Paint Shop Engineer

Polyplastics Group; Zone 7 Ambattur; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Polyplastics Group is seeking a Senior Paint Shop Lead in India to drive robotic and manual painting operations for decorative plastic automotive components. You will oversee pretreatment, priming, base/top coats, and clear coats while ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery.

Strong leadership, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration are essential. You will coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Customer teams, implement Lean initiatives, and manage audits and

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Plastic Automotive Painting processes.
• Experience in Robotic Paint Shop operations.
• Knowledge of paint chemistry, viscosity control, curing, and defect analysis.
• Experience with decorative plastic components (grilles, garnish, bezels).

Responsibilities

• Lead Robotic and Manual Paint Shop activities, including Pretreatment, Primer, Base Coat, Top Coat, and Clear Coat processes.
• Lead manpower planning, shift management, and skill development of operators and supervisors.
• Manage complete Plastic Automotive Paint Shop operations, ensuring targets, quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
• Ensure adherence to OEM quality standards for decorative plastic components.
• Drive First Time Right (FTR) and reduction of paint defects.
• Monitor and improve KPIs: rejection, rework, paint consumption, OEE, productivity.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, PPC, and Customer teams.
• Implement 5S, Kaizen, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement.
• Monitor paint booth parameters, curing ovens, conveyors, and utilities for optimum performance.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 14001, safety and environmental requirements.
• Handle customer audits, internal audits, and process improvements.
• Support new product trials, PPAP activities, and process validation.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives related to paint material consumption, utilities, and process optimization.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Team management

Communication

Tools

Yaskawa robots

ABB robots

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Lead Robotic and Manual Paint Shop activities, including Pretreatment, Primer, Base Coat, Top Coat, and Clear Coat processes

• Lead manpower planning, shift management, and skill development of operators and supervisors.

• Manage complete Plastic Automotive Paint Shop operations, ensuring production targets,quality, cost, delivery, and safety objectives are achieved.

• Ensure adherence to OEM quality standards for decorative plastic components.
• Drive First Time Right (FTR), Right First Pass (RFP), and reduction of paint defects.
• Monitor and improve KPIs such as rejection, rework, paint consumption, OEE, and productivity.
• Lead manpower planning, shift management, and skill development of operators and supervisors.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, PPC, and Customer teams for smooth operations.
• Ensure implementation of 5S, Kaizen, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Monitor paint booth parameters, curing ovens, conveyors, and utility systems for optimum performance.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 14001, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Handle customer audits, internal audits, and process improvements.
• Support new product trials, PPAP activities, and process validation.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives related to paint material consumption, utilities, and process optimization.

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong knowledge of Plastic Automotive Painting processes.
• Experience in Robotic Paint Shop operations (Yaskawa/ABB or equivalent preferred).
• Knowledge of paint chemistry, paint mixing, viscosity control, curing, and defect analysis.
• Experience in decorative plastic components such as Grilles, Garnish, Bezels, Spoilers, and Interior/Exterior Trim Parts.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and team management skills.
• Good communication skills in Hindi and English.
• Exposure to Tier-1 Automotive manufacturing environment is preferred.