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Paint Materials engineer
Kaygen, Inc. · Georgetown, KYtodayverified 1 h ago
BS-level Quality / Testing roles on Crosslinked list a median of $109k (162 that show pay). This posting does not list pay.
Evaluate paint color/appearance and workability, analyze data, and support paint projects for an automotive OEM.
Coatings/films · Quality / Testing roles, by email
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Why it is interesting. Hands-on paint lab work with color/appearance evaluation and cross-functional project coordination for a major automaker.
Might not be for you. Requires weekend, holiday, and shutdown work plus up to 30% travel; contract role through a staffing agency.
Mostly at the benchHands-on execution First industry roleBS acceptable Realistic requirements
Adjacent materials role1+ year evaluating color and appearance of painted surfaces; paint lab doing workability evaluations
- Seniority
- Mid-level
- Work
- On-site
- Type
- Contract
- Degree
- BS
- Experience
- 1+ yrs
- Industry
- Automotive
- Role
- Quality / Testing
Materials
Techniques
color and appearance evaluation of painted surfacespaint lab workability evaluations
Role details
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
- Proficient summarizing data and creating charts in Excel, building presentations in PowerPoint.
- Experience leading multiple projects that required coordination with people outside your immediate team (other departments, vendors or external groups).
- Experienced in analyzing data to identify the true root cause of a problem in addition to implementing countermeasures.
- Experience creating and presenting reports to multiple levels of management.
- 1+ year evaluating color and appearance of painted surfaces.
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods to support projects.
- Ability to travel (up to 30%) to support NAMC competitiveness.
Nice to have
- Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, etc.
- TBP completed through panel
- Served as SME or internal auditor for North American QR/QS/QH process
- Project experience within Paint Pilot function
- 1+ years of experience in paint lab doing workability evaluations
- Basic Japanese language skills
- Basic Spanish language skills
