Paint Engineer

Role details

Job Title: Paint Engineer

Job Location: Georgetown, KY

Job Description:

• New paint material introductions for automotive production.
• Support for new model color launches.
• Transition of materials from lab development to mass production.
• Must have Hands-on experience in a paint shop or automotive manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of paint application processes, especially topcoat.
• Project management experience (materials or manufacturing related).
• Exposure to production launch, scale-up, or change management.

What we’re looking for:

• The primary responsibility of this role is to manage area project schedules for new material trials, new model paint trials, cost reduction and material performance improvements.
• Reporting to the Materials Manager, the person in this role will support the PE Paint department's objective to independently manage the development and implementation of new materials, new colors, and new technologies for both the Body Paint and Bumper Paint Departments.

Requirements

• Lead planning, evaluations and implementations for new colors and new materials in the Body Paint and Bumper Paint shops.
• Lead lab workability and on-line testing for new materials.
• Establish necessary process controls and parameters (RJ) for new materials/technologies in cross-functional environment.
• Lead CPU impact for new materials.
• Assess the environmental impact of new materials/technologies.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering Field or related experience.
• 3\+ years Project management working across multiple functions.
• 2\+ years in color and appearance evaluations.
• 1\+ years in paint design.