Paint Engineer - Kaygen : Job Details

Job: Paint Engineer

Location: Georgetown KY- On-site

Work Schedule: Onsite, M-F 8/5

Duration: 12 months possible for extension

Requires Steel Toe Boots- YES

Travel: 15% Domestic Travel- location will vary depending on projects assigned. Mostly client location to supplier labs in Cleveland and Flint.

Who we're looking for:

Paint Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Engineer.

The primary responsibility of this role is to manage area project schedules for new material trials, new model paint trials, cost reduction and material performance improvements.

This role will support the PE Paint department's objective to independently manage the development and implementation of new materials, new colors, and new technologies for both the Body Paint and Bumper Paint Departments.

What will be your responsibilities:

• Lead planning, evaluations and implementations for new colors and new materials in the Body Paint and Bumper Paint shops.
• Lead lab workability and on-line testing for new materials
• Establish necessary process controls and parameters (RJ) for new materials/technologies in cross-functional environment
• Lead materials related problem-solving efforts across multiple divisions as necessary
• Lead CPU impact for new materials
• Assess the environmental impact of new materials/technologies

Required Skills and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Field or related experience
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel for analysis and PowerPoint for reporting and presentations)
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams
• 2+ years Project management working across multiple functions
• 1+ years in color and appearance evaluations
• 1+ years in paint design

What you may have:

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Engineering or Material Science
• Experience in automotive manufacturing in paint production engineering
• Experience in paint application evaluation
• Experience in paint lab doing workability evaluations