Painter/Powder Coater/Grinder/Polisher Department: Fabrication Reports To: Fabrication Supervisor A leader in thermal processing solutions is seeking a Painter/Powder Coater/Grinder/Polisher to join their fabrication team in New Columbia, PA. This is a 2nd shift opportunity Monday through Friday from 2:30PM to 11:00PM. A $1.00 per hour shift differential is also included. Key Responsibilities: - Identify materials requiring grinding and select appropriate grinding tools and grit disks. - Prepare parts using filler materials to ensure smooth finishes, grinding surfaces for quality finishing. - Clean parts thoroughly to ensure proper paint adhesion. - Review order documents, assembly details, and part specifications to determine correct paint colors and mix special coatings as required. - Operate wet spray equipment, including siphon feed pressure pots and diaphragm pumps. - Apply standard and custom product finishes, ensuring complete and uniform coverage. - Inspect finished work for defects, making necessary corrections before products move to the next department. - Maintain and repair spray equipment to ensure operational efficiency. - Perform both wet spray painting and powder coating applications. - Examine and feel surfaces of workpieces to detect imperfections. - Select and attach appropriate abrasive belts, wheels, or disks based on material specifications. - Operate grinders to remove scratches, laminated metal, excess weld material, and burrs. - Polish all weld seams to a seamless finish, ensuring smooth, rounded edges with no sharp corners. - Perform finishing on stainless steel oven/chamber parts, including interior trays and control units. - Transport various-sized stainless steel chambers from welding to grinding or finishing areas. - Replace worn abrasive disks, wheels, and belts as needed. Key Requirements: - 1-2 years of experience in grinding, polishing, painting, or powder coating, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Experience in automotive painting is a plus. - Ability to read and interpret work instructions, blueprints, and schematics. - Strong mathematical skills, including the ability to measure accurately with a tape measure and square to 1/32", and convert decimals to fractions. - Ability to troubleshoot minor issues and follow detailed instructions. - Basic computer skills to access job folders and retrieve paint specifications. - Forklift certification or willingness to obtain one. - Ability to distinguish stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum materials. - Willingness to work overtime as needed to meet production deadlines. - Ability to wear and use a respirator, as required for the role. - Physical Demands & Work Environment - Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, and reach with arms. - Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, or crawl. - Frequently lift/move 5-25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. - Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. - Work environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, with a moderate noise level. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, Al-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Synerfac Technical Staffing and our contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undeliverable messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
