Painter (Baytown, TX) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industries; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industries is seeking a Painter Blaster in Baytown, TX to prepare surfaces and apply coatings to equipment, parts, machinery, and buildings. You will work with spray guns, brushes, and rollers, following work orders and instructions from supervisors.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of journeyman level experience; no minimum education is required. You may be asked to erect scaffolding or ladders and perform other duties as assigned. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• No formal education required.
• 3–5 years journeyman level experience.

Responsibilities

• Read work orders and follow verbal instructions.
• Prepare surfaces by removing dirt, oil, grease, old paint, cracks, holes.
• Erect scaffolding or set up ladders for elevated work.
• Apply paint to surfaces with a spray gun, brush, or roller.
• Mix coatings to meet color/specifications and adjust as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Spray painting

Surface preparation

Read work orders

Job description

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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