Quality Engineer - Paint Shop

JCBL is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Paint Shop Quality Engineer for its Bus Body Division. The role involves ensuring that all painted bus body parts and complete assemblies meet quality, aesthetic, and durability standards as per customer and regulatory requirements. You will be responsible for monitoring the quality of painting operations, inspecting coated surfaces, reducing paint defects, and working closely with production and maintenance to drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• In-Process & Final Inspection: Conduct visual and dimensional inspections of painted bus body panels and assemblies – including primer, base coat, and clear coat.
• Defect Identification: Identify and classify paint defects such as orange peel, fisheyes, runs, pinholes, blistering, peeling, or shade mismatches.
• Measurement & Testing: Use instruments like DFT (Dry Film Thickness) meter, gloss meter, adhesion tester, and cross-hatch tools to verify coating parameters.
• Process Monitoring: Oversee pre-treatment, booth operations, baking/curing processes, and ensure compliance to SOPs for CED, primer, topcoat, and touch-up activities.
• Customer Specification Compliance: Ensure finished bodies meet OEM and end-customer painting requirements (color shade, gloss level, finish uniformity, corrosion resistance, etc.).
• Documentation: Maintain inspection records, quality checklists, control plans, and paint batch records as per IATF 16949 and ISO standards.
• Root Cause Analysis: Analyze recurring quality issues using tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa), and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Rework Reduction: Collaborate with the production team to minimize paint rework and repainting by ensuring proper surface preparation and booth conditions.
• Supplier Quality Coordination: Coordinate with paint suppliers and vendors to resolve material quality issues and verify incoming paint chemical quality.
• Audit Participation: Support internal and external audits related to quality, EHS, and customer-specific requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in initiatives such as 5S, Kaizen, TPM, and Lean Manufacturing to enhance paint shop efficiency and product finish.

Qualifications:

• Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Paint Technology, Chemical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in paint shop quality in automobile body building, preferably in bus or commercial vehicle manufacturing.
• Familiar with bus body fabrication, surface preparation (sanding, putty, sealing), and multi-layer paint applications.
• Proficient in using paint inspection tools and interpreting technical drawings/specifications.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person