 RAL powder phenolphthalein

These tasks are:

Follow all safety rules

Check paint quality and smooth out any issues to meet thickness and adhesion standards

Heres a simple version:

Prevent powder waste
Collect leftover powder that doesnt meet standards and put it in the correct plastic bags

Color change:

Prepare for the color change ahead of time whenever possible (get the new powder ready provide it to the other painter make sure theres minimal powder left in the booth wear PPE and empty the powder tanks as much as you can).
One painter cleans the cabin paint guns camera walls and high-voltage nozzle
The other painter blows out the gun hoses replaces the powder tank cleans the transfer pipes and cleans the cyclone
After about 30 minutes reconnect the powder collector to the bottom of the filters for standard colors

Visually inspect welds for defects

Perform Tory control checks

Replacing big bags

Scrape and clean the paint booth

Check and clean the bath filters

Monitor and control furnace temperatures

Find powder in storage Return unused powder Record your workstation number

The AWL 3 painter supports the main operator during production changeovers.

Maintenance of powder tanks (offline)

Clean
Open powder pumps and control injector with caliber
Controlling venturi
Checking compressed air tips
Control suction nozzle.
Check fluidization plate.

Cleaning order and cleanliness of the line. Each team has one area per 2 weeks to clean.

Maintenance help with some troubleshooting (basic) change of guns manual help.

At the beginning of the shift the painter consults the main operator to anticipate color changes.

You perform the 5S audits according to the instructions

Additional Information :

What do we offer you

PTO sick leave & paid holidays
Medical Dental and Vision Insurance
Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Company Paid Life Insurance
Company Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment
401K with employer match currently 4%
Partial Tuition Reimbursement after 12 months
Gross Salary

Quality Safety Health Environment Compliance

Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment. We set the example and motivate each other to work safely efficiently and in a qualitative way. stows standards policies instructions and local legislations are there to guide our decisions.

EEO

stow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race age color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

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