Mechanical Surface Restoration Technician — Thermal Spray & Plating

Step Into a Day on Our Shop Floor It’s early in Chattanooga, TN, and the first job ticket hits your bench. You scan the engineering drawing, confirm specs, and set up the lathe to prep a worn shaft for coating. Using indicators and micrometers, you confirm dimensions and runout, mask critical areas, and head to blasting. After surface prep, you help apply a high-performance coating (plasma, HVOF, or chrome), then finish it to the specified surface roughness—sometimes all the way to a mirror pol…