Industrial Painter

Job Description

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world.

Wabtec has approximately 30,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

• Must be able to work
  2nd Shift - 3:00pm - 11:30pm
• Prepare and coat manufactured parts for production.
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Prepares(masks & clean), coats, and finishes metal and/or other surfaces.
• Operates wet paint Graco system to spray industrial paint finishes on metal and other types of surfaces.
• Inspects painted units for runs, debris, fish eye, and uncoated areas. Coated parts must be uniform in mil thickness, hardness, gloss level, and conform to specified color.
• Inspects and replaces components on paint guns to ensure they are at optimum performance.
• Performing daily checks and maintenance
• Assist in daily 5s and cleaning procedures.
• Cleans paint from ceiling and walls of booth, conveyor hooks or grid, and from spray heads, and hoses.
• Weekly replace air filters inside the paint booth.
• Monthly respray of inside of paint booth with peel away coating.
• Touches up defective areas of coated items.
• Assists other operators as needed.
• Assists others in obtaining solutions to quality and production issues.
• Other duties as may be required or assigned.

• Must possess the knowledge, skill and ability to apply coating principles and practices; locate, identify and correct problems such as; fisheye, poor adhesion or rough coatings.
• Must havethe knowledge and skill to set, use and read measuring instruments such as viscosity testers and thickness gages.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches.
• Must possess the knowledge and ability to interpret various specifications and standards to determine color, coating thickness, applicable mixing instructions and any other factors that affect the finished product.
• Must possess the ability to use tools and equipment that are needed to perform coating operations in an industrial setting.
• Must have good listening and communication skills.
• Able to work well with others to be a good team player.

Physical Demands:While performing the duties of this job, for the duration of the work shift, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk and talk or hear; and use hands to handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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