Painter 3/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. seeks a skilled painter to prepare wood, metal, and fiberglass surfaces for painting and to apply coatings to ships and related equipment.

The role requires attention to surface prep, masking, and safe handling of paints and solvents in a dynamic shipyard environment. The candidate should have a high school diploma or GED with at least one year of marine painting experience, knowledge of OSHA regulations, and the ability to read and follow written and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus one-year marine painting experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and OSHA regulations desired.
• Knowledge of transportation and storage of hazardous materials requirements desired.

Responsibilities

• Prepare surfaces for painting and paint ship parts, equipment, interiors and exteriors.
• Operate or tend painting and sandblasting equipment.
• Protect areas not to be painted using masking materials.
• Assist in surface preparation and in paint mixing as needed.
• Maintain a clean work area and tools; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading skills

Diagram interpretation

Tool handling

Color matching

Color vision

Education

High school diploma or GED

OSHA knowledge

Tools

Hand and power tools

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Under general supervision, prepare wood, metal and fiberglass surfaces for painting, and paint parts, equipment, interiors, and exteriors of ships and Company equipment and buildings.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends and holidays.


• Comply with Company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations and policies while performing duties.


• Assist in work site preparation and the transportation of paint, tools, materials and equipment to job site as needed.


• Remove grease, dirt, paint, and/or rust from surfaces using abrasives, solvents, brushes, etc.


• Protect surfaces or items that are not to be painted using masking tape or other material as required.


• Operate or tend painting and/or sandblasting equipment to paint and/or sandblast surfaces.


• Paint areas inaccessible to spray gun or retouch painted surface, using brush/roller.


• Assist in the mixing of paint.


• Maintain a clean work area, tools and equipment.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIREMENTS

• Education/Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalence plus one-year prior marine painting experience desired.


• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.


• Knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations desired.


• Knowledge of the transportation and storage of hazardous material requirements desired.

Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend written, oral, or diagram form.


• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.


• Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.


• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.


• Ability to determine the difference between colors, matching or detecting any type of difference between colors they work with.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking. Ability to work effectively with others. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.