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1st Shift Powder Coat Painter

Daifuku
Hobart, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/20/2026
Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

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

Powder Coat Painting Experience Required

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

The Powder Coat Painter applies powder coat paint to products using a manual spray gun and automated coating system, maintaining required paint thickness and ensuring high quality finishes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

  • Coats manufactured parts consistent with powder coat paint to customer and internal quality requirements
  • Inspects material from fabrication shop
  • Operate all coating equipment including manual spray guns, hoppers, and booth collection systems
  • Uses the paint line efficiently with minimal stoppages and gaps
  • Employees are responsible to 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

  • Knowledge of powder paint characteristics and application, the operation and repair of painting equipment, and material preparation
  • Must be able to speak, read and understand the English language
  • Knowledge of quality assurance and self-inspection techniques
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Team orientation


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.
  • Heavy work Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 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.
  • 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 Acuity 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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