Automotive Painter

Amentum Services, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 38,572 - 49,593; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Amentum Services, Inc. is seeking a qualified Automotive Painter in San Diego, California to paint or strip paint from contract units in accordance with customer specifications.

The role requires hands-on painting using brushes, rollers, spray guns, and other equipment, plus masking, surface prep, and corrosion control techniques. A background in maintenance and ability to pass safety and color vision tests are needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Three years of recent painting experience on contract units.
• Ability to read and interpret specifications.
• Must pass color vision, PFT and respirator tests.

Responsibilities

• Coat surfaces with primer, paint, lacquer or epoxy using brushes, rollers or spray devices.
• Remove old paint with solvents or blasting techniques.
• Prepare surfaces to ensure paint adhesion and corrosion control.
• Mask areas not to be painted and apply insignia per specs.

Job description

Amentum is looking for a qualified Painter, Automotive in our San Diego, California location.

Paint or remove paint from contract units in accordance with customer specifications. Understands and applies various corrosion control methods and technologies. Position reports to Supervisor.

Essential Responsibilities

• Coats surfaces of contract units with primer, paint, lacquer, epoxy, resin or other material, using brushes, rollers, spray guns and other devices.
• Removes old paint using liquid paint remover and scraper or plastic/sand media blasting techniques.
• Smoothes surface with sandpaper and steel wool. Roughens aluminum surfaces with acid solution and steel wool to ensure that paint adheres to surface and provides corrosion control methods to customer specifications.
• Masks and covers portions of surfaces not to be painted. Paints insignia, letters or numerals on vehicle surface, using stencils.

Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Must have three (3) years of recent experience in the maintenance, overhaul and painting/depainting of contract unit equipment.
• Must have a current driver's license.
• Must be able to pass a Normal Color Vision test.
• Must be able to pass a PFT and Respirator Fit test.
• Must be able to speak, read, write and understand English.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge and use of special tools/equipment required to perform assigned tasks.
• Must be able to meet physical requirements associated with and/or pass and maintain any medical examination requirements related to performing daily assigned tasks.
• Pre‑employment drug screening is required.
• May be required to pass a U.S. Government background security check.
• Position requires the ability to pass and maintain a Security/SCI Security Clearance.
• Be proficient with computer programs such as Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to meet and maintain all base access security requirements.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feed; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and extreme heat. The employee is regularly exposed to wet and or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud, or may include unsafe conditions, questioning nonstandard operations or environmental factors that may involve unmitigated hazards, and providing feedback to supervisors and managers on all safety issues. Position may require the ability to pass and maintain a Security Clearance. Position may require travel.

Other Responsibilities

Safety: Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self‑aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality: Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his or her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance: Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his or her job.

Salary and Other Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is $28.43 per hour. Plus $7.75 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, for Health & Welfare.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Long‑term disability insurance
• Short‑term disability insurance
• 5.54 hours of paid time off biweekly
• 11 paid holidays annually

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low‑income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.