STULZ USA

Powder Coating Assistant

STULZ USA
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeDenton • Texas • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in safe material handling, inspection, and compliance with safety protocols in a manufacturing environment. Proficient in following detailed work instructions and maintaining accurate records while ensuring quality control and effective communication.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Safe Material HandlingInspection SupportPPE ComplianceManufacturing ExperienceRecord Keeping

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support STULZ powder coating operations through part preparation, masking, loading, unloading, inspection support, packaging, and housekeeping
  • Follow work orders and visual instructions; verify part identity, quantity, finish, and routing
  • Inspect parts for contamination, moisture, sharp edges, and damage
  • Apply and remove specified plugs, caps, and tape while protecting threads, sealing surfaces, and designated features
  • Inspect hooks and racks and load parts according to capacity, spacing, balance, and grounding requirements
  • Coordinate part flow with the qualified Powder Coater and report unsafe conditions
  • Confirm parts are safe to handle, use thermal protection, protect finished surfaces, and maintain counts, labels, and traceability
  • Compare parts with approved visual standards and segregate questionable parts for authorized disposition
  • Clean assigned accessible areas and handle labeled waste as instructed
  • Keep guards, ventilation, grounding, and interlocks effective; prevent powder accumulation and dust clouds
  • Use assigned PPE and follow SDS, labels, hygiene rules, and chemical-handling procedures
  • Follow hazardous-energy controls and do not clear jams, remove guards, or service equipment without authorization
  • Maintain designated systems and labeled containers for powder, process liquids, filters, and cleanup residues
  • Stop unsafe work and report dust escape, sparks, gas odor, failed safeguards, unstable loads, spills, injuries, or exposure symptoms
  • Reports to the Foreman and receives daily task direction from the qualified Powder Coater

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Perform essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Follow written, verbal, and pictorial instructions
  • Recognize hazards and communicate concerns
  • Maintain accurate records
  • Demonstrate safe material handling, masking, hanging, unloading, and basic defect recognition
  • Know when to stop work and obtain assistance rather than adjust equipment
  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent education/experience
  • Manufacturing or finishing experience preferred
  • Complete required orientation, hazard communication, PPE, dust/ignition, guarding, affected-employee lockout/tagout, emergency, and job training before exposure or independent work
  • Complete medical evaluation and fit testing when respirator use is required
  • Applicable training, evaluation, and authorization required before independently operating forklifts, powered pallet trucks, hoists/rigging, chemical dosing, lockout/tagout, or performing maintenance
  • Complete applicable heat-illness and hearing-conservation training
  • Understand job instructions, hazards, and emergency directions
  • Communicate effectively
  • Use basic arithmetic, fractions, and decimals; read measurements, compare results with approved limits, and accurately record quantities and process information
  • Regular standing/walking; frequent reaching, gripping, and repetitive hand/arm motion
  • Occasionally lift/move up to 30 pounds, subject to task validation
  • Work in required PPE and manufacturing conditions involving moving machinery, suspended parts, sharp edges, powder, chemicals, hot surfaces, wet floors, noise, and vehicle traffic

Benefits

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  • No employer-provided benefits or compensation extras are specified in the posting

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Hard Skills
Part PreparationMaskingLoadingUnloadingDefect RecognitionBasic ArithmeticReading MeasurementsChemical HandlingHazard RecognitionEmergency Procedures
Soft Skills
Effective CommunicationAttention to DetailTeam CoordinationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
ForkliftsPowered Pallet TrucksHoists/Rigging
Certifications & Qualifications
High School DiplomaGEDMedical EvaluationFit TestingLockout/Tagout Training
Industry Keywords
Powder CoatingManufacturingFinishingHazard CommunicationSDS Compliance