- Coordinate and manage all painting activities to ensure quality and schedule adherence.
- Monitor workflow to meet daily and weekly production goals.
- Allocate manpower effectively to optimize productivity.
Quality Control:
- Ensure that paint finishes meet required specifications and visual standards.
- Conduct inspections and enforce corrective actions for defects or process deviations.
- Maintain proper records of inspections, reworks, and paint usage.
Team Leadership and Training:
- Supervise, coach, and mentor the paint team staff.
- Schedule shifts, approve timecards, and manage attendance.
- Conduct performance evaluations and support employee development.
- Enforce compliance with safety policies and hazardous materials handling (e.g., paints, thinners).
- Conduct regular safety audits and provide training on PPE and emergency procedures.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment.
- Identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies in painting processes and recommend improvements.
- Implement lean manufacturing or 5S initiatives in the paint department.
- Collaborate with other departments (production, maintenance, engineering) to improve outcomes.
- Monitor inventory of paints, coatings, and supplies to ensure availability without overstocking.
- Oversee maintenance and calibration of spray equipment, booths, and ventilation systems.
- Effective communication skills.
- Understanding of manufacturing, processing, and production.
- 3–5 years of experience in industrial painting, with at least 1 year in a leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of paint systems, application methods, and safety regulations.
- Proven leadership, team coordination, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to read technical drawings and follow paint specifications.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of meeting production deadlines.
- Familiar with lean manufacturing principles and basic ERP or production software.
Salary and Benefits:
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Excellent benefits plan.
- 100% company-paid extended benefits package after 3 months.
- RRSP program after 2 years.
- Continuous training and opportunities to learn with a knowledge-based company at the forefront of the green building movement.
About Cascadia Windows & Doors:
Cascadia Windows & Doors is an innovative, industry leader, manufacturing beautifully designed architectural fiberglass windows, doors, and cladding support systems. Included in some of the most exciting and award-winning construction projects across North America, Cascadia's goal is to help revolutionize the energy-efficiency of modern buildings and drive the adoption of high-performance building products.