Paint Line Manager

The Opportunity

The Paint Line Manager will provide Technical and Supervisory support and oversight for 2 Powder Coat Paint Line operations within the Manhattan manufacturing facility.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role will be responsible for optimizing Paint Department performance, as it relates to safety, quality, delivery and efficiency.

This position will serve as the primary caretaker of all Paint Line processes and equipment.

This position will partner with the Maintenance Manager to facilitate the scheduling, coordination, and completion of all maintenance activity associated with the Paint Line.

This position is responsible for the execution of all production activity associated with the Paint Line.

All Paint Line hourly personnel will report directly to this position and the PME will have all supervisory responsibility associated with said Employees.

The Paint Line Manager will be directly accountable for the attainment of all operational goals associated with the line as it pertains to the Safety of departmental Employees, the Quality of the products produced on Paint Line Equipment, the meeting of production schedules and the attainment of hourly production expectations, and the management of all production costs related to paint materials utilization and labor expenditures.

What you'll do

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, this on-site role will be responsible for the following:


* Defines safe work practices for all paint line processes including pre-treatment washers, dry off ovens, paint booth equipment, paint curing ovens, and all conveyance.

Uses RPI to facilitate Employee buy in into the discovery process, to define risk in the operations, and to work with the Engineering function to mitigate known hazards.

Reduces the Companies and our Employees exposure to risk liabilities.


* Guides and develops Paint Department personnel (Powder Coat Painters / Powder Coat Associates) in the creation of and compliance with best practices (Standard Work)


* Defines and develops hang patterns that optimize the concentration of product in production space that assure effective transfer efficiencies.

Optimizes paint application at or below defined utilization standards.


* Provides for the continued loading / hanging of manufactured product onto the paint line per defined standards in support of daily production goals.


* Provides for the daily cleanliness and basic maintenance of the electrostatic paint system.

Assures that all paint hooks are cleaned to best practices and that those hooks are replaced when necessary to assure effective transfer efficiency.

Assures that the paint chain and the paint dogs are perpetually cleaned and maintained and are kept in good operating order.

Assures that both paint booths are thoroughly cleaned to defined standards between paint changes and at the end of the production day.

Assures that all paint modules and related paint components are properly cleaned and maintaine...