About this role
Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in “Automotive News.” A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.
Summary
The Paint Supervisor (3rd shift) is responsible for leading and overseeing all shop floor operations on the shift within the paint department, ensuring that parts are finished to quality, safety, and production standards. This role supervises a team of painters, preppers, and support staff, coordinating activities such as surface preparation, painting, curing, and final inspection. The Paint Supervisor ensures adherence to standard operating procedures, optimizes workflow, supervises materials and equipment, and supports continuous improvement initiatives.
Core Competencies
- Customer Focus
- Communication
- Energy and Stress
- Team Work
- Problem Solving
- Accountability and Dependability
- Ethics and Integrity
- Analytical
Job Duties
- Supervise shop floor paint department employees.
- Customer needs, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture, assembly and distribution of goods.
- Paint processes and tooling, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Paint viscosity in relationship to paint reduction with different types of reducing solvents.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in automotive painting, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role.
- Familiarity with OEM paint standards and procedures.
- Ability to read and interpret technical documents, color codes, and safety data sheets.
- Leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Basic computer skills for reporting and inventory management.
• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation time
What do our employees have to say?
“It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities.”
“Lots of growth opportunity.”
“The company’s young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable.”
Not just a job—a great place to work!
Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.
Other facts
About Flex-N-Gate
Starting with aftermarket parts in 1956 and moving into O.E. in 1968, Flex-N-Gate produces the highest quality products and systems for the automotive industry. With our extensive plastics, metals and mechanical assemblies experience, we persistently strive for continuous improvement and on-time delivery of defect-free products.
We provide our customers a comprehensive solution using our collective resources of product engineering, project management, testing, stamping, welding, molding, painting, plating, assembly and shipping.
What you'll do
- The Paint Supervisor is responsible for leading and overseeing all shop floor operations on the shift within the paint department. This includes supervising a team, ensuring quality and safety standards, and optimizing workflow.
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