Job Details
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Washington, MO – Distribution Transformers (DT) Operations

Benefits

WEG offers competitive compensation, exciting career growth opportunities, and excellent benefits, including:

• Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Company paid Life and Disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bonus plan (prorated)

Company Overview

WEG: Our Company: Founded in 1961, WEG is one of the largest electric machine manufacturers in the world. We employ over 47,000 people globally and offer a diversified and integrated product line, with sales in more than 135 countries. Our U.S. operations are expanding rapidly, and we’re looking for dedicated individuals to help us achieve our ambitious growth plans.

Our Culture: We value each individual's contribution to our success and motivate our team through integrity, ethics, and continuous support for personal development. We prioritize professional and personal growth opportunities, human rights, diversity, and environmental sustainability. We invest in solutions to reduce carbon emissions and encourage our employees to engage in social activities focused on health and education.

At our Distribution Transformer facility in Washington, MO, your work will power homes, hospitals, and industries across the country. When you join WEG, you help build a better, more efficient future for our world— starting right here in Franklin County.

At WEG, our values are: Human Company, Team Work, Efficiency, Flexibility, Innovation, and Leadership.

Sustainability: We are committed to driving efficiency and sustainability. Our sustainability strategy is based on four pillars:

1. Sustainable Products and Solutions: We provide products and services with the highest efficiency and lowest carbon footprint, supporting our customers' decarbonization journeys.
2. Responsible Supply Chain: We engage a supply chain that upholds ethics in human rights, labor relations, and environmental preservation.
3. Circular and Efficient Operations: We optimize eco-efficiency in natural resource management, reduce emissions and waste, and promote recycling and reuse.
4. Engaged Employees and Communities: We ensure safe working conditions, promote well-being, and foster an inclusive, innovative, and high-performance environment.

Pay and Premiums (2025–2030)

• Starting Pay: $23.22/hour for first shift painters
• Shift Premiums for other roles:
  • 2nd & 3rd Shift: +$0.75/hour and +$1.00/hour
  • After 3 years: +$2.00/hour
  • After 6 years: +$3.00/hour

Overtime Pay and Life-Work Balance

• 1.5x your regular rate for any hours worked over eight (8) hours in a single day.
• Double Time pay as part of our 2025–2026 pilot program for volunteers when we need to work Saturdays.
• With any overtime, we prefer volunteers. In addition, to support life-work-life, we limit scheduled Saturday work to no more than two weekends in a row.
• We understand the importance of time with family, friends, and personal rest. That’s why Sunday has been generally reserved for maintenance tasks only with volunteers. Our team-members typically have Sundays off to recharge and enjoy time outside of work.
• At WTU, we value your time — both on the job and off. Whether you work a 5x8 schedule or a 4x10 schedule (limited availability in some areas like welding and machining), we aim to keep overtime reasonable and predictable. When we don’t have enough volunteers, we may need to post or assign overtime, but we always try to minimize this ability and communicate clearly.

Benefits

• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (starting Day One (1))
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company-paid Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Pro-rated Bonus Plan
• Commute with Enterprise - Save money and reduce travel stress with vanpooling options. This program helps employees share rides and lower transportation costs while reducing auto exhaust in our region.

Recent WEG Recognition

• Excellence in Quality Award from Caterpillar – 3 years in a row
• Gold Certification from EcoVadis – 2 years in a row
• Executive of the Year in Brazil – 11 consecutive years
• Industry Partner from MCCA - 2023

Our Values

• Human Company
• Teamwork
• Efficiency
• Flexibility
• Innovation
• Leadership

Role: Final Painter (1st Shift)

• Organize and Identify: Carefully organize and identify transformers and subcomponents for painting, ensuring everything is prepped and ready.
• Painting Process: Skillfully apply primer, paint, and color as specified in the Bill of Materials (BOM), using and maintaining plural component or other paint equipment.
• Preparation and Protection: Thoroughly clean transformers and sub-assemblies, mark and protect areas not to be painted, and apply a complete finish coat following work instructions.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct meticulous quality checks of the final paint finish, reworking or repainting as needed to meet manufacturing standards.
• Safety and Maintenance: Maintain all safety requirements, clean and maintain the workstation and paint system, and promptly report any issues to supervisors and maintenance.
• Support Tasks: Assist with disassembly, AC assembly, LFH, and final assembly as needed, and complete all necessary paperwork to comply with regulatory standards.

Apply Today

• Do you care about safety?
• Do you want to see the results of your work every day?
• Do you want to grow with a company that’s expanding?

If you answered “Yes” and meet our qualifications, we invite you to apply today and become part of the WEG team.

https://www.weg.us/careers

No 3rd Parties / Recruiters, please.

Basic:

• Ability to work within the WEG Code of Ethics & Values. (WEG Code of Ethics, 4th Edition)
• Ability to work evening or night shift and limited over-time;
• Able to work limited over-time on Saturdays and/or Sundays, if necessary;
• Ability to read, understand and interpret Bills of Materials (BOMs), drawings;
• Ability to perform basic mathematics and computations;
• Ability to adhere to assigned schedule;
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic English communications;
• Resides or intends to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of Washington, Missouri;
• Has current work authorization for employment within the United States;
• Must complete: talent assessment, Job interview, pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Safety Sensitive position: Drug panel includes THC.

Preferred:

• High school diploma or equivalent;
• Previous manufacturing experience;