Employee Spotlight: August 2019

Zach Taylor, Lead Painter

Shop Coatings Division

 

What is something your co-workers may not know about you?

I worked at Nix before in 2013 as a painter assistant.

What are your favorite hobbies?

I enjoy anything outside, bow fishing, four wheeler riding, jeeping, and spending time at the lake.

Where did you go to school or training?

I completed two years at Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center and two years at Vincennes University.

Before working at Nix, what was the most unusual or interesting job you ever had?

Before coming to Nix, I worked in a commercial body shop where I worked on semis, RVs, buses, fire trucks and boats.

Are you married?

I am engaged to my beautiful fiance Natalie.  We will be getting married May 2020.

Do you have any children?

Yes a daughter named Zella.  She is 6 years old.

What is your favorite thing about working at Nix Companies?

I enjoy the wide range of projects I get to work on.  I can paint a table one day and a tanker trailer the next.

What has been your favorite project you’ve worked on so far at Nix?

The cannons we painted for the Legion Post No. 278 has been one of my favorite projects so far.

Tell us a funny or embarrassing story while  you were at work.

When I first started everyone thought I was John Dike.  John is my brother in law. I can’t think of anything more embarrassing than that!