Powder Coating Paint Line Supervisor

Aurora, IL 60502

Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Technician Job Number: 58178523 Compensation: $65000-75000 / year

Job Description

Title: Powder Coating Paint Line Supervisor
Location: Aurora, IL
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $65,000–$80,000 per year
Comprehensive Benefits Package 

Sterling Engineering is hiring a Powder Coating Paint Line Supervisor for a well-established manufacturer seeking a hands-on leader to oversee powder coating operations and drive production performance.  You'll join a company that values continuous improvement, promotes from within, and offers long-term career growth in a stable manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead daily operations of the powder coating department, including hanging, coating, curing, and workflow coordination
  • Plan production schedules to maximize throughput while minimizing color changes and downtime
  • Ensure production goals, quality standards, and customer delivery commitments are consistently achieved
  • Monitor coating quality, appearance, adhesion, and process consistency throughout production
  • Perform routine process audits to ensure standardized work practices and quality procedures are followed
  • Manage inventory levels for powder, chemicals, and paint line consumables
  • Train and develop paint line personnel while promoting accountability and teamwork
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput
  • Oversee preventive maintenance activities and ensure paint line equipment is operating at peak performance
  • Monitor critical paint line systems including booths, filters, washers, and related process equipment
Qualifications
  • 5+ years of powder coating or industrial paint finishing experience
  • 3+ years of manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience
  • Strong understanding of paint line operations, production flow, and process optimization

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Meet Your Recruiter

Galen Schloming
Senior Technical Recruiter

Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.

Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person’s experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.

For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. 

 As one of the most respected names in engineering staffing, Sterling has hundreds of opportunities with top employers. If you’ve got a friend or colleague seeking their next move in engineering, we could have their next opportunity. We offer a referral bonus for every referral that we place. Submit referral now. 

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