Painter

Painter

6:00am-4:30pm Monday-Thursday

Edsal is North America's leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of high-quality steel shelving and cabinets for garage, basement, storage, and commercial storage applications. Our clients include home improvement retail centers (Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, etc.), mass merchandisers (Walmart, etc.), club stores (Sam's and Costco), e-commerce companies (Amazon, Wayfair, etc.), industrial distributors (Grainger, Global Equipment, Fastenal, MSC Direct, etc.), office products, and educational supply distributors (School Specialty, School Outfitters, etc.). Our company was founded and operated as a family-owned-and-operated business on Chicago's South Side for over 65 years. We acquired Sandusky Lee Cabinets in 2002, expanding our product portfolio and markets served to include cabinets and bookshelves for the educational and office products market.

In 2018, Edsal was acquired by a private investment company. We continue to maintain operating sites throughout the United States, including Chicago, IL; Gary, IN; Littlestown, PA; and Arvin, CA.

Summary

Prepare paint and powder coating metal parts. Properly load parts on racks to achieve desired finishing results while maintaining safety and quality standards.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Powder coat spraying of metals

• Perform repetitive hand work, moving, bending, standing

• Inspection of parts before and after powder coating

• Perform duties assigned by supervisor

• Ensure even coverage and proper adhesion of powder coating

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

OJT, previous experience in a factory/plant/warehouse a plus

Knowledge, Skills/Abilities

• Ability to complete repetitive tasks

• Ability to follow written and oral direction

• Attention to detail

• Ability to understand safety protocols to avoid hazardous chemicals

Language Skills

Ability to communicate and understand both written and verbal instruction

Additional Skills and Abilities

Physical/Mental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must have the ability to lift and/or move a minimum of 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Personal Protective Equipment is required such as steel-toe shoes, gloves, and hearing protection. A plant/manufacturing environment, where temperatures and noise levels may vary.