What are the responsibilities and job description for the PAINT COORDINATOR position at OPmobility?
PAINT COORDINATOR
Date: Apr 24, 2025
Location: Duncan-South Carolina, US
Company: OP Mobility
Missions:
- Ensure HSE policies are deployed and followed
- Coach and develop team to deliver maximum efficiency in all areas
- Follows, stabilises and optimises paint processes and results
- Participates in new product / process (paint line, robots) launches
- Performance Indicators
- Number of accident or near misses related to paint area
- External & internal quality (PPM of parts)
- Paint right first time (% RFT)
- Paint scrap (%)
- Paint Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Paint consumption efficiency
- Process Indicators
- Risk assessments, top safety interviews
- Process and control plan adherence (PPCM)
- RFT golden rules
- Paint Assessment
Activities:
- Works according to HSE requirements (LOTO, cleaning…) and promote safety mindset on day to day basis
- Ensures safety and security conditions are kept in order within the paint line, alert management in case of any non-conformity or deviance
- Implements paint standards and exchanges within painting networks best practices
- Controls and optimizes process parameters
- Stabilizes and optimizes painting area performance (paint consumption, scraps reduction)
- Tests and validates technical solutions (OPTIPRO projects, changes in the plant, equipment supplier)
- Analyses process failures
- Supports new projects launches in line with OPTIMAP requirements
- Participates in continuous improvement activities and productivity covering all process areas- cycle times, scrap, downtime, machine / tools and energy
- Participates in paint assessment.
- Develops the paint processes and systems ensuring a framework that will achieve world-class standards of quality and service to the customer and to achieve environmental compliance.
- Own the paint process FMEA and make sure that standardized work practices are being used.
- Establishes effective communication channels with the team and its people so as to realize their
Knowledge and full potential and to make sure that they are working to the same common business goals.
- Continually develops/drives the paint tech team to deliver best in class processes and standards.
- Own the technical integrity of paint database and supports introduction plans into plant painting area
- Ensures quality standards are maintained by the paint tech team.
- Designs and justifies new improvements and equipment to reduce downtime and increase productivity.
- Works with other departments to support and solves joint problems - injection, assembly.
- Participates in paint technicians’ recruitment to assess technical abilities.
- May train and coach paint technicians and operators
- May program robots or lead paint robots programmers
- Put in place effective visual management
Competences requirements:
- BS in engineering or equivalent work experience
- Proven record of delivering results, problem solving and application skills
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in paint application field
- Process orientated with experience of painted plastics parts, equipment management and robots programming knowledge
- Experience in a large manufacturing environment, with a background to problem solving, deployment of industrial standards and best practices
- “Lean” application to products, processes and flows
- Open to new concepts and innovation with application to problem solving and productivity improvement utilising data and analytical orientated tools
- AIAG Core Tools
- Dedication to safety
- Internal and external customer orientation
- Good communicator with strong leadership skills
