Industrial Painter

Are you passionate about wanting to make a difference? When you work at Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions, you’re connected to communities working together to solve the most critical healthcare challenges. Our customers, medical device manufacturers, value innovation and count on us to provide specialized installations and logistics services.

When you join our diverse team, you will collaborate and learn alongside employees from all areas of our company. We are dedicated to giving our employees a home for personal and professional growth.

Snapshot of this role:

You will be part of our refurbishment team assisting with the cosmetic repair process of medical imaging device parts (covers) by preparing, priming, and resurfacing parts.

Responsibilities:

• Clean surfaces of work pieces and make repairs in preparation for coating, using brushes, scrapers, compressed air, sandpaper, or cloth.
• Conceal blemishes in work pieces, such as nicks and dents, using fillers such as putty.
• Apply coatings, such as paint or lacquer, to protect work piece (e.g. covers of medical systems) surfaces, using spray guns, rollers, or brushes.
• Examine finished surfaces of work pieces to verify conformance to specifications; then retouch any defective areas where necessary.
• Clean and maintain tools and equipment, using solvents, brushes, and rags.
• Place coated work pieces in drying cabin for specified times in order to dry or harden finishes.
• Select and mix ingredients to prepare coating substances according to specifications, using paddles or mechanical mixers.
• Operate and maintain spray booth.
• Required to wear employee protective equipment (incl. respirators) at all times while refurbishing medical system parts.
• Maintain clean and orderly work area; follow safe operations procedures and comply with all safety rules at all times.
• Regularly provide information to the department manager on team and work progresses.
• Perform other duties as needed to help work teams.

Skills:

• Experience with industrial painting techniques and equipment
• Automotive painting skills, including color matching and blending techniques
• Understanding of medial imaging equipment covers and surface area repairs and finishing is a plus
• Ability to operate a forklift safely and efficiently is a plus
• Basic machining skills for surface preparation and finishing
• COVID-19 vaccination proof (our frontline teams are required to be vaccinated in order to work in hospitals and we as a company support them by having all of our employees vaccinated)

What we can offer you:

We offer health/dental/vision insurance as well as paid holidays and paid time off. Additional programs include disability and critical illness plans, flex spending accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, discount health club memberships, and employee assistance programs. Attractive compensation which is designed to reward experience and quality of work. Our robust benefits package also includes a 401(k) with company contributions. Work-life balance is part of our culture and depending on the role you may be able to work some flexible work schedules during our core business hours.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Wood Dale, IL 60191: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person