Shipboard Coatings Lead Painter

FMSNA; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fincantieri Marine Systems North America in Jacksonville, FL, seeks a Paint Lead to train and supervise painters, ensuring quality workmanship and compliance with vessel-specific regulations and standards. The role involves directing tasks, overseeing progress, and meeting project deadlines, with occasional domestic travel.

This first-shift position requires deep knowledge of marine coatings, reading ship drawings, maintaining coatings, and enforcing safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Possess a strong knowledge of marine coating systems, surface preparation methods, abrasive blasting, UHP, paint application techniques, and preservation practices to train junior painters.
• Read and interpret shipbuilding drawings, coating specifications, work packages, paint schedules, and engineering requirements to determine material needs and work sequences.
• Ability to interpret coating specifications, shipbuilding drawings, work instructions, and quality requirements.
• Strong understanding of shipboard painting, blasting, coating, inspection, and maintenance processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee surface preparation, abrasive blasting, UHP Waterjet, coating application, touch-up, and preservation activities for vessel structures, tanks, and equipment.
• Lead workforce assignments, ensuring all painting and coating operations meet quality, safety, environmental, and shipyard standards.
• Inspect and document completed work for compliance with specifications, blueprints, SDS/PDS requirements, and coating thickness standards; document progress and resolve quality or equipment issues.
• Lead daily safety briefings, enforce PPE, respirator, ventilation, confined space, and hazardous material procedures, and provide guidance to junior painters while overseeing the safe operation and maintenance of painting equipment and work areas.

Skills

Marine coating systems knowledge

Read and interpret drawings

MS Office

Leadership training

Safety compliance

Education

Journeyman/Technical or associate degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Fincantieri Marine Systems North America in Jacksonville, FL, seeks a Paint Lead to train and supervise painters, ensuring quality workmanship and compliance with vessel-specific regulations and standards. The role involves directing tasks, overseeing progress, and meeting project deadlines, with occasional domestic travel.

This first-shift position requires deep knowledge of marine coatings, reading ship drawings, maintaining coatings, and enforcing safety procedures.