Day Shift Paint Technician - Industrial Coatings

Valmont Industries, Inc.; Valley (NE); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability

Work Life Support

Tuition reimbursement

Voluntary programs

Job summary

Valmont Industries, Inc. in Valley, Nebraska is hiring a Paint Associate Level 1 to prepare products for painting, ensure high-quality finishes, and package finished goods for shipment.

This role is hands-on in the Paint Department and reports to the Production Manager. Responsibilities include hanging and unhang parts, blasting, inspecting surfaces, installing post-finish attachments, and maintaining blasting and packaging equipment.

Qualifications

• The ability to calculate simple mathematics and interpret shop drawings.
• Basic working knowledge of computer programs such as Microsoft Outlook or similar email software.
• The ability to recognize and solve practical problems or issues.
• The ability to work in a team environment with a diverse group of people.
• The ability to pay attention to detail and follow work instructions.
• The ability to meet production, safety, and quality standards in a high-paced working environment.
• Rack and unrack parts, brush off, fill, sand, and clean parts for painting.
• Ensure high quality products with visual quality check.
• Maintain and operate painting, blasting, rigging, and packaging equipment safely.
• Prepare paint booth, clean and set-up paint application system.
• Wear required personal protective equipment and follow facility safety regulations.
• Maintain a safe and productive working environment.

Responsibilities

• Hang and unhang parts such as light poles, arms, bases, and small components as needed.
• Blasts the product using a blasting cabinet and ensures the product has a sufficient blast profile.
• Responsible for blowing shot and dust off of parts and repairs all damaged galvanizing and removes all oil and contaminates.
• Responsible for final visual quality check of poles.
• Installs all post finish attachments and package poles and arms.
• Performs basic maintenance on blasting, rigging, and packaging equipment.
• Ability to lift an average weight of 20 to 40 pounds, 40% of the time, and lift 50-pound containers 5-10 times per shift.
• Ability to wear all required PPE and work outdoors in non-temperature-controlled environments.
• Spend 100% of the shift standing, walking, sitting, bending, squatting, balancing, stooping, kneeling and lifting as part of coating and prepping operations.
• Operate forklifts, overhead cranes, power tools, packaging equipment, lowerators, and blasting equipment.

Skills

Math basics

Shop drawings

Outlook

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

Production standards

PPE use

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Overhead cranes

Forklift

Job description

Valmont Industries, Inc. in Valley, Nebraska is hiring a Paint Associate Level 1 to prepare products for painting, ensure high-quality finishes, and package finished goods for shipment.

This role is hands-on in the Paint Department and reports to the Production Manager. Responsibilities include hanging and unhang parts, blasting, inspecting surfaces, installing post-finish attachments, and maintaining blasting and packaging equipment.