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From wash and pretreatment through electrostatic powder and Teflon application, their finishing operations serve customers in a variety of industries. As F3 Metalworx continues to grow, they are investing in the technical expertise needed to build a best-in-class powder coating operation across their North East and Erie, PA locations.\nThe Opportunity\nOn behalf of our client, F3 Metalworx, Decision Associates is seeking a hands-on Powder Coating Technical Specialist to bring deep technical expertise to our powder coating operation. This role is central to our growth strategy, heavily focused on implementing a process-driven operation built on Lean principles. You'll spend the majority of your time on the floor, evaluating and optimizing our lines, diagnosing coating defects, and building the processes, training, and mentoring that raise the bar for quality, consistency, and throughput. This is a highly visible, technically demanding role reporting directly to the VP of Operations, with real opportunity to shape the future of the department.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as the technical authority on the powder coating floor, spending the majority of your time directly on the line\nEvaluate existing processes and implement new ones to improve quality, efficiency, and flow across three powder lines, four ovens, and a batch booth\nApply Lean/Six Sigma techniques to identify and eliminate bottlenecks and waste\nDiagnose and resolve coating defects, drawing on deep technical knowledge of chemical composition, oven time/temperature/speed, and application parameters\nOversee the operation, cleaning, and maintenance of the automated application equipment, including Nordson powder coating systems\nSupport both standard powder coating and specialty Teflon coating processes\nPartner closely with the Quality team to reduce customer escapes and drive toward zero-defect performance\nCoach, train, and mentor the team, building buy-in for new processes across the floor\nUse data and KPIs to monitor line performance and report gaps to leadership\nRequirements\n10+ years of hands-on, career-track powder coating experience\nExperience across multiple substrates (steel, galvanized, aluminum, stainless) and pretreatment chemistries\nExperience across multiple powder chemistries and specialty finishes; Teflon coating knowledge preferred\nStrong working knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methods, including process mapping\nComfortable diagnosing and resolving coating defects with minimal reliance on formal testing\nExperience with automated application equipment (e.g., Nordson) strongly preferred\nJob shop or high-mix production background preferred\nStrong communicator who is comfortable training, coaching, and mentoring others\nProficiency with Microsoft Office/365 (Outlook, Excel, Teams); MIE Trak experience a plus\nBenefits\nHealth, vision, and dental insurance\nPaid time off\n401(k)\nShort- and long-term disability insurance\nLife insurance\nF3 Metalworx, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3192,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Dental insurance","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Recruiting & Staffing","Executive Search"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-14T03:11:41Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.396,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":77,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/decisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/decisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T04:25:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":10303,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":675427},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=675427"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdecisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdecisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdecisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/decisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdecisionassociates-powder-coating-technical-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":884627}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"decisionassociates.net","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":884627},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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