Specialty Coatings Technician
Mansfield, OHFull-time$14–18/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Mid-Ohio Hydrographics is an employee-owned company specializing in high-volume water transfer printing, film application, and precision custom finishes. The Specialty Coatings Technician prepares parts and applies coatings and hydrographic finishes using automated equipment and spray guns. The role is full-time, first shift, Monday through Friday, with a stated starting pay of $14–$18+ per hour and benefits eligible after 90 days.
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Full job description
Join the Mid-Ohio Hydrographics Team! Build a rewarding career in advanced surface finishing and custom hydrographic coating! Mid-Ohio Hydrographics is an employee-owned company specializing in high-volume water transfer printing (hydro-dipping), film application, and precision custom finishes. We proudly support American manufacturing by delivering top-tier work for leading brands in firearms, outdoor, automotive, fitness, and more. Duties Include: - Operate proprietary custom automated hydrographic equipment - Identifying part substrates and prepping accordingly for coatings - Sanding/scuffing and degreasing parts - Fixturing & racking parts for painting and dipping - Applying various primers, adhesion promoters, paints, and topcoats to a variety of substrates using HVLP style spray guns - Applying hydrographic finishes to parts - Blowing parts dry with compressed air - Maintain focus on fine details while working efficiently to keep production moving Requirements: - High School Diploma or GED - Must be willing to submit to a drug test and Background check free of Felonies - Must be medically cleared to wear a respirator and pass annual respirator fit test - Reliable transportation and strong attendance (be on time every day!) - Strong attention to detail and ability to focus on tasks - Comfortable working around firearms - Team player who works efficiently and safely Preferred Skills: - Experience painting with HVLP gun preferred but not required - Painting/coating background Benefits include:* - Starting Pay: $14-$18+ per hour (based on relevant experience) - Schedule: First shift, Monday-Friday, 7:00AM - 5:30PM (with overtime opportunities) - NO WEEKENDS - Full-time with a 90-day probationary period - 80 hours PTO* - Paid Holidays - Paid Shutdown over Christmas/New Years - 401k with Company Match - Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance - Work Shoe and Prescription Safety Glass Allowance - Base Life Insurance - Supplemental Accident and Disability Insurance *Eligible after 90 days of employment
How this job compares
Set against the 2,025 open Production jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$14–18/hr
- Ohio median$20–21/hr58 hourly ranges
- US median$20–22/hr925 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $16/hr, is 23% below the Ohio median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Production hourly ranges in Ohio.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 124 open Production jobs in Ohio and 2,025 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- Production postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (619 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 952 of the 2,025 open Production jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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