Paint & Shipping Lead – Cocoa, FL
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Paint & Shipping Lead – Cocoa, FL
Location: Cocoa, FL
Job Type: Full-Time
Shift: 1st Shift with oversight of possible 2nd Shift operations
Starting Pay: $30.00/hour — higher depending on experience
We are looking for an experienced Paint & Shipping Lead to coordinate daily painting, blasting, and steel loading activities. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for team coordination, quality, safety, documentation, and meeting production and shipping schedules.
Responsibilities
- Help interview and identify qualified or trainable candidates
- Train and support new employees in the paint department
- Assign work based on production and shipping priorities
- Provide consistent, professional, and fair leadership
- Support employee corrective action and progressive discipline when needed
- Promote a productive and cooperative work environment
- Oversee painting, sandblasting, and loading activities
- Make sure work follows project requirements, painting standards, and manufacturer specifications
- Complete required paint documentation each day
- Use gauges, meters, and testing equipment for daily quality and calibration checks
- Perform QA/QC inspections of finished work
- Address quality concerns and recommend process improvements
- Review load tickets for completeness and accuracy
- Ensure shipping information is entered correctly into production/shipping software
- Train employees on the software as needed
- Coordinate with logistics, production, and management to keep work moving efficiently
- Monitor daily schedules and make sure shipments meet required delivery dates
- Coordinate overtime and weekend work when necessary
- Enforce workplace safety procedures and company policies
- Make sure employees follow required safety practices
- Maintain a strong focus on safe operations throughout painting and loading activities
Team Leadership
Painting & Quality
Shipping & Production
Safety
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in structural steel fabrication painting and/or loading operations
- 2+ years of leadership or supervisory experience
- Strong knowledge of painting standards and quality-control procedures
- Familiarity with production/shipping software preferred
- Experience training and leading employees
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, and deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong commitment to workplace safety and quality
Description as published by Qualdoc.
