PAINTER

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEADQUARTERS; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEADQUARTERS is seeking a Painter to support overhaul and repair of U.S. naval vessels at Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound Shipyards, and Bangor facilities.

You will prepare surfaces, apply protective coatings, and follow drawings and manuals to set up blast equipment on ships and in dry-docks. The role requires adherence to safety standards and ability to work with diverse coatings across areas of the vessel.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of surface prep and coating application procedures.
• Experience reading drawings, specs and manuals.
• Ability to follow manufacturers' instructions and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Overhaul and repair naval vessels through surface prep and high-performance coating application.
• Enhance structural integrity to reduce failures and maintenance needs.
• Use drawings/specs/manuals to locate and set up blast equipment in dry-docks, piers, and vessels.
• Determine surface prep type and methods considering surface profile, cleanliness, tolerances, and coating requirements.
• Prepare surfaces with hand or mechanical methods to achieve required profiles.
• Operate deck blast machines to remove coatings and oxides from ship decks.
• Apply materials appropriately to various surfaces, including critical coated areas.

Skills

Surface preparation

Coating application

Reading drawings/specifications

Material knowledge

Safety compliance

Tools

Deck blast machines

Hand/scaler tools

Measuring/inspection tools

Job description

Description:

Summary

You will serve as a PAINTER in the DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY to include work sites of Pearl Harbor naval Shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Trident Refit Facility Bangor.

Applicants will only be considered for positions within their own UIC. For example: If you are within UIC 4523A, you will only be considered for positions within 4523A.

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Duties

• You will support the overhaul and repair of U.S. Naval vessels through surface preparation and application of high performance preservation coating, for nuclear and non-nuclear naval vessels and equipment.
• You will enhance the structural integrity of the vessel, significantly reducing system failures or the need for ship repair and maintenance.
• You will use drawings, specifications, technical manuals, engineering standards, and manufactures' instructions to identify the location and assemble blast equipment in dry-docks, piers and on vessels.
• You will ascertain type and method for surface preparation, considering variables such as current surface profile; surface profile requirements; intended coating application; cleanliness; tolerances; and metal loss.
• You will use hand or mechanical means, such as, scaling, sanding, scraping, chemical removal, and washing of metal, wood, and plastic surfaces for additional preparation to obtain required profiles.
• You will use deck blast machines to remove coatings and oxide from decks of ships.
• You will apply prior knowledge of materials for application on various surfaces including critical coated areas.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This may be a Drug Testing position. If so, successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required.
• A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You may be subject to random drug testing.
• This position may require exposure to high noise levels.
• This position may be subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.

This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision.

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Salary is based on geographical location and is subject to change with the annual local wage surveys in accordance with the provisions of 5 CFR Part 532 for all employees whose official duty station is located within the geographic boundary of the wage area definition. For more information please visit:

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard:

WA: Special Schedules/MS_A143_143_Seattle_Everett_Tacoma,Washington.pdf

CA: Special Schedules/AM_A017_017_San_Diego,California.pdf

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility: Schedules/survey-sch/044/044R-25Nov2025.pdf

Trident Refit Facility, Bangor,WA: Special Schedules/MS_A143_143_Seattle_Everett_Tacoma,Washington.pdf

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Temporary promotions may be extended up to 5 years at the discretion of management and in accordance with applicable regulations.

Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be made permanent without further competition.

Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be terminated at any time before the established not-to-exceed date.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment , Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee.

A relocation incentive may be authorized.

Applicants rated ineligible on this vacancy announcement need to reapply and update their application package to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement.

Applicants selected and hired through this vacancy announcement need to reapply to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement.

Referral lists will be issued on an as-needed basis as vacancies occur.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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