Pay Rate: $26.00-$28.85 per hour

Must be able to work varied hours and days. Our operation is open 7 days a week. We have 2 shifts, must be able to work either shift.

Must have previous Aircraft paint experience, a minimum of 5 years.

About the Company

International Aerospace Coatings (IAC) is the world’s leading aviation specialist painting company. We work with Domestic and International Original Aircraft Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Airlines operators, private operators and aviation leasing companies across the globe to provide tailor made aircraft painting, graphic solutions that ensure regulatory compliance globally. We currently run 16 sites, 6 of which have wide body aircraft capacity and each year we paint over 1000 aircraft across our facilities. Our European headquartersis based at Shannon Airport, County Clare, Ireland, with our US headquarters located in Spokane, Washington and Irvine California. Please feel free to review more information regarding IAC at http://www.iac.aero.

About the Position

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Lead is responsible for the daily operations of aircraft maintenance and painting. He/she will provide guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to the painters for the purpose of achieving optimal paint results. The Lead will initiate correct paint processes and encourage the team to drive results and work together.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Ensure company environmental, health and safety policies are always enforced.

· Proactively engage with all personnel entering the hangar environment and provide leadership to ensure safety requirements are always followed.

· Ensure processes designed to protect customer assets are in place and adhered to.

· Direct staff to efficiently complete shift targets in accordance with company processes and procedures.

· Conduct start of shift briefings with paint staff and communicate daily targets, as well as any pertinent quality or safety information.

· Ensure the work completed is of the highest quality level by actively monitoring and directing the work performed by paint staff.

· Proactively work to ensure first time quality is achieved at every stage of the paint event.

· Provide accurate and specific status updates to management.

· Escalate any issues which may cause deviations from the project schedule, and suggest solutions to recover schedule, to the production manager.

· Maintain a constant presence on the hangar floor and act as focal point for all activities in the hangar for the indirect departments such as quality, materials, facilities etc.

· Ensure correct material is used on aircraft

· Take responsibility of hangar and facility standards with regard housekeeping and cleanliness with focus on the 5S principles of sorting, systematic arrangement, shining, standardizing and sustaining.

· Seek to constantly improve manhour and material usage efficiency and communicate any areas of improvement to the team.

· Escalate any additional work items or over and above items to the attention of the production manager.

· Actively engage with customer representatives whenever necessary and ensure any pertinent information is brought to the attention of the production manager.

· Complete assigned paperwork in a timely manner to ensure conformance to quality standards.

· Complete comprehensive shift turnovers and ensure all pertinent information is shared.

· Assist production manager with creating paint plans and schedules for each paint event to ensure all SOW items are adequately resourced and accounted for in order to deliver to desired KPI’s.

· Assist production managers with daily management and adjustment of project plans to account for variables, such as over and above work or quality rework, have minimal impact to schedule.

· Take ownership to lead, motivate, develop and train paint staff and share information.

· Escalate any personnel or HR issues to the production manager.

· Support production manager when necessary.

Position Requirements

· Strong problem solving and adaptability to be successful in a changing environment.

· Proven leader who can manage a team, set goals, develop individuals.

· Ability to travel.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Education and/or Experience:

· High School Diploma or GED (required).

Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations: N/A

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft office suite such as Outlook, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. The employee is can stand for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; balance; bend and reach with hands and arms; use fort lifts. Occasionally required to climb ladders, sit, stoop, kneel, squat, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Will work overhead and at heights of 50 feet.

Work Environment: This environment promotes physical activity and can be demanding. Use of sanders and spray guns, tools, working with hands and equipment. Exposure to chemicals, vibrations and high noise level

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 - $28.85 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person