Painter

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare metal surfaces through grinding, sanding, cleaning, masking, and priming.
• Apply industrial coatings, primers, paints, and finishes using spray equipment, rollers, and brushes.
• Match paint colors and ensure consistent finish quality.
• Inspect finished products for defects, runs, scratches, and imperfections.
• Operate spray booths and painting equipment safely and efficiently.
• Maintain paint guns, compressors, hoses, and related equipment.
• Follow manufacturer specifications for coating thickness and curing times.
• Absorb loading, unloading, and staging materials.
• Maintain inventory of paints, solvents, primers, and painting supplies.
• Keep work areas clean and compliant with OSHA safety standards.
• Work with production schedules to meet deadlines.
• Perform touch-up painting on fabricated products as needed.
• Support other shop operations when painting workload permits.

Qualifications

• Required: 2+ years of industrial, commercial, automotive, or metal painting experience.
• Experience using HVLP or conventional spray equipment.
• Knowledge of primers, epoxies, urethanes, enamels, and industrial coatings.
• Strong attention to detail and craftsmanship.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
• Comfortable standing, bending, and working in a shop environment throughout the day.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• PREFERRED: Experience painting commercial doors, gates, structural steel, or fabricated metal products.
• Forklift certification.
• OSHA 10 certification.
• Experience in manufacturing or fabrication environments.