Production Operator - Painter

ALSTOM Gruppe; City of Plattsburgh (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Painter to join their team in Plattsburgh. This full-time role offers a chance to apply your painting expertise in the rail industry, where you will influence the quality and aesthetics of trains. Enjoy a dynamic work environment that encourages growth and development, with opportunities to collaborate on innovative projects. Benefit from a fair reward package and comprehensive social coverage, ensuring a stable and fulfilling career. If you're ready to take on this challenge, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Pension plan

Award-winning learning opportunities

Dynamic reward package

Stability and long-term career prospects

Qualifications

• Completion of a vocational course in Auto Body Repair or similar.
• 2 years’ experience in an Auto Body Shop or Industrial Paint Shop.

Responsibilities

• Perform paint preparation, application, and repair on rail vehicles.
• Maintain paint process records and ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Skills

Painting expertise

Incident resolution

Blueprint reading

Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Education

Vocational course in Auto Body Repair

Tools

Painting tools and machinery

Job description

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Production Operator - Painter

Date: 6 May 2025

Location: Plattsburgh, NY, US

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Painter in Plattsburgh we’re looking for?

Your future role

Pay: $23.00 hour plus a $.75/hour pay differential for 2nd shift.

2nd shift 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Take on a new challenge and apply your painting expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Painting Team Leader, and work alongside passionate, motivated, and dedicated teammates. You’ll shape the foundation of painting for rail by influencing the quality and aesthetics of trains and digital mobility systems. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, taking care of paint preparation, application, and repair on rail vehicles. You’ll specifically take care of performing acceptable repairs on applied coatings, maintaining paint process records, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.

We’ll look to you for:

• Expertise on painting issues/incident resolution
• Proposed technical solutions

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Completion of a Vocational course in Auto Body Repair or similar
• 2 years’ experience working at an Auto Body Shop or Industrial Paint Shop
• Willingness to learn painting methods and work from heights
• Ability to pass required respiratory testing and wear personal protective equipment
• Ability to read blueprints and operate required tools and machinery
• Physical ability to maneuver/push/pull/lift up to 50 pounds

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with new painting standards for rail vehicles
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilize our hybrid working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards higher technical roles or management
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!