Lead Paint Manufacturing Engineer - Night Shift

Provide hands-on engineering support for night-shift Paint operations and serve as the primary engineering point of contact for production and process issues. Own and optimize pretreatment, E-Coat, sealer, paint application and delivery, ovens, booths, conveyors, environmental systems, and associated process controls. Maintain process capability and chemistry within defined operating limits by reviewing laboratory results and trend data and coordinating adjustments, cleaning, maintenance, or solution rebuilds with plant teams and suppliers. Lead troubleshooting and corrective action for paint defects, process variation, equipment failures, chemistry concerns, cure performance, contamination, corrosion risk, adhesion, film build, color, and appearance. Respond to production interruptions, establish containment, isolate failure modes, coordinate recovery, verify permanent corrective actions, and provide clear shift handoffs. Use process, chemistry, equipment, quality, and production data—including SPC, capability analysis, DOE, oven profiles, film build, appearance, adhesion, and defect trends—to identify risk and validate improvements. Develop and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, reaction plans, process specifications, standard work, inspection standards, audits, and Paint process Data PAQs. Lead process readiness for product launches, engineering changes, and plant capital projects from

and trials through commissioning, validation, training, ramp-up, and production handoff. Partner across Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Environmental, Product Design, suppliers, and contractors to improve safety, quality, uptime, throughput, material usage, environmental performance, and cost while mentoring plant technical teams. Minimum

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in product manufacturing OR Master's degree and at least 1 year of experience in product manufacturing OR At least 5 years of experience in product manufacturing Additional

Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status) Desired Skills Advanced experience with pretreatment and E-Coat chemistry, paint application and delivery systems, ovens, booths, ventilation, and environmental process systems. Experience with robotic paint systems, including Fanuc robots, and paint mixing, filtration, and application equipment. Hands-on experience with paint-quality diagnostic tools and methods, including film build, PELT, wave scan, gloss, DOI, adhesion, cure testing, and oven profiling. Experience with SPC, Minitab, Power BI, process capability, DOE, APQP, launch readiness, validation trials, and fact-based continuous improvement. Experience managing suppliers, integrators, capital projects, technical specifications, SOWs, installation, commissioning, environmental requirements, and production handoff; AutoCAD or 3D product-viewing experience is a plus. Success in this role: Maintains stable, capable Paint processes within defined operating windows and identifies risk before it disrupts production. Restores production safely, prevents recurrence through documented corrective action, and creates clear technical handoffs across shifts. Delivers measurable improvement in first-time quality, uptime, throughput, material usage, environmental performance, and total operating cost. Benefits and Compensation This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits. The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience. Company Overview About TRATON With its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP and one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Group’s product