Endera, ranked #99 on Forbes Top 500 List of America's Best Startup Employers, was founded with the purpose of making high quality commercial electric fleet vehicles in 2019. Creating the Endera line of all-electric vehicles stems from a belief that our world deserves better. Our founders set out on a mission to build an all-electric commercial vehicle that is dependable, technologically advanced, cost effective, and energy efficient. With a clear goal to guide the way, Endera has grown rapidly and has become the leader in delivering state of the art, high quality commercial electric vehicles to market. We will continue to innovate and do our part to preserve the environment by creating vehicles to reduce carbon emissions.
Overview: Under the general supervision of the Production Manager, the Painter performs all the tasks required to paint a bus from start to finish. Painters will prepare fabricated bus body surfaces and exterior parts, including Step Frames, Emergency Doors, and Handicap Doors. Paints bus bodies and exterior bus body parts with multi-color finish coats as required by the production work order. The Painter inspects areas to be painted to ensure that the finish coat will meet specifications, then follows applicable painting procedures to apply the finish coat. The incumbent inspects his/her work for any defects and corrects as needed, and maintains personal safety devices, painting tools and equipment in proper operating order. Painters must maintain a clean and orderly workspace and be able to operate with little supervision.
General Responsibilities:
- Functions as a senior member of the paint department
- Train department employees
- Assist in corrective action and process improvement initiatives
- Follows prescribed paint department procedures
- Preps and cleans unpainted bus body or unpainted external parts to be painted
- Checks entire bus body for any defects and repair as needed
- Apply body filler and seam sealer as needed
- Cleans the paint booth and all paint spraying equipment and tools used in the painting process
- Maintains all personal protective equipment.
- Performs preparatory work as follows:
- Inspects vehicle and components for defects and performs repairs
- Sand and/or grinds unfinished vehicles and components of defects and then mixes and applies fillers to make repairs
- Sand, scuff and clean surfaces to be painted
- Apply masking and tape prior to paint
- Prepares and applies primer and paint
Working Conditions and Environment: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)
- Combination of office and shop environment.
- Exposure to elements such as dust, odors, oil, fumes, heat, cold, chemical, metal shavings, and noise.
Physical Demands: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)
- Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend, and move about the facility.
- Occasional lifting of items not exceeding 50 lbs.
