As the Paint Shop Supervisor, you will be responsible for overseeing daily paint department operations, ensuring production targets, quality standards, employee performance, and safety requirements are consistently met. Provides leadership, training, and technical guidance while managing coating applications, equipment operations, workflow efficiency, and troubleshooting to maintain a safe, productive, and high-quality manufacturing environment.
Minimum Starting Salary: $75,000.00 - depending on qualifications
Essential Functions:
- Oversee and direct daily department operations, ensuring employees meet production goals, schedules, and workload expectations.
- Participate in daily toolbox talks and safety meetings; initiate team meetings as needed to improve morale, communication, and performance.
- Maintain accurate employee attendance, safety, and departmental records.
- Ensure employees are properly trained and understand their responsibilities, production expectations, and safety requirements.
- Monitor employee performance and provide guidance and support to maintain productivity and quality.
- Monitor product quality, paint application, material usage, and overall production efficiency.
- Ensure proper preparation, loading, unloading, painting, and handling of parts throughout the production process.
- Ensure proper setup, operation, and maintenance of painting equipment, including spray guns, spray booths, wash tanks, and conveyor systems.
- Ensure employees follow established procedures for equipment inspections, titration measurements, color changes, paint reclaiming, spray-to-waste operations, and daily checklists.
- Troubleshoot equipment and production issues to minimize downtime and maintain consistent quality.
- Maintain knowledge of and provide guidance on mixing, thinning, and applying Alkyd, Latex, Zinc Rich, Epoxy (including Ultra High Solids), and Urethane coatings using airless and conventional spray equipment.
- Ensure primers, liquid paints, and powder coatings are applied according to manufacturer specifications.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Critical Thinking
- Ability to communicate both verbally and written
- Ability to lead, motivate, and inspire team members.
- Ability to withstand pressure and adapt to change.
- Ability to multi-task while meeting strict deadlines.
- Ability to read and interpret shop drawings.
- Ability to plan, layout, assign and supervise the work of machine operators, painters and loaders.
- Ability to work non-traditional hours including nights and weekends
- Knowledge of computer software, including Microsoft Applications.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- 2+ years of experience in structural steel painting or a related field.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to move objects and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue.
- Frequently moves materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Constant movement and use of limbs; this position requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina.
Alamo Structural Steel is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace that complies with ADA regulations.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.