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1st Shift Paint Prepper

Daifuku
Hobart, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2026
Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

Full Time | 1st Shift | Monday - Friday | 500am-130pm

Comprehensive Benefits Package

About Us

Daifuku is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.‐based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in‐house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intralogistics solutions. We provide leading‐edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light‐directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Position Summary

Load and/or unload parts from a continuous line while maintaining an organized and safe work area. Assisting team lead as required to maintain a high level of team productivity and efficiency.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

  • Selecting proper hanging devices
  • Identifying parts related to work orders
  • Loading/unloading parts on powder coat line
  • Employees are responsible for comply with all requirements of Daifuku’s QMS policies and procedures.
  • Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.


Education and Experience Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent preferred
  • Minimum of 1 year of related experience


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

  • Ability to read and follow work orders and numerical instructions
  • Knowledge of quality assurance and self-inspection techniques
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Team orientation
  • Crane operation experience preferred but not required
  • Forklift operation experience preferred but not required
  • Big Joe operation experience preferred but not required
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language


ADA Requirements

  • Medium work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
  • Climbing Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
  • Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Standing Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
  • Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
  • Pushing Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
  • Pulling Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
  • Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
  • Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
  • Repetitive motions Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  • Visual The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.


Job Conditions

  • The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
  • The worker is subject to hazards including a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
  • The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.


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