Industrial Painter - Custom Metal Finishes & Spray Expert

Harvard Integrations; Tea (SD); On-site; USD 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard Integrations is seeking a skilled industrial painter to prepare and finish metal buildings to exact specifications in a manufacturing setting. You will mix paints, operate spray guns, and apply coatings to interior and exterior surfaces while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities include surface preparation, color matching with prints, cleaning equipment, and training newer painters.

Qualifications

• Three years of prior industrial painting experience.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Must be able to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Immerse parts in solution or wash surfaces to remove grease, rust, scale, and dirt.
• Mask and cover surfaces not to be painted.
• Set up and operate painting equipment to coat metal products with lacquer, paint, varnish, enamel, oil, or rust proofing material.
• Prepare metal surfaces for painting, and paints parts, equipment, interiors, and exteriors of buildings, using brushes, spray guns, sanders, and rollers.
• Mix chemicals and paints, fill tanks, control viscosity, adding prescribed amounts or proportions of paints, thinner, and chemicals to mixture.
• Determine flow and viscosity of paints and quality of coating visually or by use of viscometer.
• Operate spray guns, position nozzles to direct spray onto work piece, and regulate air pressure in spray guns that atomize spray.
• Verify correct paint colors by reading building prints and designs.
• Strip, sand, mask, and repaint surfaces, blend and polish finish to match surrounding areas, manually or using portable power tools.
• Spray foam insulation and undercoating as required in buildings.
• Place articles or materials in drying racks or container.
• May use a full face ventilation mask for extended periods of time.
• Spray specified amount or thickness of primer, protective, decorative, or finish coatings, such as paint, lacquer, sealer, or enamel, onto prepared surfaces, using spray equipment
• May operate lifting and moving devices to move materials and equipment and access areas to be painted.
• Clean all equipment and tools, organize and store as required.
• Dispose of waste appropriately, and according to safety and OSHA regulations.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
• Inspect, recognize and service wearing or defective parts on all paint related equipment.
• Train new Painters and Painter Helpers in appropriate and safe operation of all equipment and functions in the Paint Department.
• Perform additional duties as requested.

Skills

Industrial painting experience

Safety awareness

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Spray guns

Sanding tools

Rollers

Job description

Harvard Integrations is seeking a skilled industrial painter to prepare and finish metal buildings to exact specifications in a manufacturing setting. You will mix paints, operate spray guns, and apply coatings to interior and exterior surfaces while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities include surface preparation, color matching with prints, cleaning equipment, and training newer painters.