Painter II (automotive )

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Requisition ID: 25357

REV Group (NYSE: REVG) is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services. REV serves a diversified customer base primarily in the United States through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation. REV provides customized vehicle solutions for applications including: essential needs (ambulances, fire apparatus, school buses, mobility vans and municipal transit buses), industrial and commercial (terminal trucks, cut-away buses and street sweepers) and consumer leisure (recreational vehicles (“RVs”) and luxury buses). REV’s brand portfolio consists of 30 well-established principal vehicle brands including many of the most recognizable names within our served markets. Several of REV’s brands pioneered their specialty vehicle product categories and date back more than 50 years.

 

SCOPE: Perform duties to check and prepare units for paint and operate a spray gun or other equipment to apply a full range of industrial finishes on plastic, aluminum and steel surfaces while monitoring work to ensure desired results.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

   1. Work from specifications, shop orders and work instructions. 

1. Review material and product requirements.  May prepare any preparation operations as required such as masking and hanging parts onto holding devices. Obtain specified paint or other coating material and appropriate spray gun. Check operation and make preliminary adjustments or repairs to paint gun.
2. Receive bodies, cabs, doors or other components for primer, intermediate or final application of coating materials, check substrates and general condition.
3. Activate paint according to supplier recommendation. Apply primers and multiple top coats in prescribed sequence. Set baker temperature and timer and bake according to manufacturer recommendations.
4. Clean and maintain spray equipment after each use. Clean and maintain paint booth according to approved maintenance schedule. Visually check work and record production. Notify supervisor of unusual equipment or operating problems.
5. Possess the ability to troubleshoot paint issues using experience and knowledge to obtain resolution.
6. Train all new employees to the area in the paint process and techniques.
7. Must be able to go to other paint facilities and perform job functions when called upon.
8. Has attained full proficiency in specified area of discipline and has gained proficiency in multiple areas relevant to the job.
9. Works independently within established procedures associated with the specific job functions.

 

OTHER DUTIES MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

Perform or assist with any operations, as required or directed, to maintain work flow or respond to production requirements

 

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED:  A variety of paint guns, mixing machines, computer, scale, razor knives, mixing sticks, gun cleaner

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be certified per the paint manufactures criteria.
• Must be knowledgeable in Lean Methodologies.
• Must also have the ability to read and understand shop orders.
• Requires 5 years of related experience

 

PHYSICAL  REQUIREMENTS:

1. Lift/Push/Pull- Exerting up to 40 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
2. Climbing- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
3. Stooping- Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
4. Kneeling- Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
5. Crouching/Crawling/Reaching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.  Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
6. Standing- Particularly for sustained periods of time.
7. Walking- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
8. The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performing mechanical tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc. The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment
9. The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of phys