Structural Steel Painter in South El Monte
Structural Steel Painter in South El Monte
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SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
- Prepare structural steel and fabricated components for painting.
- Clean, degrease, sand, grind, and otherwise prepare surfaces prior to painting.
- Operate electrostatic paint spray guns
- Properly mix and thin paints and coatings according to manufacturer specifications.
- Apply primers, intermediate coatings, and finish coats while maintaining proper coverage and thickness.
- Paint large structural steel components, crane components, frames, railings, and miscellaneous fabricated steel.
- Identify and correct runs, sags, overspray, thin areas, holidays, and other paint defects.
- Maintain proper spray-gun distance, pressure, spray pattern, and application technique.
- Inspect completed work to ensure proper coverage, appearance, and quality.
- Protect surrounding equipment, work areas.
- Maintain and clean spray guns, hoses, pumps, and other painting equipment.
- Follow all safety procedures regarding paints, solvents, compressed air, respirators, PPE, and hazardous materials.
- Maintain a clean and organized paint area.
- Follow production schedules and demonstrate a strong sense of urgency in completing assigned work.
- Communicate with supervisors regarding job requirements, material needs, equipment problems, and quality issues.
- Perform other duties related to the paint department as assigned.
- Minimum 5 years of professional structural steel painting experience.
- Demonstrated experience operating electrostatic spray-painting guns
- Experience painting large steel structures and fabricated steel components.
- Strong knowledge of surface preparation and industrial coatings.
- Ability to properly mix and apply industrial paints and coatings.
- Ability to recognize and correct paint-quality problems.
- Ability to read and follow work instructions and paint specifications.
- Ability to work safely around cranes, steel fabrication equipment, compressed air, solvents, and industrial coatings.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a manufacturing team. Qualifications
- Experience in a structural steel, crane manufacturing, fabrication, or industrial painting environment.
- Experience with two-component coatings, primers, enamels, epoxies, urethanes, or similar industrial coatings.
- Experience using wet-mil gauges or other coating-thickness measurement equipment.
- Experience operating forklifts, scissor lifts, or other material-handling equipment.
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