Career Painter

Trinity Industries; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity TankCar, Inc in Longview, TX is seeking a skilled Painter to prepare, coat, and finish metal surfaces and operate spray equipment for industrial finishes.

You will mix diverse paints (alkyds, epoxies, gel coats) and ensure proper dispersion, viscosity, and drying conditions in heat-controlled ovens. Safety and maintenance are essential to keep lines running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Expertly apply exterior coatings by spray and/or hand-held methods.
• Expertly seal and/or bake final interior and exterior coatings.
• Expertly apply interior primer coats.
• Prepare painting area.
• Apply primer or first exterior coat.
• Prepare and/or mix paint.
• Follow all safety rules and practices.
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, coat, and finish metal and/or other surfaces.
• Operate conventional/airless spray equipment to apply industrial paint finishes.
• Mix and apply alkyds, epoxies, gel coats, powder coats, urethane, zinc epoxies, and water borne paint systems.
• Adjust nozzles on spray guns to obtain proper dispersion and monitor paint flow/viscosity.
• Clean paint lines and guns; perform preventive maintenance on painting equipment.
• Regulate temperature/air circulation in drying ovens.

Skills

Spray painting

Safety compliance

Surface prep

Tool calibration

Job description

Job Description

Description

Trinity TankCar, Inc is looking for a Career Painter in our Longview, TX location!

Our products are an integral part of the supply chain that helps fuel our lives and our economy. Over the last 85 years, Trinity Industries has grown to over 6,000 employees strong with the common purpose of Delivering Goods, For the Good of All.

As a Painter at Trinity, you’ll prepare, coat, and finish metal and/or other surfaces. You’ll operate conventional/airless spray equipment to apply industrial paint finishes on metal and/or other types of surfaces. You’ll also mix and apply alkyds, epoxies, gel coats, powder coats, urethane, zinc epoxies, and water borne paint systems according to a prescribed formula.

The Painter adjusts nozzles on spray guns to obtain the proper dispersion of spray and monitors the flow and viscosity of the paint for solution. The Painter utilizes mill gauge and monitors the pressure amount properly, and cleans paint lines, paint guns, and performs other cleaning preventive maintenance to ensure painting apparatus remains in working order. The Painter also regulates temperature/air circulation in drying ovens.

Qualifications

• Expertly apply exterior coatings by spray and/or hand-held methods
• Expertly seal and/or bake final interior and exterior coatings.
• Expertly apply interior primer coats
• Prepare painting area.
• Apply primer or first exterior coat.
• Prepare and/or mix paint.
• Follow all safety rules and practices.
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives.