Traveling Paint Specialist

Wyoming Valley BMW; Plains Township (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top compensation plans

Health insurance

401k

Vacation time

Vehicle discounts

Growth opportunities

Job summary

The Ed Napleton Automotive Group is seeking a Traveling Paint Specialist for Napleton's Wyoming Valley Body Shop. The role involves operating a mobile trailer and performing solvent-based painting, including priming and repainting with spray guns.

Responsibilities include maintaining a clean workspace, color matching, tinting, inventory control, and following safety rules; a valid driver's license and painting experience are required, with an age minimum of 18.

Qualifications

• Painting experience with solvent-based systems preferred.
• Able to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Able to calculate figures and proportions as needed.
• Valid Driver's License and minimum 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Operates and uses body shop equipment safely and properly.
• Maintains tools and keeps equipment clean and in good repair.
• Complies with federal, state, and local regulations affecting body shop operations.
• Matches and tints paint to original color; monitors paint inventory.

Skills

Painting experience

Safety procedures

Attention to detail

Driver's license

Tools

Spray guns

Paint booth equipment

Mixing room tools

Job description

The Ed Napleton Automotive Group is looking for our nextTraveling Paint Specialistlocated at Napleton's Wyoming Valley Body Shop, thePaint Specialistisresponsible for operating a mobile trailer performing solvent-based painting.

The Ed Napleton Automotive Group is affiliated with over 25 brands of new vehicles and 50+ dealerships throughout sevenstates. Our strength comes from the more than 3,500 employees nationwide.

What We Offer:

• Top compensation plans!
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k and additional benefits
• Accrued Vacation Time
• Discounts on products, services, and vehicles
• Growth opportunities!!

Job Responsibilities:

• Operates and uses all body shop equipment properly and safely.
• Maintains tools and keeps equipment clean and in a proper state of repair.
• Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state, and local regulations that affect body shop operations.
• Ability to match and tint paint as needed
• Monitor and maintain paint shop inventory
• Keep mixing room clean and organized
• Ability to wet sand and buff as needed
• Ensuring that hand tools are properly maintained
• Properly maintaining paint booth by replacing filters, and cleaning when necessary
• Administering the mix of colors and ensuring that they match with original color
• Applying primers and repainting surfaces with the use of spray guns
• Polishing the car by wet-sanding and buffing when the paint is dried
• Ensuring that certain portions of the vehicle are masked with tape and paper to ensure that each part of the car is painted correctly when using multiple colors.
• Read, write and comprehend estimates and verbal directives from management.

Job Requirements:

• Painting experience is required, preferably with solvent based systems and with mixing paints
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions andprocedure manuals-required
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume-required
• Valid Driver's License-required
• A minimum of 18 years of age-required

Work Environment:

• Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and explosives; frequentlyexposed to moving mechanical parts.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws