Powder Coat Technician: Growth & Quality Focus

Professional Placement Services; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Placement Services in Hillsboro, OR is seeking a Powder Coat Technician to join the team. The role involves proper paint application and powder coat processing per product specifications and maintaining pre-treatment equipment, spray booths, ovens, and manual powder gun applicators.

You will study work instructions, monitor gauges, prepare coatings, inspect parts for quality, and ensure safe handling of equipment.

Qualifications

• On-the-job and skills training capability.
• Good manual dexterity; ability to work with hand tools.
• Basic computer literacy (MS Office Suite).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• General knowledge of operating hand tools, portable power tools, and bench tools.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
• Strong attention to detail; quality-focused and a quick learner.
• 1+ years of powder coating and surface preparation experience with leadership.
• Knowledge of paint/coating system controls, delivery systems, and quality monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintains pre-treatment equipment, spray booths, ovens, and manual powder gun applicators.
• Observes machine gauges and equipment operation to detect defects or deviations from standards, and make adjustments as necessary.
• Weighs or measures chemicals, coatings, or paints before adding them to machines.
• Inspects parts for quality and informs supervisor of any problems.
• Responsible for proper paint application per product specifications.
• Responsible for the care and safe handling of the manual application equipment.
• Assist when problems occur with fixed equipment and automatic gun adjustments for the various hanging arrangements.
• Attendance is an essential job function.
• Works with 5s & visual controls.
• Performs other duties as required.
• Operates hand and power tools to complete assemblies.

Skills

Manual dexterity

Verbal and written communication

MS Office

Reading drawings

Attention to detail

On-the-job training

Hand tools knowledge

Basic computer literacy

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Bench tools

Job description

Professional Placement Services in Hillsboro, OR is seeking a Powder Coat Technician to join the team. The role involves proper paint application and powder coat processing per product specifications and maintaining pre-treatment equipment, spray booths, ovens, and manual powder gun applicators.

You will study work instructions, monitor gauges, prepare coatings, inspect parts for quality, and ensure safe handling of equipment.