Senior Assistant, Technician – Touch-up Painting

International Maritime Industries; رأس الخير; On-site; SAR 277,000 - 461,000; Full time

Job summary

International Maritime Industries in Saudi Arabia seeks a skilled painter to perform outdoor touch-up painting with rollers and brushes after surface preparation at the P.E and Dock stages of newly built ships. This role includes masking, cleaning, and working with the production team to ensure safety, timeliness, and budget adherence.

Applicants should hold a Technical Diploma or equivalent with blasting and painting experience.

Qualifications

• Education: Technical Diploma or equivalent (blasting and painting apprentice).
• Preferred certifications by NACE/SSPC/FROSIO or other recognized bodies.
• Good oral and written English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply paints with rollers and brushes per project specifications and drawings.
• Control paint agitator and maintain equipment in good condition.
• Masking, cleaning and disposal of waste paint.
• Ensure all works are performed safely and on time per ITP/drawings.
• Collaborate with production management and engineers to meet schedules and budgets.
• Identify material shortages and communicate early to mitigate delays.

Skills

Surface prep

Painting processes

Health and safety

English communication

Team leadership

Tools handling

Education

Technical Diploma

Tools

Electrical tools

Manual tools

Job description

Description

JOB PURPOSE / OBJECTIVE

This job is mainly to perform outdoor touch-up painting with rollers and brushes after surface preparation at P.E and Dock stage of newly build ships. This job also includes masking to avoid contaminations and associated cleaning work. Blasting and painting experience is required. The candidate must work closely together with the production manager, engineers, and foreman to ensure that all assigned projects are executed safely, on time, and within budget in accordance with the contract and International Maritime Industries Management System (IMIMS). The candidate must be able to collaborate with other departments and communicate results and concerns to the production management team. The candidate must be ready to work under pressure and drive a team to completion against aggressive timelines and work scopes and willing to be trained to handle other tasks than blasting as the need arise.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure proper use of rollers and brushes to apply various kinds of paints on the surface.
• Ensure proper control of paint agitator.
• Perform touch-up painting according to the project specifications/codes and following the drawings.
• Perform associated masking, cleaning work and disposal of waste paint and paint can.
• Ensure all assigned works are executed safely on time.
• Ensure that all technical drawings and documentation, such as painting specification, ITP and painting drawing is followed.
• When engaging in any activity, ensure that you have a valid work permit (confined space).
• Attend safety and daily toolbox meetings and under the risk involved with the job.
• Monitor materials usage to ensure possible shortages are identified and addressed at the earliest possible opportunity
• Ability to perform pre-painting preparations and examine finished work and ensure they meet standards for excellence.
• Inspect the equipment and tools they use while performing their job and maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental and Security (HSES) responsibilities.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Education Technical Diploma or equivalent qualification (blasting and painting apprentice)

Professional Qualifications (Certifications & Accreditations)

Preferred certified painting operator by NACE/SSPC/FROSIO or any other organizations.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Understanding of surface preparation and painting processes, paint marking.
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety hazard, use of protection equipment, coating materials, mixing, and thinning of coatings, coating pot-life, surface requirements.
• Inspecting paint material, equipment, and tools.
• Familiar with engineering drawings and terminology.
• Experience in using electrical or manual tools.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage/motivate a team
• Good oral communication skills in English.

Experience

• At least 6 to 11 years’ experience in the Shipyard.

Languages

• Good Communication Skills (oral and written) in the English Language.
• Arabic