Painter Lead - IAH Airport

About the role

Oshkosh AeroTech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment, and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling, and military customers. They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, JetAire®, JetPower®, AmpTekÔ, Jetway®, and more.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily painting work activities, assign tasks, and provide guidance to painters or maintenance team members.
• Train team members on proper painting techniques, equipment use, PPE, chemical handling, and site procedures.
• Inspect completed work for quality, coverage, and compliance with work orders, customer expectations, and site requirements.
• Maintain surfaces by cleaning, sanding, scraping, masking, grinding, or applying primer.
• Apply paint, coatings, sealants, and finishes using brushes, rollers, or spray equipment.
• Perform touch-up painting, rust removal, corrosion control, and finish repairs on airport equipment, facility areas, and related assets.
• Mix and apply paints and coatings according to specifications, safety requirements, and company standards.
• Maintain painting tools, equipment, materials, and work areas in a clean, safe, and organized condition.
• Document completed work, materials used, repair needs, and team progress as required.
• Support general maintenance tasks and coordinate with supervisors or other departments as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid Driver License.
• Previous commercial painting, industrial painting, automotive painting, facilities maintenance, or equipment refinishing experience preferred.
• Experience with prep, grit blast, and final paint of heavy machinery required.
• Ability to understand all paint related safety training including, Haz-Mat, respirator, VOC, and paint booth operation.
• Ability to communicate professionally to customers and fellow employees.
• Ability to be badged to work in secure areas of an airport.
• Ability to work flexible schedules, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime based on operational needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Familiarity with Airport operations a plus.
• Computer skills, specifically with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Possess basic mechanic skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequent climbing or balancing.
• Work in small spaces.
• Ladder work required.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Work in outside weather conditions on an airport ramp around aircrafts and the confined areas of baggage conveyor systems.
• Good close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Good hand / eye coordination is required.

Work Environment

• Regulated by airport operation with vehicular traffic.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, cold, and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Employees will work on an airport ramp around aircrafts and around heavy equipment.