Career Painter

Trinity Industries; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Industries in Longview, TX is seeking a Career Painter to prepare, coat, and finish metal surfaces using conventional/airless spray equipment. You will mix and apply a variety of coatings, monitor viscosity, and ensure proper dispersion while maintaining clean, safe work areas.

The role emphasizes adherence to safety rules, proper primer work, and ongoing maintenance of painting equipment to support high-quality finishes on metal products.

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.

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 waterborne paint systems as prescribed.
• Adjust spray gun nozzles to obtain proper dispersion and monitor flow/viscosity.
• Clean paint lines, paint guns, and perform preventive maintenance on painting apparatus.
• Regulate temperature/air circulation in drying ovens.

Skills

Spray painting

Paint preparation

Safety compliance

Surface prep

Primer/coating application

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.