Powder Coater I (Denton, Texas, TX, US, 76208) @ STULZ Air Technology Systems, Inc.

Summary: Applies protective and decorative powder finishes to STULZ metal components. Operates assigned pretreatment, drying, automatic/manual powder application, and curing processes to approved safety, quality, and production requirements. Reports to the foreman and coordinates workflow with assistants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work preparation: Review work orders, drawings, finish specifications, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and Technical Data Sheets (TDS).
• Verify part identity, powder color/code/lot, masking, cleanliness, and required quality checks.
• Startup: Complete assigned checks of guards, emergency stops, ventilation indicators, grounding, hoses, cables, and fire-system status.
• Do not start with unresolved safety-critical defects.
• Pretreatment and loading: Monitor and record approved bath/rinse conditions when qualified.
• Verify dry, clean parts, serviceable hooks, stable loads, required spacing, and conductive grounding contact.
• Add chemicals only under an approved procedure.
• Application: Operate automatic equipment and manual electrostatic guns within approved recipes and settings.
• Maintain coverage and required gun/operator grounding; coordinate assistants and part flow without entering guarded motion zones.
• Curing and inspection: Monitor approved oven/conveyor settings and verify cure by the specified method.
• Check film thickness, appearance, adhesion, and other assigned criteria; segregate defects and obtain rework disposition.
• Changeover and records: Perform authorized powder replenishment, reclaim handling, color changes, cleaning, and shutdown.
• Prevent contamination; record process readings, material lots, quality results, quantities, downtime, and handoff concerns.

Qualifications

Perform essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation; follow written, verbal, and pictorial instructions; recognize hazards; communicate concerns; and maintain accurate records. HR reviews accommodation requests.

• Demonstrate safe startup/shutdown, recipe use, application, process monitoring, defect recognition, and use of quality instruments before independent operation.
• Safety and Environmental

Responsibilities: Controls and housekeeping

• Keep guards, ventilation, grounding, and interlocks effective.
• Prevent powder accumulation and dust clouds; use approved cleaning equipment, not an ordinary shop vacuum or uncontrolled sweeping/blowdown.
• Keep ignition sources out of restricted areas.
• PPE and chemicals: Use assigned eye/face, hand, foot, body, hearing, and respiratory protection.
• Inspect PPE; follow SDS, labels, hygiene rules, and approved chemical-handling procedures.
• Do not select respirators or substitute chemicals independently.
• Hazardous energy: Keep clear of conveyor and equipment danger zones.
• Do not clear jams, remove guards, service filters, or enter equipment without required controls and authorization.
• Emergency stops do not replace energy isolation.
• Environmental protection: Keep powder, process liquids, filters, and cleanup residues in designated systems or labeled containers.
• Do not discharge to drains or change waste-handling practices without site authorization Stop-work and emergencies: Stop unsafe work and report dust escape, sparks, gas odor, failed safeguards, unstable loads, spills, injuries, or exposure symptoms.
• Follow safe shutdown/evacuation instructions.
• Do not undertake rescue, firefighting, restricted-space entry, or emergency spill response unless separately trained and authorized.
• Education/Expericance: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent education/experience.
• Manufacturing or finishing experience preferred.
• Powder coating experience does not replace STULZ equipment-specific qualification.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Initial qualification: Complete orientation, hazard communication, PPE, dust/ignition, guarding, affected-employee lockout/tagout, emergency, and job training before exposure or independent work.
• Demonstrate safe performance.
• Respiratory protection, when required: Complete medical evaluation before fit testing or required use.
• Tight-fitting respirators require initial and at least annual fit testing, a seal check each use, and no interfering facial hair.
• Follow program requirements, including annual retraining and additional evaluation/testing when indicated.
• Separate authorization: Forklifts, powered pallet trucks, hoists/rigging, chemical dosing, lockout/tagout, and maintenance require applicable training, evaluation, and authorization before independent work.
• Refresher training: Complete applicable heat-illness and hearing-conservation training; retrain when required or when changes or performance indicate a need.
• Report qualification and PPE/equipment problems..
• Language Skills & Mathematical Skills: Understand job instructions, hazards, and emergency directions; communicate effectively.
• Provide understandable training and appropriate language assistance when needed.
• Use basic arithmetic, fractions, and decimals; read measurements, compare results with approved limits, and accurately record quantities and process information.
• Physical

Requirements

• Regular standing/walking; frequent reaching, gripping, and repetitive hand/arm motion; occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
• Identify warnings, equipment movement, and finish defects, with effective aids or accommodation where appropriate.
• Occasionally lift/move up to 30 pounds, subject to task validation.
• Use mechanical or approved team assistance for heavier, bulky, hot, sharp, or unstable loads.
• Work in required PPE, with reasonable accommodation where effective.
• Work Environment: Manufacturing areas may include moving machinery, suspended parts, sharp edges, powder, chemicals, hot surfaces, wet floors, noise, and vehicle traffic.
• Follow safeguards, designated routes, heat precautions, and exposure controls.