Painter Assoc

Bombardier; Red Oak (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bombardier is seeking a proactive paint shop operator in Texas to contribute on the floor with a vested interest in safety, quality, schedule and cost. You will apply coatings to assemblies and airplanes, perform self-inspections, and verify readiness for customer inspection while solving problems to improve first-time yield.

You will follow drawings, prepare surfaces, handle masking, and operate equipment like forklifts as needed.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of paint shop operations.
• Ability to read instructions/drawings.

Responsibilities

• Be a proactive painter on the floor contributing to safety, quality, schedule, cost, and growth objectives.
• Drive quality first time yield by participating in root cause corrective action and performing inspections.
• Validate work is ready for inspection and/or customer review; perform self-inspections.
• Operate forklift or wing dolly when necessary.
• Embrace 5S and follow program specifications.

Job description

What are your contributions to the team?
Be a proactive painter on the floor that has a vested interest and desire through continuous improvement to help the paint operations achieve site and company objectives in safety, quality, schedule, cost, and growth. Drive quality first time yield by being part of root cause corrective action process, performing inspection and/self-inspections and validate work is ready to be presented to inspection and/or customer. Employees must also be able to perform and display an advanced knowledge of various paint shop operations, during and following the spraying of assemblies or airplanes. Having and demonstrating an advanced knowledge of mask, clean, surface treat, sand, prepare, paint interior and exterior of details, assemblies, and airplanes for primary or finish paint operations. Steam clean and rinse various configurations as required. Apply protective or other specialty coatings as needed. Fill and fair, sand to bring surfaces to aerodynamic smoothness. Follow instructions/drawings to apply identification markings, insignia decals, or stencils. Perform miscellaneous tasks and deliver paint supplies as required. Operate forklift or wing dolly when necessary. Correct inspection discrepancies of the level of work performed. May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures. Understand and ensure compliance with all program specifications. Assist painters in area when issues arise accomplishing various paint shop duties. Be able to problem-solve. Embrace 5S.
How to thrive in this role?