Position Title: Deputy Manager - Surface Finishing: Paint & Decals (Projects & ME)

Location: Satyavedu

The Deputy Manager - Surface Finishing (Paint & Decals - Projects & ME) leads the chemical engineering, application optimization, shade matching, and decal integration across automotive paint shop operations. Sitting at the intersection of paint chemistry and advanced surface finishing, this role controls paint formulation specifications (paints, thinners, solvents), optimizes manual and robotic application parameters, and achieves master color harmony. The incumbent drives paint defect troubleshooting, oversees decal development, printing processes, and film testing, and establishes rigorous application procedures on painted parts to ensure pristine aesthetic appeal and minimal shop-floor rejection rates.

Key Responsibilities

- Paint Chemistry & Specification Management: Define and control technical specifications for automotive liquid paints, thinners, solvents, and chemical pretreatments; collaborate with paint R&D; and manufacturing teams.
- Robotic & Manual Application Optimization: Establish and control critical paint preparation parameters (viscosity, temperature, flow rates, atomization air) for both manual spray and robotic application systems.
- Shade Matching & Color Harmony: Drive master shade matching, spectrophotometer evaluations,



and color harmony across multi-substrate components (metallic, plastic, composite).
- Decal Engineering & Printing Validation: Oversee decal development, evaluate base films and printing inks, understand printing processes, and execute technical testing for adhesion, weatherability, and durability.
- Decal Application & Rejection Control: Manage precision decal application processes on painted body parts, troubleshoot decal printing/application defects, and implement corrective actions to minimize shop-floor scrap.
- Paint Defect Troubleshooting & Quality Control: Perform root-cause analysis on paint application defects (e.g., orange peel, runs, cratering, pinholes, color shift) to maintain first-time-through (FTT) quality.

Desired Skills & Experience

- Education: B.E. / B.Tech in Paint Technology, Polymer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Surface Coating Technology.
- Experience: 10+ years of dedicated hands-on experience in automotive paint shop operations, paint R&D;, or surface finishing projects (OEM or Tier-1 automotive facility).
- Core Competencies: Paint formulation specifications, robotic/manual application parameter setting, shade matching, decal development/application, ink chemistry, and surface defect rejection control.

📌 Position Title: Deputy Manager - Surface Finishing: Paint & Decals (Projects & ME) Location: Satyavedu (Sathyavedu)
🏢 Royal Enfield
📍 Sathyavedu