Finish Sprayer

Leggett & Platt; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggett & Platt is seeking a 1st Shift Finish Sprayer in Grand Rapids, MI. The ideal candidate has 12-14 months of sprayer experience and will operate the finishing line from 5am to 3:30pm, Monday through Thursday, ensuring high-quality outputs and efficient production.

You will perform sanding, vapor-seal prep, loading/unloading parts, and routine inspections, while following safety procedures and company guidelines. Pay ranges from $17 to $22 per hour, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 12-14 months of sprayer experience or equivalent.
• Ability to read and interpret work instructions and routings.
• Basic math and measurement skills for processing parts.

Responsibilities

• Operate finishing line efficiently and perform secondary operations as needed.
• Perform sanding, cleaning, and surface prep up to 220 grit.
• Identify and repair wood flaws and perform necessary touch-ups.
• Load/unload parts, change hooks, and ensure proper packaging for shipping.
• Meet production rate and quality standards and maintain clean work area.

Skills

Sprayer experience

Basic math

Tape measure reading

Tools

Orbital sander

Laser etching machine

Job description

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history

Furniture

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface‑critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world‑class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high‑quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components: Furniture

Learn more about Work Furniture: Work Furniture

We are looking for a 1st Shift (M-Th - 5am to 3:30pm) Finish Sprayer. We are looking for a candidate with at least 12-14 months of Sprayer experience.

Pay range is $17-$22, based on experience.

• Summary: The finishing operator is responsible to operate the finishing line in an efficient manner, perform secondary operations as needed or assigned, follow all procedures, complete paperwork accurately, and perform job set‑ups as needed and pursue training opportunities which further job skills.
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Other duties may be assigned)
• 5.1. Beginning of the shift: Check routing/E-schedule for:
• 5.1.1. open balances on current jobs
• 5.1.2. any needed or special instructions to run current job
• 5.1.3. Be sure area is setup with all necessary materials and equipment.
• 5.1.4. Run 1st cycle on each job and complete a 1st piece inspection.
• 5.2. While running production:
• 5.2.1. Sanding, cleaning, and preparation of exposed grade plywood surface using orbital sander and other tools up to 220 grit.
• 5.2.2. Identify and repair typical wood flaws such as lathe checking, flaking, veneer tear-out, orbital swirl marks, voids, etc.
• 5.2.3. Use of putty, lightning bond, and other materials as required.
• 5.2.4. Loading and unloading parts from the finishing line. This will include changing the hooks as required.
• 5.2.5. Sealer sanding as required. Typically, a part needs to be sealer sanded with 400 grit sandpaper after the part has been sprayed with the first coat of varnish.
• 5.2.7. Load and unload parts from the laser etching machine.
• 5.2.8. Pack finished parts properly before moving them to shipping.
• 5.2.9. Be responsible for meeting production rate and quality standards.
• 5.2.10. Disposal of linseed oil rags - Ref. 7.5.1-D11 Disposal of Linseed Oil Rags
• 5.3. Shift end:
• 5.3.1. Clean up work area.
• 5.3.3. Return any tools/fixtures/etc. to their proper locations if not being used in production.
• 5.4. As required:
• 5.4.1. Ensure hooks are in good operating condition.
• 5.4.2. Bring any hooks for repair into the tool room.
• 5.5. User defined:
• 5.5.1. Be familiar with and able to utilize a tape measure, ruler, and micrometers.
• 5.5.2. Demonstrate basic math skills.
• 5.5.3. Be knowledgeable with the decimal system.

Our Values

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

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