Paint Touch - Up Detailing - 1st & 2nd shift (26.33+)

About this role

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

With a career at Pierce Manufacturing, you can expect: • Competitive Pay – pay based on experience and education, minimum starting rate $26.33 per hour • 2nd & 3rd Shift premium of $2.00 per hour • Early Weekend Shift $5.00 per hour • Weekend Shift $6.50 per hour • Merit increases at 6 months, 12 months, and then annually

• Comprehensive Benefit Package - Effective Day 1 • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability benefits, 401k plan & company match, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, stock purchase program, discount program (travel, hotels, entertainment, gym memberships and so much more)

• Sign on bonus for production hires that live >50 miles from their assigned work location at time of hire • Job Stability • Opportunities for Career Growth • Hands-On Approach • Customer Focus • Culture for Fostering Teamwork • Respected Leaders • People First Culture • Hiring Immediately

Shift Overview: • Openings on all shifts with a majority of positions on 2nd shift • Shift times and overtime hours vary dependent on position, department, and location • 2nd shift: Monday – Thursday, four 10 hour days, overtime worked at the end of shift and on Friday’s • 3rd shift: Monday – Thursday, four 10 hour days, Overtime worked before the start of the shift and on Fridays • Early Weekend shift: Thursday - Saturday, 12-hour days, work 36 hours, on average work 130 days per year • Weekend shift: Friday - Sunday, 12-hour days, work 36 hours, on average work 130 days per year

Summary of Job Description The touch up painter apply finishing paint to large and complex truck parts. Workers may perform metal finishing and masking of parts. They inspect the work of others and troubleshoot equipment and tools.  They provide mentoring, training, and work instructions to new hires and/or co-workers. They must communicate with co-workers to keep and maintain a clean and safe environment.   Essential Functions • Communicate verbally with co-workers to keep a safe working environment • Train new hires • Instruct co-workers to complete a task • Be responsive to needs of co-workers and supervisors • Transport truck parts to and from designated areas • Spray paint and primer onto parts • Use hand and power tools to prep truck parts for the painting process • Assist co-workers with pushing/pulling carts filled with parts and equipment • Bleed lines, apply sealer, and apply paint to parts • Detect unpainted areas on a part that is not painted and paint over it • Detect and repair defects in the painted parts • Have knowledge in skill painting (e.g. shooting blends) • Hand sand, file, grind, and repaint parts and equipment when necessary • Caulking, taping, and hanging of parts • Metal finish, sand, grind, flatten parts for the painting process • Complete finish work including painting and touch-up painting • Apply primer to larger truck parts (e.g. truck frames, doors, and subassembly parts) • Wipe down body parts of a truck and apply multiple coats of paint to the part • Rotate between painting, sanding, and taping parts and equipment • Troubleshoot tools and equipment • Quality checks on finish painted parts • Sweep and clean work area and equipment • Must maintain a safe and clean work environment

Marginal Work Functions *These functions may be considered essential based on location, position, and other factors. • Use of a computer to read blue prints on parts* • Work overtime if needed* • Use of 7-9 step ladders to spray primer and paint on top of truck parts* • Mixing paint and emptying waste paint* • Operating a forklift* • Regulating paint kitchen and dumping waste paint*

Basic Qualifications • Proficient at reading checklists, paint codes, safety logs and JSA's • Ability to demonstrate knowledge in every step of the paint process • Knowledge in fine line painting • Ability to cross-train

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions • High School Diploma or it's equivalence • Five (5) or more years of experience in industrial painting or an evaluated equivalent • Painting Certifications

Key Abilities Needed to Complete Essential Functions *All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request. • Perform assigned tasks • Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills • Recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions • Teach, train, mentor new hires and co-workers on new tasks • Inspire co-workers to get task completed • Use and wear personal protective equipment as indicated by the task or environment • See variety of paint colors for painting truck parts • Differentiate shades of paint colors • Evenly apply primer and paint to parts and understand the quality of painting parts • Examine finished painted trucks for quality assurance • Assist co-workers with lifting parts and tools • Hear safety alarms and other co-workers • Inspect defects on parts • Repair tools and equipment • Special paint parts (e.g. shooting blend) • Push/pull a cart or dolly with parts • Maintain balance on stairs, stools, and on wet slippery surfaces • Paint certain areas on a part while cro

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