Quality Control Color Shader 1st M-R & Fri

Quality Control Color Shader

(Batavia, IL Plant)

Schedule: 1st Shift - Monday-Thursday (8:30AM-5:30PM), Friday (7:00AM-3:30PM)

Pay Range: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour (based on experience and qualifications)

Since 1923, Hentzen Coatings, Inc. has remained an independent, privately held company dedicated to excellence in the development and manufacture of advanced coatings. Our commitment to innovation, quality, and service has earned us recognition as a trusted partner and technology leader in the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. With nearly a century of experience, we've mastered the art of custom‑engineering coatings to meet the unique and demanding requirements of our customers.

This innovation comes to life in our state‑of‑the‑art facilities, where talented teams collaborate to solve complex challenges and deliver cutting‑edge solutions.

The Quality Control Color Shader is responsible for performing all operations required to adjust wet properties and to tint a wide variety of liquid coatings in accordance with formula specifications. Successful candidates must achieve acceptable scores on both the color matching and math assessments.

• Determine the type and amount of color and gloss additives required to match product to physical standards.
• Use a spectrophotometer (X‑Rite) to obtain color values against stored standards and interpret results.
• Create test panels primarily by hand spraying and inspect panels visually for both color and appearance.
• Collaborate with chemists and supervisors in determining procedures and additives to use on out‑of‑spec products and update formulas for better color come off in future batches.
• Enter final quality results in data management program. Use historical data in database to tint and adjust batches.
• Perform QC lab technician responsibilities such as viscosity, solids, weight per gallon.
• Physically add tints, flatteners, and other additives directly to tanks.
• As part of the housekeeping procedures, the employee may be involved with the disposal of hazardous waste. The initial training of how to properly dispose of hazardous waste will be performed by the Environmental and Safety department or the department supervisor. Annual training of the same will be performed by the EHS department.
• Comply with all quality, safety, and work rules and regulations.
• Clean up equipment and properly store equipment.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Supervisor or Manager.

• Preferred education level:
  Associate's or two‑year college degree or equivalent.
• Preferred experience level:
  Three or more years of experience in batch creation, wet testing, color matching, and paint characteristics in a manufacturing setting.
• Preferred analytical skills:
  Understand and analyze performance metrics such as FRC (hits/batch), cycle time and on‑time delivery to drive QC process improvements.
• Ability to manipulate QC data in Excel and Access databases.
• Excellent color vision.
• Excellent math skills including metric to standard conversions.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook), ERP system and other office machinery.
• Willing to work in a team environment and contribute to group goals.
• Excellent team building and communications skills.
• Ability to receive and provide instructions in a positive manner.
• Must be detail oriented with the ability to multi‑task.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear, stand, and/or walk, use hands to finger, handle or touch objects or controls, and move from place to place. The employee is regularly required to sit, balance, stoop, and occasionally reach above shoulders. The employee occasionally must use foot/feet to operate machinery, climb, or balance and reach above the shoulders.

The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 65 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust…