The painting team's mission is to produce flawless products at the rate required by customers through continuous improvement of production processes, developing individual capabilities, working as a team, and responding to market demands as communicated by the R&D and marketing teams.

To meet Seven's painting team targets for product accuracy, labor hours per frame, and capabilities development, with an emphasis on accuracy, cleanliness, and durability of product finish.

• Meet team based targets for production units per day and week
• Meet team based targets for labor hours per unit
• Meet product target for paint finish quality
• Maintenance, cleanliness, and orderliness of paint spray booth, spray guns, and other tools
• Commitment to understanding, learning, and improving Seven's Process Methodology
• Developing, defining, and implementing improvement projects
• Support success of the painting team, other teams, and the company
• Commitment to developing capabilities and skills

• Productivity: labor hours per frame as a percent of target
• Accuracy: Finish quality meets and exceeds specifications
• Volume: production rate as a percent of the target
• Profit—specific to painting team—as a percent of the target
• Expenditures as a percent of the budget for production teams
• Co-worker and customer feedback
• Individual capabilities development

• Responsibility: Dependable and accountable; delivers on time, within budget, and as specified
• Values: High levels of integrity, honesty, and responsibility
• Intensity: High stamina and endurance; focus on work activities
• Detail-Oriented: In all aspects of paint: Prep, Support Work, Painting, Paint Finish, and Maintenance of Equipment
• Flexibility: Ability to adapt to changes in booth environmental conditions and adjust the process accordingly
• Steadiness: Ability to work in close quarters at exacting tasks
• Creativity: In both problem solving and ability to exceed customers finish expectations; bring an artistic sense to expanding the possibilities of the paint department
• Discerner: Skilled in self-appraisal; quick to sort the critical from the superfluous and then act appropriately
• Proactivity: Looks for solutions; initiates change and improvement
• Relator: Outgoing and congenial; promotes positive relationships
• Project management: Excellence in the management of projects, people, deadlines, constraints, and resources.
• Technical mastery: Committed to continual self education; large store of industry knowledge

• Cycling experience: technology-savvy enthusiast
• Two years experience as production painter using non-automated paint spray systems
• Experience with paint mixing techniques
• Two years experience using non-automated paint spray systems to coat bicycle frames
• Knowledge of automotive solvent- and water-based paint performances and characteristics
• Knowledge of powder coating performances and characteristics
• Experience with single-piece-flow or the Toyota Production System

Seven Cycles is a revolutionary company that is changing the face of the cycling world. Seven has earned international recognition—and is setting benchmarks—for its innovative products, services, manufacturing methods, and business practices. Since incorporating in 1997, Seven has grown to build more custom bikes than any other builder. If you are up for this challenge, to be part of our team.