Paint Supervisor
- $70,000 - $70,000
- Wax, KY
Step into a high-impact leadership role as Paint Supervisor, where you'll own the line, master the finish, and build a team that takes pride in flawless quality — at a growing manufacturer that's investing in its paint operation.
A bit about us:
We are conducting a confidential search on behalf of an established, growth-minded manufacturer with a reputation for high-quality, precision-coated products used across the automotive and industrial sectors. The company is investing in its paint operation and needs a hands-on leader to take full ownership of the department — and the freedom to make it best-in-class.
As Paint Supervisor, you are the go-to leader and technical authority for everything that runs through the paint department — with support of offline assembly and adjacent operations as the business needs them. You will run the floor day to day, troubleshoot the process when it drifts, and coach a team that takes pride in a flawless finish.
This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable reading a control chart, diagnosing a misbehaving spray system, and developing the people around them. You will own safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity for the area — and you will have real influence over how the operation evolves.
As Paint Supervisor, you are the go-to leader and technical authority for everything that runs through the paint department — with support of offline assembly and adjacent operations as the business needs them. You will run the floor day to day, troubleshoot the process when it drifts, and coach a team that takes pride in a flawless finish.
This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable reading a control chart, diagnosing a misbehaving spray system, and developing the people around them. You will own safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity for the area — and you will have real influence over how the operation evolves.
Why join us?
Key Perks:
- Competitive salary
- Relocation assistance available
- Fortune 500-level health/medical/dental/vision
- 401(K) + match
- 3 weeks PTO + 14 paid holidays + option to purchase up to 6 weeks of additional vacation time
- Short, Long-Term and Life Insurance
- HSA+ FSA
- Employee Assistance Program + paid family leave
- Wellness programs!
- Discounts from preferred vendors
- Well-being Resources
- Professional training
- Opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce
- Warm & welcoming culture
Job Details
What You’ll Own:
What You’ll Bring
- Run the floor. Lead daily operations across multiple paint lines and assigned assembly work, hitting production, quality, and delivery targets shift after shift.
- Plan the work. Build and manage paint and assembly schedules around customer demand, WIP, finished-goods inventory, and available capacity.
- Keep it running. Monitor, troubleshoot, and perform minor repairs on conveyors, pumps, spray systems, ovens, pretreatment, and related process equipment.
- Solve the hard problems. Serve as the lead technical resource for coating defects, process variation, equipment failures, and production disruptions.
- Control the inputs. Manage WIP and finished-goods levels plus raw materials — paint, chemicals, packaging, and consumables — so the line never waits.
- Own the numbers. Establish, track, and report KPIs: throughput, quality, scrap, downtime, OEE, inventory accuracy, labor efficiency, and on-time delivery.
- Make it better. Drive continuous-improvement initiatives across paint quality, process capability, equipment reliability, productivity, and cost.
- Partner across the plant. Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and Operations on improvements, launches, and corrective actions.
- Dial in the process. Support paint process development — parameter optimization, validation, trial runs, and documentation — and hold the standard on chemistry and controls.
- Stay compliant. Ensure environmental, permit, waste-management, emissions, and chemical-handling requirements are consistently met.
- Close the loop on quality. Investigate quality concerns and customer complaints with structured problem-solving, then implement corrective actions that stick.
- Grow the team. Train, coach, and mentor paint and assembly members to raise technical skill, safety awareness, and overall performance.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience — ideally in paint, coating, finishing, or automotive manufacturing environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with industrial or automotive paint operations, including both solvent-based and water-based systems.
- Deep technical knowledge of paint application equipment, curing processes, and coating-defect analysis.
- A proven track record troubleshooting paint process issues, equipment failures, and quality concerns on a live production floor.
- Experience running automated paint lines that support high-volume manufacturing.
- Working knowledge of environmental regulations tied to paint — VOC management, hazardous-waste handling, and air-permit compliance.
- Comfort with production scheduling, inventory management, KPI reporting, and workforce supervision.
- Sharp analytical and root-cause skills, the ability to read technical specs and engineering drawings, and solid Microsoft Office / reporting-system fluency.
- Excellent communication and people-development skills, and the composure to thrive when production priorities shift fast.
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