Painter

**Painter | Royal Truck Body | Carson, CA**

Regular Employee | Hourly Non-Exempt | 0.00 - 0.00

**Who we are**:
At The Shyft Group we are driven to deliver. Proudly the North American leader in specialty vehicles, our **portfolio of last-mile delivery vehicles, work trucks, and motorhome chassis **bring people, goods, and services where they need to be.

We are strengthened by nine industry-leading brands - Utilimaster®, Blue Arc, Royal® Truck Body, DuraMag®, Magnum®, Strobes-R-Us®, Spartan® RV Chassis, Red Diamond, and Builtmore. Over 4,000 employees across ten states and two countries work independently and together as one team under Shyft,** building chassis, vehicle bodies, and accessories that improve every route, every run, every ride.**

Empowered by a supportive, inclusive, and highly entrepreneurial culture, every person behind our brands is given the tools they need to make a positive contribution to the company, their community, and their families. Together under the Shyft umbrella, our teams drive new synergies that bring innovations to life on the road — for an experience that is safer, more satisfying, more rewarding all around.

**With 50 years and millions of miles behind us, we continue to charge forward **— leading the commercial vehicle transition to electric, innovating across all our brands, and earning our position among _Fortune’s_ 100 Fastest Growing Companies.

**What you’ll do**:
The Painter position is responsible for the painting of truck cabs, bodies, and parts for the company’s specialty/utility/fleet vehicles.
- Responsible for painting full sized vehicles with very mínimal defects
- Perform preventive maintenance on paint equipment
- Identify and spot repair paint defects in accordance with appearance specification
- Verify cleaning chemical concentrations
- Pre-treat and prep cabs and parts for paint
- Spray base coat and clear coat
- Mix tints following a formula to match paint codes
- Maintain accurate documentation of paint codes
- Coordinate material movement within the paint area
- Load and unload parts on racking or carts per process documentation
- Learn and retain skills and practices needed to complete duties in assigned area
- Read and follow detailed operator instructions, installation drawings, blueprints, etcetera, as required by a particular area
- Self-check work and inspect prior processes
- Use basic hand, electric, cordless, and pneumatic tools, as required
- Meet production goals
- Maintain a clean and safe work area
- Initiate process improvements
- Support 5S in work area
- Communicate with manufacturing and other cross-functional teams (engineering, materials, purchasing, sales, etcetera) to resolve issues
- Solve complex problems with mínimal assistance
- Know various customer vehicles and trucks
- Ability to mask multiple color units & train FAP Paint
- Undercoat
- Paint Touch Up
- Wheel Alignment

**What you need to be successful**:

- HS Diploma or GED required (Automotive paint certification or vocational school certificate preferred)
- Minimum 1-2 years Automotive paint experience
- Excellent attendance
- Positive attitude
- Strong and consistent attention to detail
- Self-motivated with the ability to stay on task
- Team oriented
- Basic computer skills are required
- No critical shortcomings on last performance review
- Demonstrated understanding of Paint materials and cleaning chemicals
- Vocational training for automotive finishing, preferred

Able to:

- Tolerate very high heat temperatures, high dust, and exposure to chemicals
- Work overtime on short notice

Be willing to:

- Wear PPE respirators for extended amount of time
- Improve self / area / company (including pursuing additional training, if needed)
- Develop a working knowledge of company’s systems (example: AS/400)

**Why The Shyft Group?**

We believe that when our people thrive personally and professionally, our business thrives. We are committed to offering comprehensive benefits programs that stay healthy, feel secure, and maintain a work/life balance.

**Stay Healthy**:
Medical and Rx Plan

Health Savings Account

Dental and Vision Plan

Healthcare Flexible Spending

Wellness Plan

**Financial Security**:
401 (k) Retirement Savings

Short and Long Term Disability

Company Provided Life and Dependent Life Insurance

Voluntary Term Life Insurance

**Work/Life Balance**:
Educational Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Dependent Care FSA

**Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)