Color Technician

Koroseal Interior Products; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Koroseal Interior Products is seeking a Color Tech for the 3rd shift (Sun-Thurs 11pm-7:30am) with potential overtime. The starting pay is $20 per hour, with evaluation at 90 days to possibly earn up to $22 per hour and a $1 per hour shift differential.

Ideal candidates will color match and pre-match to standards, ensuring repeatability and efficiency in wallcovering production. Responsibilities include coordinating with supervisors and operators, reading schedules, managing ink usage, and using

Qualifications

• Excellent attendance is required.
• Good math, language and reading skills.
• High attention to detail to specs and standards.
• Ability to pass a color test with score 85% or higher.
• Physical, drug test and background check are part of pre-hire process.

Responsibilities

• Color match and pre-match to company standards to ensure color accuracy and repeatability.
• Check machine schedules to determine color needs (color match, pre-match).
• Read schedules to determine ink usage and type.
• Possess ability to see color and adjust pigments to match standards promptly.
• Manage inks from machines for reuse or disposal; maintain ink standard recipes with X-rite software.
• Follow machine JSAs for safety during color matching.

Skills

Color matching

Attention to detail

Math skills

Reading skills

Tools

X-rite

Weight scale

Job description

Description

We have an immediate opening for Color Tech for our wallcovering manufacturing business: 3rd shift (Sun-Thurs 11pm-7:30am) w/potential overtime.

This position starts out at $20 an hour. New employees are evaluated at 90 days and may have the opportunity to go up to $22 an hour at that time. This position also qualifies for $1 shift differential per hour.

Our ideal candidates will color match and pre-match to standards to ensure the best color possible and its repeatability, to maintain the dispenser, X-rite, Standards and other essential tools to function properly to achieve maximum productivity with minimum waste and reuse to save cost.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Communicate with supervisors, printer operators, quality control and other color techs
• Check machine schedules to determine what is needed (color match, pre-match)
• Ability to read a schedule to determine ink usage and type
• Must be able to see color and the ability to add pigment to inks to match company standards in a timely manner
• Ink Management (collecting inks from the machines when finished to separate for reuse or disposal)
• Use X-rite and its software to maintain ink standard recipes for repeatability
• Follow each machine's specific JSAs for machine safety while color matching

Physical demands and abilities:

• Frequently lift up to 50 lbs. and adjust body position to bend, stoop, stand, walk, turn, pivot and stand for long periods of time
• Have a good sense of balance
• Have good eye/hand/foot coordination
• Ability to assess weights and time management
• Ability to work in varying temperatures, depending on the season

Requirements

Qualification requirements:

• Excellent attendance is a requirement for this position
• Good math, language and reading skills, basic computer skills and knowledge of how to use a weight scale
• High degree of attention to detail to specs and standards
• Execute assignments in an accurate, timely and safe manner
• Ability to pass a color test and to make accurate color adjustments (color test score must be 85% or higher)
• Physical, drug test, and background check are part of our pre-hire process