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Painter Trainee, 2nd shift, Heil Environmental f384

Terex Corporation
Fort Payne, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jun 2025

About the role

Job Description:

Position Title:  Painter Trainee

Operating Company: Environmental Solutions Group – Heil Environmental

Location: Fort Payne, AL

Reports to:  Production Supervisor

Department:  Operations

Shift:  2nd shift

Position Summary: 

Primarily responsible for preparing products for priming and/or finished painting process.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

Prep units for paint using pressure wash system. Manually cleans and applies spray cleaning solution to raw products. Mixes paint for painting products. Includes identifying colors, checking viscosity, etc. Involves lifting 5-gallon aping buckets weighing up to 40 pounds daily. Applies masking materials to products to preserve surface for further processing. Coats products with primer and finish paint using air assisted and/or airless sprayers and aerosol spray cans. Crane operation (bridge, JIB, etc.). Operates forklift to transport products to and from paint booth. Visually inspects products for quality before, during and after the painting process. Observes all safety regulations and reports any unsafe working conditions to department supervisor. Attendance at work, including presence at work during regular working hours or other schedule as may be assigned by the department manager, is essential. Acceptance of overtime assignments may also be required in order to meet departmental goals and objectives.

Requirements:

Automotive paint experience is required. High School diploma or GED is required.

Additional Requirements:

Education:  Requires a High School diploma or GED.

Knowledge: Requires ability to understand general arithmetic; ability to write in an understandable manner; understand verbal or written instructions; ability to read and understand instructions, lists and billing materials; use PC based applications, including Mainstar, Outlook, and Microsoft Office, knowledge normally acquired through high school or equivalent experience.

Mental: Requires normal attention with periods of high concentration intermittently to operate machinery approximately 50% of time.

Physical: Requires walking/standing approximately 70%, lifting up to 40 pounds approximately 15% of time; involves repetitive overhead work approximately 10% of time; involves repetitive stooping, forward bending and crouching approximately 5% of time.

Manual Dexterity: Requires use of hands, arms and feet for repetitive lifting; use of hands and arms to operate all manufacturing equipment, meters, chains hoists, automatic drills and general hand tools and to record written information.

Audible Demands: Requires ability to follow verbal instructions and to hear for safety purposes.

Visual: Requires the ability to visually observe essential functions for satisfactory job performance and safety; color and depth perception required.

Environmental: Exposure to plant environments with the presence of dust, fumes, noise, and fluctuating temperatures due to lack of climate control.

Note: Supersedes All Preceding Job Descriptions:

The above job description is intended to describe the general content, identify the essential job functions, and set forth the requirements for the performance of this job.  It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of job functions or requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.




If you are interested in an open position but feel you may not meet all the listed qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

About Terex:

Terex Corporation is a global industrial equipment manufacturer of materials processing machinery, waste and recycling solutions, mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), and equipment for the electric utility industry. We design, build, and support products used in maintenance, manufacturing, energy, minerals and materials management, construction, waste and recycling, and the entertainment industry. We provide best-in-class lifecycle support to our customers through our global parts and services organization, and offer complementary digital solutions, designed to help our customers maximize their return on their investment. Certain Terex products and solutions enable customers to reduce their impact on the environment including electric and hybrid offerings that deliver quiet and emission-free performance, produc

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