Painter

University of Indianapolis; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Tuition Discount

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Job summary

The University of Indianapolis is seeking a Facilities Painter to maintain and improve the appearance of the campus. This hands-on role covers painting across residence halls, classrooms, and offices with opportunities to influence how spaces look.

Strong emphasis on prep, priming, and finishing to achieve sharp results. Essential duties include surface preparation, caulking, patching, and patching walls, with occasional carpentry assistance.

Qualifications

• Three years of painting experience and general building maintenance knowledge.
• HS diploma or GED required.
• Willingness to complete OSHA safety training and use PPE.

Responsibilities

• Paint and finish across campus including drywall, metal door/window frames, and other surfaces.
• Prepare surfaces, prime, and apply finish coatings; patch drywall and touch up walls.
• Assist carpentry on furniture moves, hanging pictures, TVs, and storefront work.

Skills

Painting

Customer service mindset

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

The University of Indianapolis is looking for a skilled FacilitiesPainter to help keep our campus looking its best. This is ahands-on painting and finishing role with room to take realownership of how the campus presents itself — from residence hallsand academic buildings to offices and common spaces across ourgrounds. If you take pride in clean lines, a well-prepped surface,and a finished space that looks sharp, this is a place where thatwork is seen and valued.

This is a full-time, benefited position with a stable weekdayschedule and one of the strongest benefits packages you'll find inthe trades — including free tuition for you and your family.

This is an essential staff position. The facilities departmentmaintains a shared on-call emergency rotation across themaintenance staff, and this role takes part in that rotation.Essential staff may be asked to report to work when the universityis otherwise closed or during declared inclement-weatheremergencies. We're upfront about this because it's part of takingcare of the campus and the people in it — but it's a sharedresponsibility, not one that falls on any single person.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience — Three years of painting experience, with asolid working knowledge of general building maintenance.
• Education — High school diploma or GED.
• Physical — Comfortable working at heights and in tightspaces, able to safely operate lifts to reach high areas, and ableto lift up to 55 pounds.
• Safety — Willingness to complete OSHA safety training,use required PPE, and follow all Physical Plant safetystandards.
• Driving — A clean or otherwise acceptable drivingrecord.
• Approach — Self-directed and resourceful, with acustomer-service mindset and a genuine eye for making a space lookits best.

If you have a strong foundation in painting and finishing and takepride in your work, we're glad to help you round out thegeneral-maintenance side of the role. A good painter who caresabout the craft is what we're really after.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Your core work is painting and finishing across a large, activecampus — surface prep, priming, and finish-coating drywall, metaldoor and window frames, and other surfaces as needed, along withdrywall patching and wall touch-up to make those finishes lookright. Interior and exterior caulking is a regular part of the job,as is patching and hanging vinyl wall coverings. You'll measure andestimate square footage and lineal footage to order the correctpaint and materials, and keep the paint shop's supplies andinventory organized and stocked.

Beyond individual work orders, you'll have a hand in the biggerpicture — helping build and maintain a campus-wide painting planthat prioritizes needs so the university always puts its best faceforward. You'll respond to painting work order requests as theycome in, and because you'll be moving all over campus, you'll serveas another set of eyes for the facilities team, flagging othermaintenance needs so we can stay ahead of them.

No one wants to paint the same wall types day after day withnothing to break it up, and this role has natural variety built in.You will regularly lend a hand to the carpentry team on the kindsof jobs that get you out of the paint shop for a while — hangingpictures, TVs, and whiteboards, helping with office and furnituremoves, and assisting with storefront and glass work. It is a welcome change of pace that keeps the days varied while thecarpenters get an extra set of capable hands.

Like everyone in facilities, you'll also pitch in on generalmaintenance and cross-departmental work when the situation callsfor it — event setups, snow removal, and emergency response areshared efforts across the team.

General Employee Expectations

• Follow the guidance and direction of supervisor(s).
• Demonstrate respectful, ethical, responsible behavior.
• Abide by the University’s policies, procedures, and rules.
• Perform employee responsibilities as detailed in employee handbooks and policies.
• Demonstrate regular and predictable attendance and punctuality.
• Other duties, including special projects, as required or assigned.

Company Description

Thank you for your interest in the University of Indianapolis! TheUniversity is a private, liberal arts university located on 65acres just minutes from downtown Indianapolis. With more than 700faculty and staff, it is a place where you can become part of aclose-knit campus community that emphasizes the importance ofcommunity partnerships in the future growth of theUniversity.

UIndy’s mission is to prepare its graduates for effective,responsible, and articulate membership in the complex societies inwhich they live and serve and for excellence and leadership intheir personal and professional lives. The motto of "Education forService" provides the foundation for our work to better ourcommunities, both near and far.

As University employees, we know the work we do is important to ourstudents and our communities. To accomplish our mission, we welcometalented, civic-minded, and diverse individuals from all careerlevels to help maintain our high standards of excellence andquality. If you want to join our dynamic environment and experiencehard work, creativity, and teamwork, we welcome yourapplication!

The University of Indianapolis is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin,disability, citizenship status, military status, marital status,sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. TheUniversity of Indianapolis does not discriminate on the basis ofsex in its educational programs and activities, includingemployment and admission as required by Title IX.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Discount
• Retirement Savings Plan - 403B
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Accruals
• Paid Holiday time and additional University days off
• Employee Discounts & Services
• Free Parking
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center

For more information about the benefits of being a staff member atUIndy, visit our Benefitssite.