Supervisor (Powder Coating Plant)

Role Overview

The Powder Coating Supervisor will be responsible for supervising powder coating line operations, ensuring product quality, maintaining process parameters, managing manpower, and supporting daily production targets. The role includes defect analysis, cost control, process improvement, and safety compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily powder coating operations and shift manpower.
• Monitor and maintain pre-treatment process parameters (degreasing, phosphating, rinsing, drying, etc.).
• Control spray booth process, gun settings, powder application, and curing oven temperature.
• Manage color change & ensure minimum downtime.
• Ensure production planning and timely completion of orders.
• Check quality standards such as DFT (micron thickness), adhesion, gloss & surface finish.
• Coordinate with QA to resolve coating defects such as orange peel, pinholes, powder fall, shade variation, etc.
• Coordinate with maintenance team for breakdown and preventive maintenance.
• Manage inventory of powder material & consumables, ensuring optimum utilization.
• Maintain daily records, process reports, and production documentation.
• Ensure safety compliance, PPE usage & adherence to 5S standards.
• Train operators on coating systems and quality standards.
• Support ISO / IATF / customer audit requirements.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Practical experience in powder coating booth operation and gun parameter setting.
• Knowledge of pre-treatment processes and chemicals.
• Ability to measure coating thickness using DFT gauge.
• Basic troubleshooting of coating defects.
• Manpower handling & shift management skills.
• Good communication & documentation capability.
• Knowledge of EHS, safety practices & good housekeeping standards.

Qualification

• ITI / Diploma / Graduate in Mechanical / Production / Surface Coating or similar field.
• Training or certification in powder coating preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Willing to work in shifts.
• Experience with conveyor type powder coating line preferred.