Job Description

About EQI

EQI is fluent in doing business around the world, so our customers don’t have to be. EQI sources metal castings, forgings, and fabrications from carefully selected suppliers around the globe. EQI manages every aspect of the product life-cycle -- from Product Development to Production Qualification to Logistics / Vendor Managed Inventory Services -- letting its customers choose specific services and locations to meet their specific needs. The metal components we specialize in are sourced from more than two dozen carefully selected manufacturers across China, India, Vietnam and the USA. By diversifying our supply base across several manufacturers and regions and offering redundant tooling locations, EQI mitigates risks and maximizes the flexibility to shift production from one location to another. EQI ships to and from multiple ports around the world, supporting our customers with full vendor-managed inventory services at the end location.

EQI is headquartered in Spring Lake, Michigan with offices in Beijing, Hanoi, Coimbatore, Berea, KY, and Craigavon.

Position Summary:

The Industrial Painter will be responsible for maintaining technical equipment for the job and ensuring that they are in working order, possessing a wide array of painting skills including prep, masking, sanding, and liquid paint application utilizing HVLP gravity paint guns, as well as two component proportioning paint systems. This position will require the ability to operate forklifts to move and stage material for the production process.

Essential Functions:

• Painting steel castings
• Cleaning surfaces prior to spray painting
• Maintaining equipment for the outlined job and ensuring that they are in working order
• Ensuring that high safety standards are met and maintained
• Adhere to all OSHA and HazMat procedures with respect to the storage and handling of materials in the area
• Assist in the maintenance of a clean and safe work environment and observe good safety habits
• Utilizing different painting techniques based on the nature of the surface
• Using viscosity cups and thickness gauges to measure the amount of paint to be used and the texture of the paint
• Removing previous paint surfaces using mechanical means
• Painting small items and doing touch-ups

Position Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• Certifications for painting or body work or appropriate trade school certification (example-Master Collision Repair &Refinishing Technician) Preferred
• Experience painting a variety of surface types
• Proficiency with technical machinery
• Physical strength to operate machinery
• Diligence and attention to detail
• Excellent dexterity and hand-eye coordination
• Good organizational skills
• Good verbal communication
• Ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision
• Ability to troubleshoot paint defects that are outside the allowable QA standards
• A good problem-solving foundation
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)

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