Painter- Austin Industrial - Orange, TX

Austin Industries; Orange (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial in Texas is seeking a skilled Painter Blaster to prepare wood and metal surfaces for painting, and to paint machinery, buildings, and equipment using spray guns, brushes, and rollers. The role requires 3–5 years of journeyman experience; no formal education minimum is required.

Duties include surface prep, scaffolding setup, color mixing, and safe work at heights. Join a legacy of industrial maintenance across multiple sectors and contribute to quality finishes while adhering

Qualifications

• Education – no minimum education requirements.
• Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Responsibilities

• Reads work order and receives instructions verbally.
• Prepares surface using methods appropriate to remove dirt, oil, grease, removing old paint, smoothing cracks, and filling holes.
• Work at heights with no fear.
• May fill cavities and dents with putty to attain smooth surface.
• Selects and mixes coating liquid to produce desired color, according to specifications using paddle or mechanical mixer.
• May erect scaffolding or set up ladder to perform task above ground level.
• Apply paint to surface using a spray gun, brush, and/or roller.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Job description

About Austin Industrial

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.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial.

Painter Blaster

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 order and receives instructions verbally.


• Prepares surface using methods appropriate to remove dirt, oil, grease, removing old paint, smoothing cracks, and filling holes.


• Work at heights with no fear.


• May fill cavities and dents with putty to attain smooth surface.


• Selects and mixes coating liquid to produce desired color, according to specifications using paddle or mechanical mixer.


• May erect scaffolding or set up ladder to perform task above ground level.


• Apply paint to 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 is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Qualifications Required For This Position

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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