Production Associate - Level I

Cummins; Pune District, Satara; On-site; INR 201,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins in Pune is seeking an operator for industrial spray painting. You will prepare surfaces, mix paints, and apply coatings to metal components and engines to meet quality standards.

The role requires safety discipline, independent work, and teamwork to achieve production goals. The position emphasizes maintaining the paint booth and equipment, inspecting finished parts, and performing touch-ups as needed.

Qualifications

• Perform spray painting of metal components and engines in accordance with quality standards.
• Prepare surfaces by cleaning, sanding, and masking prior to painting.
• Mix paints accurately and ensure the required coating thickness and finish quality.
• Operate, inspect, and maintain spray painting equipment safely.
• Adhere to safety protocols and use PPE.
• Inspect painted components for defects and perform touch-ups or rework as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness of the paint booth and work area.
• Diploma in Engineering or certification in Industrial/Paint Technology preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in industrial spray painting.
• Strong knowledge of surface preparation, paint application techniques, and coating quality standards.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Good understanding of workplace safety practices and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Health, Safety & Environmental duties: stop work for major hazards and report injuries.
• Promote safe work and report hazards to minimize risks.
• Operate production equipment to meet customer specs and production goals.
• Maintain clean and orderly work area and perform operator care tasks.
• Collaborate with peers and support staff to identify repair needs.
• Contribute to quality improvements and process optimization.

Skills

Spray painting

Surface preparation

Paint application

Safety protocols

Quality standards

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Diploma in Engineering or Industrial/Paint Technology certification

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards. Report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard. Comply with HSE standards, policies, procedures & regulations. Use appropriate personal protective equipment. Promote interdependence by looking out for one another. Correct hazards within your control and capabilities. Recognize how your work may impact the environment and work to minimize the negative impact. Engage in HSE Training. Quality Follows all applicable standard work, process documentation and quality procedures. Raises issues to minimize cost and quality exposures. Performs quality inspections. Identifies and controls non-conforming material. Delivery Operates manual and automated equipment to manufacture and assemble product in order to create the proper characteristics and dimensions necessary to meet customer expectations. Achieves production goals. Works at the required cycle time or defined engineering standard. Maintains clean and orderly work area, including routine housekeeping tasks and machine cleaning tasks and performs planned operator care and maintenance tasks. Remains flexible and performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet production goals. Works with peers, skilled trades and support staff to maintain and identify equipment needing repair. Teamwork Communicates effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams. Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements. Participates actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Perform spray painting of metal components and engines in accordance with quality standards.
• Prepare surfaces by cleaning, sanding, and masking prior to painting.
• Mix paints accurately and ensure the required coating thickness and finish quality.
• Operate, inspect, and maintain spray painting equipment safely.
• Adhere to safety protocols and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Inspect painted components for defects and perform touch-ups or rework as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness and proper housekeeping of the paint booth and work area.
• Diploma in Engineering or certification in Industrial/Paint Technology preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in industrial spray painting.
• Strong knowledge of surface preparation, paint application techniques, and coating quality standards.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Good understanding of workplace safety practices and quality requirements.

Competencies

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Minimal or no work experience required.