Vehicle Painter - Auto Body Painter

The role

Automotive Painters apply paint and coatings to buses to ensure a high-quality finish. The role involves masking parts, filling cavities, mixing paint, and using tools like sanders and spray guns.

What you will do

• Masks and protects parts that are not to be painted or coated
• Fills cavities and dents with Bondo to attain smooth surface
• Selects and mixes paint according to specifications
• Blends color between adjacent parts
• Lays out stripe patterns
• Inspect and verify the quality of work and document defects observed
• Maintains tools and keeps equipment clean and in a proper state of repair
• Complies with all laws and regulations pertaining to paint, thinners, and other hazardous materials
• Operate sanders, grinding tools, and spray guns such as HVLP for primer application
• Input data and retrieve assembly instructions or production data using a computer or tablet

Required qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented production or manufacturing environment
• Proven experience as an automotive painter with Minimum 3 years’ experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Attention to detail and precision in paint application
• Ability to follow work instructions
• Efficiently manage time to meet production deadlines and targets
• Able to frequently and repetitively, lift, push, and carry up to 70 lbs
• Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods, up to 8+ hours per day
• Must be able to read, speak and understand English, both written and verbal
• Ability to adhere to safety protocols and guidelines
• Knowledge in use of computers and tablets for data entry and assembly instruction research
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding, or other elevated structures

Benefits

• Company paid medical premiums
• Pension
• 401(k) plans
• Other comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• Union Participation is required
• There is a probationary period for ninety working days
• Performance is evaluated at thirty, sixty and ninety days
• Not able to sponsor work visa’s now or in the future

About the company

GILLIG is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States. Each bus is designed and built in Livermore, California.