Manager – Polymer Engineering (Paint and Surface Coating)

• Chennai

About Vaya:

VAYA Life Private Limited, a company which design, engineer, manufacture & market elegant home consumer products that significantly improves people’s lives. Aiming to bring an emotional component in everyday life through the concept of total user experience: combined with innovation, design, quality, smartness & user-friendly Services. Vaya is a global organisation with a line of Premium Lifestyle products which are marketed in more than 15 countries.

Job Summary:

To lead and control all painting and finishing operations including surface preparation, coating application, curing, inspection, and dispatch quality for vacuum insulated stainless steel products, ensuring premium aesthetics, corrosion resistance, and high productivity with minimal rework.

Key Deliverables:

**1.**Plan and achieve daily production targets for spray painting, electropolishing, and copper plating. Ensure smooth process flow and balance manpower across booths and ovens.

**2.**Monitor line efficiency, takt time, and surface preparation (degreasing, cleaning, drying). Prevent contamination and defects; control parameters like DFT, spray pressure, humidity, and curing

**3.**Maintain consistent gloss, color, and finish; verify adhesion, impact resistance, and compliance tests. Reduce defects (orange peel, pinholes, blistering, runs, shade variation) and optimize paint consumption.

4. Ensure proper functioning of spray booths, ovens, and conveyors; plan preventive maintenance and CAPA. Coordinate with maintenance for breakdowns and enforce safety, PPE, ventilation, and MSDS compliance

Desired Skills:

• Coating Chemistry basics

• DFT measurement tools

• Oven curing profiles

• Root cause analysis tools

Pre-requisite:

• B.E.,/B.Tech., in Mechanical / Chemical / Polymer/Production Engineering

• 6~8 years’ experience in painting or electropolishing or copper plating

• Experience in stainless steel or appliance/consumer durable manufacturing preferred

Key Points:

1. Job Type: Permanent

2. Industry: Consumer Durable

3. Factory Address: Vaya Life Private Limited, Hiranandani Industrial Parks, Bandikavanoor Village, Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur – 600 067