Painter - Weekend Day Shift
10 days ago
Woodway
Job Description Job Summary: This position is responsible for painting and sandblasting heavy equipment, oil field pump skids, generator packages, and related equipment in a shop environment. Essential Functions: • Performs painting preparation process to assure quality paint application, • Operates painting or coating tools on assigned equipment to improve the appearance that results in customer satisfaction, • Straightens body panels and fenders, • Fills small dents that cannot be worked out with body filler, • Files, grinds, sands, and smooths filled or repaired surfaces, • Sands or sandblasts areas to be painted and cover bumpers, windows, and trim with masking tape or paper for protection, • Primes and paints repaired surfaces with care, skill, and detail using applicable manufacturer paints and standards; details equipment, • Maintains paint booth and painting equipment. Maintains the paint booth clean and in safe working order, • Performs light mechanical work to replace parts (e.g. handles, hinges, panels, etc.), • Removes and applies equipment decals, • Performs final checks on assembly and installation of parts that were replaced, • Controls labor costs at or below quoted flat rates in order to achieve departmental goals, • Completes necessary paperwork on a daily basis in order to provide timely invoicing, • Maintains and controls company property and resources in a manner to ensure cleanliness and reliability, and minimizes expenses, • Completes special projects as requested by the department supervisor in order to meet customer and/or business needs, • Maintains and completes daily/monthly usage or material consumption reports required for EPA/OSHA; as well as procuring, supplying, and maintaining any current and new MSDS information records for all, • Disposes of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner, and maintains all equipment and work areas – keeps in good, clean, and orderly condition, • Works overtime as required by workload and customers’ needs, • Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, • Works safely at all times and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards, • Requires regular and punctual employee attendance, • Performs other duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • General knowledge of tools, equipment, methods, materials, and terminology used in the painting trade, • General knowledge of safety procedures as they relate to the use of paints, solvents, glues, tools, and equipment, • Demonstrates basic knowledge of estimating, planning, and controlling the cost of repair jobs, • Demonstrates proficiency with current computer software, related hardware, and electronic machine systems, • Knowledge of safety procedures as they relate to the use of paints, solvents, glues, tools, and equipment, • Skilled in the application of paints and other finishes by brush or spray gun, • Quality control analysis skills to conduct tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance, • Operation and control skills for controlling the operation of equipment or systems · Equipment selection skills by determining the kinds of tools and equipment needed to do a job, • Ability to operate a forklift and an overhead crane, • The ability to quickly and repeatedly operate the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions, • Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and equipment used in mechanical repair, • The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects, • The ability to read, write, and understand information, • The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences, • Three or more years of experience in painting and/or body work in automotive or similar shop environment preferred, • Must be able to move objects, and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue, • Frequently moves materials or equipment weighing up to 80 pounds, • Constant movement and use of limbs; this position requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina, • Ascends/descends with gradual or continuous progress by oneself, using both hands and feet and climbs up and down ladders and/or equipment, • Be able to maneuver safely and work underneath equipment, • Routinely reacts to visual, auditory, and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work Work Environment: • Regularly works indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions and around moving mechanical parts, unfavorable fumes and odors, and hazardous chemicals, • May be exposed to weather extremes when working outside in conditions that include inclement weather, heat, cold, and humidity, • Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable, • Exposure to contaminants, small quantities of chemicals, dust, steam, high-pressure water, and high-speed rotating equipment, • Requires wearing specialized protective or safety equipment, • Required to perform work in cramped spaces and/or high places