Color / Tinter Team Lead: 1st Shift (7:30am - 4pm)

Color/Tinter Team Lead

(Greenville, SC Plant)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 1st Shift (7:30 AM – 4:00 PM)

Since 1923, Hentzen Coatings, Inc. has remained an independent, privately held company dedicated to excellence in the development and manufacture of advanced coatings. Our commitment to innovation, quality, and service has earned us recognition as a trusted partner and technology leader in the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. With nearly a century of experience, we’ve mastered the art of custom-engineering coatings to meet the unique and demanding requirements of our customers. This innovation comes to life in our state-of-the-art facilities, where talented teams collaborate to solve complex challenges and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Position Summary

The Color / Tinter Team Lead is responsible for guiding the color/tinting team to ensure timely and accurate color matching of production and lab batches of coating products. This role involves hands-on tinting work to meet customer color specifications, while maintaining strict adherence to established health, safety, and environmental protocols. The Team Lead collaborates closely with production, quality, and technical departments to support continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

The successful candidates will have an acceptable score on the color matching and math tests.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads the color tinting team.
• Monitors the output of the tinting area for schedule compliance.
• Shades/ tints production and lab batches.
• Evaluates batches for conformance to color specifications.
• Adjust color of individual batches within formulation guidelines.
• Prepares customer samples and panels.
• May be required to put together small batches of material for testing and customer requirements.
• Maintains records of processes and results.
• Document and record all actions taken in preparation of product.
• Records batch information on appropriate computer programs.
• As part of the housekeeping procedures, the employee may be involved with the disposal of hazardous waste. The initial training of how to properly dispose of hazardous waste will be performed by the Environmental and Safety department or the department supervisor. Annual training of the same will be performed by the EHS department.
• Comply with all quality, safety, and work rules and regulations.
• Clean up equipment and properly store equipment.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements

• Preferred education level: Associate’s or two-year college degree or equivalent.
• Preferred experience level: One to three years’ experience in a laboratory setting preferred and preferably in coatings.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook), ERP system and other office machinery.
• Basic math skills.
• Excellent color vision.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent math skills including metric to standard conversions.
• Willing to work in a team environment and contribute to group goals.
• Excellent team building and communications skills.
• Ability to receive and provide instructions in a positive manner.
• Must be detail oriented with the ability to multi-task.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

Our facility offers a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled environment supported by advanced HVAC systems that maintain optimal temperature and humidity levels.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to communicate verbally and audibly in a manufacturing or operational setting.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, and move throughout the work area.
• Regular use of hands and fingers to handle, manipulate, and control objects, tools, or equipment.
• Required to sit, balance, stoop, and occasionally reach above shoulder level.
• Occasional operation of machinery using foot controls
• May be required to climb, balance, and reach overhead as part of job duties.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 65 lbs.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Safety shoes, safety glasses, and flame-retardant uniforms or lab coats are required in production areas.
• Respirators and ear plugs are required for specific production processes.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package.
• Generous PTO policy
• 401(k) Employer Match: We match employee contributions up to 8% of eligible compensation.
• Profit Sharing: Discretionary annual contribution based on company performance.
• Employee referral bonus program
• Monthly employee food trucks
• …and much more!

At Hentzen, you’ll find more than a job—you’ll discover an opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact. If you’re ready to join a company known for its heritage of innovation and dedication to its people, we invite you to explore a rewarding career with us.

Please send your resume to:

Hentzen Coatings, Inc.

Attn: Human Resources

6937 W. Mill Road

Milwaukee, WI 53218

or

APPLY ONLINE AT:

Hentzen Career Center

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

All candidates are subject to post-offer testing: including a job-related pre-employment physical, drug screen, and background check.