Color Match Technician 1

Coldspring; Cold Spring (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Optical

401K with company match

Profit sharing

PTO (Vacation)

Holidays

Jury duty

Funeral leave

Job summary

Coldspring in Cold Spring, MN seeks a Color Match Technician I to coordinate with production and quarry teams to ensure granite stock meets color, finish, and ticket requirements for customer orders. The role emphasizes accuracy, safety, and efficiency in a high-precision stone environment.

Responsibilities include applying and sorting tickets, laying out stone segments, conditioning slabs with dye, maintaining color records, and supporting slabbing staff.

Qualifications

• Must obtain forklift certification (training provided).
• Good color perception; not color blind.
• Solid understanding of stone production, color and finish.
• Knowledge of quarry capabilities and stock availability.
• Ability to calculate material needs and optimize raw materials.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem solving, time management and judgment.
• Mechanically inclined with basic math skills.
• Able to read work orders and production tickets; read tape measures.

Responsibilities

• Apply and sort production tickets for granite slabs by quality and specs.
• Calculate and layout work segments from granite blocks to maximize yield.
• Align blocks and edge conditions to improve efficiency and meet customer expectations.
• Peen knots and markings on granite with a peening stick.
• Use dye to mark cracks to maximize slab yield.
• Maintain color record logs and sample catalogs for reference.
• Utilize color flagging system to designate production status.
• Layout stone segments using cataloged samples to fill tickets.
• Instruct slabbing personnel on cuts to achieve required thickness.
• Manage the stone sample library and coordinate approved samples for the plant.
• Coordinate with quarries on yields and future stock/color needs.
• Create Demand tickets in Microsoft Access for quarry notifications.
• Scan granite slabs/blocks into JDE for inventory and production.
• Inspect incoming granite and inventory in JDE.
• Apply chemical treatments to improve color and maximize yield.

Skills

Forklift certification

Color perception

Mathematical ability

Read work orders

Tape measure reading

Independent worker

Tools

JDE system

Microsoft Access

Job description

Description

Status: This is a full-time; hourly position
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 5am - 3:30pm & Friday: 5am - 10am; overtime as needed

Benefits Offered to Full-time Employees: Health, Dental, Optical, Medical FSA/HSA, Dependent Care (FSA), Basic Life Plan, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing (ROA), PTO (Vacation), Holidays, Jury Duty, and Funeral Leave

JOB SUMMARY: The Color Match Technician I is responsible for coordinating with the appropriate departments to ensure the availability of granite stock to fulfill production tickets, which requires maintaining consistency and quality in color and finish to meet the aesthetic and artistic desires of the customer.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Apply and sort production tickets for granite slabs according to stone quality and customer specifications.
• Calculate and layout work segments to be cut from a granite block, yielding the maximum number of segments possible and fulfilling production ticket quantities.
• Align similar granite blocks and edge conditions to maximize efficiencies in production and meet customer expectations.
• Peen knots and markings in granite stones using a small peening stick.
• Use dye to mark cracks in granite slabs while laying them to ensure maximum yield of the slab.
• Maintain and catalog the color record log books and corresponding granite samples of each job's color specifications for future and/or replacement reference.
• Understand and utilize the color flagging system to designate production status for granite slabs and stones (i.e. marked for current production, can be remarked or reused, can be inventoried for later use, etc.).
• Use catalogued samples to layout proper stone segments to fill production tickets.
• Provide instruction to the slabbing personnel on how to make the appropriate cuts in granite blocks to achieve the desired thickness per production tickets.
• Manage the stone sample library.
• Locate and coordinate approved samples for the Granite West plant.
• Coordinate with the quarries to determine what the current and future yields of each quarry to meet stock and color inventory needs.
• Create Demand tickets in Microsoft Access to notify quarries of stone need.
• Scan granite slabs and blocks into the JDE system to inventory them for production availability or assignment.
• Inspect incoming purchased granite stone and inventory it into the JDE system.
• Use various chemical treatment processes to improve the color and appearance of granite to maximize yield of available stone.

Requirements

• Must obtain forklift certification (training and certification provided by Coldspring for all employees who may be required to operate a forklift).
• Must have good color perception and not be color blind or deficient.
• Possess a sound understanding of all aspects of stone production; includes, but not limited to, face finishing, color and background identification, quality requirements to vary by product line, etc.
• General knowledge of quarry capabilities (e.g. size, colors, inclusions, availabilities, etc.)
• Ability to calculate material needs to meet job requirements and transfer them to the most efficient use of raw materials.
• Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another, to avoid interruptions in production.
• Ability to work independently, with little or no supervision.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, with an emphasis in time management, improving efficiencies and exercising independent judgment to determine work priority and urgency.
• Mechanically inclined.
• General math skills.
• Must be able to read work orders or production tickets, which may include dimensional drawings.
• Ability to read a tape measure, imperial and metric.
• Work as a self-motivated team member who adheres to all safety protocols and is willing to cross-train as needed.

MAKE YOUR MARK AND MAKE IT LAST

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please call or text Karissa Lintgen at 320-685-4681 or email Karissa at [e-mail] for assistance.

COLDSPRING IS A VETERAN-FRIENDLY, WELLNESS ORIENTED, TOBACCO-FREE COMPANY.

Coldspring is an affirmative Action Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

The pay range is a representation of the position's entire pay grade range. Starting pay is based on an individual's skills, experience, and at the discretion of the hiring team.