Job Description

Salary: $103,000 - 143,000 per year Requirements:

• Ability to remain on your feet for up to 12 hours and use your hands to handle or feel objects, tools, and controls; reach with your arms; and communicate and hear around machinery. The role also involves frequent walking, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
• Ability to lift and move up to 15 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Ability to work near moving machinery and electrically activated devices.
• Basic arithmetic skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and knowledge of decimals, fractions, and metric-to-English conversions.
• Willingness to work required overtime during busy production periods; overtime is otherwise typically voluntary.
• Completion of applicable new-hire and department training, including the assigned Paint Line training matrix, with training and job qualification verified within the first 60 days.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and apply concepts covered in technical training; additional training may be assigned as needed.

• Inspect materials visually before painting and painted parts afterward to check coverage and quality.
• Hang parts on the paint line according to shop orders to ensure proper cleaning and coating.
• Operate the baking oven when needed and monitor its temperature and bake-cycle times.
• Perform related tasks such as masking, packaging, and hanging or packaging painted parts to protect them during transport.
• Clean and maintain the work area.
• Contribute to manufacturing efficiency and customer outcomes by offering suggestions and participating actively as a team member.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and others encountered in the course of work.
• Participate in continuous-improvement activities aimed at reducing variation and waste in the manufacturing process.
• Work with new paint line helpers using the specified training format.
• Perform other duties as assigned; duties and responsibilities may change as business needs require.

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We are hiring a Paint Line Assistant to support our manufacturing operations and help ensure products meet customer specifications and quality standards. Lou-Rich is a fully integrated contract manufacturer providing precision machining, metal fabrication, assembly, and sourcing solutions for industries and OEMs ranging from Fortune 500 companies to smaller, growing businesses. We are part of Innovance, Inc., a Minnesota-based, 100% employee-owned holding company for manufacturing businesses including Lou-Rich, ALMCO, Panels Plus, and Mass Finishing. Our mission is to lead, nurture, and grow industrial manufacturing companies that help improve our OEM customers products. The stated compensation is $20–$25 per hour.

last updated 40 week of 2026

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