Commissioning Engineer - Paint Booth & Oven Systems

What You’ll Do

• Commission and startup automotive paint booths, curing ovens, and related paint shop equipment
• Perform booth balancing, oven balancing, airflow checks, temperature testing, and system validation
• Use field measurement tools including manometers, anemometers, temperature probes, and other calibrated instruments
• Verify equipment performance and make adjustments to meet design specifications
• Troubleshoot airflow, mechanical, thermal, and process-related issues during startup
• Partner with controls engineers, project teams, installation crews, and customers during launch activities
• Perform equipment testing, document results, and provide commissioning reports
• Support customer sites during launch, production ramp-up, and optimization activities
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment performance and reliability

What We’re Looking For

• A road warrior who enjoys extensive travel (approximately 75%), customer sites, and hands-on technical work
• Experience with one or more of the following:
• Automotive paint booths / paint shops
• Industrial ovens / curing ovens
• Air handling systems / industrial ventilation
• Thermal processing equipment
• Large industrial equipment startup or field service
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, layouts, and technical specifications
• Experience with airflow, temperature, combustion, or process equipment preferred
• Comfortable working independently in customer environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate with multiple teams

Why Join Dürr?

This role is ideal for someone who doesn’t want to sit behind a desk. You’ll travel to major automotive manufacturing facilities, work with advanced paint shop technology, and be part of the team responsible for bringing large-scale systems online.

For those who enjoy the field lifestyle, this position offers significant travel, overtime potential, per diem, and the opportunity to become a technical expert in automotive paint shop systems.

Additional Requirements

• Pass a pre-employment drug test and be able to pass a drug test at any time during employment.
• Adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in the employee handbook.

Physical Demands

While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb stairs and use hands and arms. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision.

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Dürr Systems, LLC has been present in the United States since 1970 and operates multiple locations across the United States, including facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin. The largest site is in Southfield, Michigan, which serves as the main center for operations. Dürr employs people across the country who support a wide range of market segments.

Dürr Systems USA plans, builds, and installs complete, state-of-the-art paint shops and final assembly facilities, supported by DXQ, Dürr's digital products suite. The company also offers advanced automated painting, sealing, and gluing application technologies, as well as high-viscosity material handling solutions.

In addition to serving the automotive industry, Dürr Systems provides premium application technology products for the general industry. In the field of electrode manufacturing, Dürr Systems enhances quality, cost efficiency, and speed to market lithium-ion battery electrode coating through its advanced development and manufacturing coating systems.

Committed to innovation, excellence, and customized solutions, Dürr Systems addresses the diverse needs of its North American customers with precision and reliability.

Dürr Systems, LLC. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

Note to all Staffing Agencies: Dürr has a team of dedicated Human Resources professionals who are responsible for all hiring needs. Our practice is to partner and work with our approved vendors on an as needed basis. We do not accept resumes from agencies that are not on our preferred vendor list and have not signed our Recruiting and Permanent Placement Contract.

Any resumes submitted from unapproved vendors will be considered unsolicited, and Dürr will not be responsible for any placement fees associated with such candidates.