Industrial Sandblasting

Construction Personnel Group, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% of medical paid

IRA with 3% match

Vacation: 1 week after 1 year, 2 weeks

Job summary

Construction Personnel Group, Inc. seeks a sandblaster in Tonawanda, NY. The role involves blasting metal parts, loading from trucks, and operating cranes or pallet jacks to move pieces into and out of the blasting booth. You’ll prepare products for shipping and help with packaging.

Starting pay is $20/hour with potential overtime. Benefits include 75% of medical coverage paid by the company, a 3% match IRA, and progressive vacation after years of service. You’ll join a steady, long-term team.

Qualifications

• No specialized skill required.

Responsibilities

• Load and off-load product from truck.
• Operate pallet truck or crane to move items.
• Blast surfaces with aluminum oxide in booth.
• Crane finished product, re-palletize and package for shipment.

Job description

Sandblastingis not a job for everybody. There is not a lot of excitement—no risk, no stress. On each new day there will be… nothing new. You don’t really need any specialized skill, so you will not be flown to Tennessee for training. Most folks here keep to themselves. Honestly, somepeople would call this job just a little non-eventful.

What other folks might see is that it’s steady, consistent, dependable, and honest work. You’ll make decent money, get vacation and benefits, and have a great place to work for the next 20 years.

What your day looks like

The product comes in on a truck. It gets off-loaded using a pallet truck or a crane and then sent to the blast furnace, where it will be super-heated for strength. As the steel cools, it develops scales. You’ll move it into your blasting booth using cranes and pallet trucks. At least 50% of your day will be spent spraying aluminum oxide designed to remove the scales. When your product is clean and shiny, you’ll crane it out of the booth, re-palletize it, and package it up to be shipped out.

What’s offered?

• Located in Tonawanda, you’ll work 8-4:30. Generally, you have the option ofovertime.
• 75% of your medical paid for
• An IRA with a 3% match!
• Vacation: 1 week after a year, 2 weeks after two, and 3 weeks after 10
• $20/hour to start. But if you come with a great attitude, you’ll most likely get an early review.

A friend of mine does sandblasting for another company; these are some of his pics (just to give you a better idea of the work).