Utility Painter – Weld Shop

USA Waste and Recycling; Watertown (CT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits

Bonus Potential

Family-Oriented Environment

Job summary

A leading waste management company in Watertown, Connecticut, seeks a Utility Painter for the Weld Shop. Responsibilities include preparing, priming, and painting steel parts, ensuring safety and adherence to regulations. Candidates must have painting experience, preferably in an industrial setting. The position offers excellent benefits, a family-oriented environment, and opportunities for bonuses. Join a team that's committed to sustainability and innovation in waste management.

Qualifications

• Painting experience required.
• Industrial or manufacturing painting experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, prime, and paint metal parts.
• Clean steel surfaces for paint adhesion.
• Apply industrial primers on steel components.
• Mask surfaces, mix coatings, and maintain equipment.
• Comply with safety regulations and wear proper PPE.
• Assist with loading/unloading materials.

Skills

Well organized

Dependable

Customer service skills

Time management

Strong verbal communication

Accountability

Job description

Utility Painter - Weld Shop

USA Waste and Recycling

USA Waste and Recycling, Inc

USA Waste is at the forefront of waste and hauling and processing - innovating every step as we work to find the best solutions for safe and efficient residential and commercial services. From building the country\'s largest state-of-the-art recycling facility, powering our buildings with solar energy, and fueling our trucks with all-American natural gas, we are committed to you, our communities, and the planet.

Our story started with a single truck. In 1974, founder Guy "Sonny" Antonacci and his wife, Mary Ann, started Somers Sanitation - named after our hometown of Somers, Connecticut. Today, three generations of family and a resolute team of professionals are leading our companies into the future. While our fleet, facilities, services, and family have all grown, we take pride in continuing to operate our businesses based on the fundamental principle that has guided us since the beginning - to provide exceptional service and innovation to the communities and people we serve.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward to remain at the forefront of sustainability.

Some see waste. We see possibilities.

Position Summary

The Utility Painter in the Weld Shop is responsible for preparing, priming, and painting the structure\'s steel or fabricated metal parts using sprayers, rollers, and/or brushes. This position is also responsible for ensuring surfaces are free of rust, scale, and welsppater while maintaining equipment and adhering to safety standards in a weld shop environment.

Your Role

• Clean steel surfaces to ensure paint adhesion
• Apply industrial primers and topcoats on steel components
• Mask surfaces, mix coatings, maintain spraying equipment, and clean the painting area/equipment after use.
• Wear proper PPE and comply with safety regulations, ensuring proper ventilation during coaring operations.
• Assist with loading/unloading materials and moving finished products in the area.
• Participate in all required Company meetings, including weekly safety meetings.
• Maintains reasonable, regular, punctual attendance consistent with Company policies, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Adapts to changing duties, as required, based on business needs.

Your Skills

• Well organized and can manage time well.
• Dependable and punctual
• Customer service skills
• Time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A service-driven and accountable disposition.

Requirements

• Painting experience
• Industrial or manufacturing painting experience is preferred

This Position Features

• Family-Oriented Environment
• Excellent Benefits and Bonus Potential

Physical Demands

Listed below are key points regarding the job\'s environmental demands and work environment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more or less than 40 pounds frequently.
• Will be exposed to a physical environment, which involves dirt, odors, noise, or similar elements, for most of the workday.
• Clarity of vision
• Local travel

USA Waste and Recycling, Inc. EEO Statement: The Company is committed to and supports equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to all employees and applicants. Equal employment opportunity means equal treatment of employees and applicants without regard to the following legally-protected characteristics: race, color, religion, creed, sex (gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), veteran status, physical or mental disability status or any other legally-protected status.