PR/110827 | Engineer- Paintshop

Purpose of the Role

Responsible for supporting Paint Shop operations, ensuring process and quality compliance, monitoring critical painting parameters, troubleshooting paint defects, and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor pretreatment, primer, base coat, and topcoat processes and ensure adherence to defined specifications.

• Control key parameters including viscosity, temperature, humidity, film thickness, and curing conditions.

• Inspect and analyze paint defects such as orange peel, runs, blistering, peeling, scratches, and adhesion issues.

• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions for recurring quality issues.

• Monitor paint booths, spray equipment, coating processes, and paint consumption.

• Coordinate with Quality and Maintenance teams for quality compliance, preventive maintenance, and breakdown issues.

• Maintain production, quality, process-monitoring, and MIS reports.

• Support 5S, Kaizen, Lean, cost reduction, rejection reduction, and productivity improvement initiatives.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Automotive/ABS/Plastic Painting & Coating Processes

• Paint Defect Analysis & Troubleshooting

• Surface Preparation & Pretreatment

• Spray Painting & Paint Booth Operations

• Paint Thickness, Viscosity, Adhesion & Curing

• Basic Paint Chemistry & MSDS/SDS understanding

• RCA, CAPA, 5S & Kaizen

• MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint