Painter- Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Ausitn Industrial; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 56,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial provides premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial clients across the U.S. The role requires preparing surfaces and applying paint using spray guns, brushes, and rollers on equipment, parts, and buildings.

It is an on-site, full-time position in Texas with standard safety expectations. Candidates should have 4 years of Journeyman experience, NCCER certification, and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• 4 years of Journeyman level experience.
• NCCER Certification and a Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Prepare wood and metal surfaces and remove dirt, oil, and grease.
• Paint equipment, parts, machinery, buildings and working areas with spray gun, brush or roller.
• Read work orders and follow instructions; work at heights and may erect scaffolding or ladders.
• Follow safety procedures and use PPE as required.

Skills

Journeyman experience

Safety-focused

Education

NCCER Certification

Valid Driver's License

Job description

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: PAINT034289

• Posted : September 29, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site
• Rate : $27 USD per hour

Locations

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Description

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Must be able to prepare wood and metal surfaces for painting, and paint equipment, parts, machinery, buildings, and other working areas using a spray gun, brush, and rollers. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reads work orders and receives instructions verbally.
• Prepare the surface using methods appropriate to remove dirt, oil, and grease, removing old paint, smoothing cracks, coating, and filling holes.
• Work at heights with no fear.
• May fill cavities and dents with putty to attain a smooth surface.
• Selects and mixes coating liquid to produce the desired color, according to specifications using a paddle or mechanical mixer.
• May erect scaffolding or set up a ladder to perform tasks above ground level.
• Apply paint to the surface using a spray gun, brush, and/or roller.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.

Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Experience– 4 years of Journeyman level experience.

Certification/License: NCCER and a Valid Driver’s License.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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Licenses & Certifications

Valid State ID

NCCER-Ind Painter Cert

Preferred

Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer
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