POWDER COAT PAINTER -- SPECIALITY TRANSFORMERS (3rd Shift)
WASHINGTON, MOFull-time$24.14–25.65/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Powder Coat Painter performs powder coating on transformer tanks using both automatic and manual paint systems. The role includes adjusting system settings, monitoring environmental conditions and paint supplies, maintaining equipment cleanliness, handling parts on a conveyor, and replenishing chemical tanks. The posting seeks an experienced painter and describes two years of prior manufacturing experience as preferred; it also lists machinery operation, blueprint interpretation, and basic math among its requirements.
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POWDER COAT PAINTER -- SPECIALITY TRANSFORMERS (3rd Shift)
WASHINGTON, MO (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+PAUWELS+DR+WASHINGTON+MO+USA+63090) •ST Tank Shop
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Pay / Benefits:
Pay: $24.14- $25.65 / hour (total)
($24.14-$25.65 / hour + $1.00/ hour shift differential 3rd)
Benefits:
WEG offers competitive compensation, meaningful and exciting career options, as well as excellent benefits, including:
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Paid Vacation & Holidays
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Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage starts at 30 days.
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401(k) with Match
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Tuition Reimbursement
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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Company paid life & disability insurance.
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Bonus Plan (pro-rated)
Specific details & more in the WEG Transformers USA & IUE-CWA CBA, 2021.
WEG: Our Company: Founded in 1961, WEG is one of the largest electric machine manufacturers in the world. We employ over 49,000 people globally and offer a diversified and integrated product line, with sales in more than 135 countries. Our U.S. operations are expanding rapidly, and we’re looking for dedicated individuals to help us achieve our ambitious growth plans.
Our Culture: We value each individual's contribution to our success and motivate our team through integrity, ethics, and continuous support for personal development. We prioritize professional and personal growth opportunities, human rights, diversity, and environmental sustainability. We invest in solutions to reduce carbon emissions and encourage our employees to engage in social activities focused on health and education.
At WEG, our values are: Human Company, Team Work, Efficiency, Flexibility, Innovation, and Leadership.
Sustainability: We are committed to driving efficiency and sustainability. Our sustainability strategy is based on four pillars:
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Sustainable Products and Solutions: We provide products and services with the highest efficiency and lowest carbon footprint, supporting our customers' decarbonization journeys.
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Responsible Supply Chain: We engage a supply chain that upholds ethics in human rights, labor relations, and environmental preservation.
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Circular and Efficient Operations: We optimize eco-efficiency in natural resource management, reduce emissions and waste, and promote recycling and reuse.
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Engaged Employees and Communities: We ensure safe working conditions, promote well-being, and foster an inclusive, innovative, and high-performance environment.
Role: Powder Coat Painter (3rd Shift)
You may see yourself in this role, if you are an experienced painter who has a strong work ethic, two years prior manufacturing experience, and are looking for a serious career opportunity.
You will perform a range of tasks in the powder coat painting of a transformer tank:
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Perform powder coat painting in both automatic and manual sections of the paint system. Check humidity and temperature in the environmental room and assure enough storage of paint in the environmental room.
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Set and adjust atomizing, flow rate, correct voltage, feed hopper and powder pumps at the control consoles for both manual and automatic system.
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Keep system clean to insure efficiency and maximum safety.
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Load and unload parts on and off conveyor, start and set-up conveyor as required.
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Clean and replenish tanks with chemicals.
WEG offers competitive compensation, meaningful and exciting career options, as well as excellent benefits, including paid vacation, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and disability. Read about our career opportunities below and inquire about being a member of our first-class team.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status. If you need an accommodation or assistance in the application process, please contact us at 636-239-9300 for a referral to the appropriate recruiter.
No 3rd Parties, please.
Requirements
Basic:
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Prior experience operating machinery.
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Able to work over-time as needed.
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Occasionally lifting objects weighing over 60 pounds, moving steel, pallets, etc.
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Must be able to read, write and comprehend common vocabulary.
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Must be able to calculate basic math, including fractions, decimals and percentages.
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Must be able to read, interpret and work from blueprints, sketches, wiring diagrams, plans, layouts and/or templates.
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Resides within a reasonable commuting distance of Washington MO.
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Legal authorization to work in the United States on a permanent basis; visa sponsorship is not available for these positions.
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Successful candidate will complete: talent assessment, interview, drug screen and background check.
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Safety Sensitive Position: drug screen includes THC.
Preferred :
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High school diploma or equivalent.
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Two years of prior manufacturing experience
Salary Description
$24.14-$25.65
How this job compares
Set against the 441 open Painter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24.14–25.65/hr
- US median$21–26/hr183 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.90/hr, is 5% above the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the middle half of Painter hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 441 open Painter jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Oshkosh Corporation20 open
- Tradesmen International, Inc.16 open
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- Experience
- Painter postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (187 postings).
- Education
- 1 of the 441 open Painter jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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