Industrial Painter

Industrial Painter

Cardinal Consulting Group is recruiting an Industrial Painter on behalf of our client, a large federal systems manufacturer in York, PA. The plant custom designs and manufactures chilled-water HVAC and refrigeration equipment for federal/defense contracts.

Pay and shift
Pay is $31.79 per hour base, $33.79 per hour on 2nd shift.

The role
You will spray and finish-paint parts and medium to large, complex, specially engineered product units and systems, and affix data plates.

What you will do
- Paint in a booth, on the floor, or on the product, using ladders and scaffolds, indoors or outdoors
- Work from drawings, customer orders, process sheets, specifications, and paint manufacturer instructions
- Clean and prepare surfaces to be painted; chip, slag, and mask as required
- Mix paint to the proper viscosity, measure, add epoxy powders, and thin as required
- Erect canvas shelters around units
- Spray-paint various primers, enamels, epoxies, and protective compounds
- Clean up excess paint, remove masking, visually check for runs, shadows, and improper coverage, touch up, and check paint thickness
- Clean and maintain the spray gun and paint system
- Use hand and powered hand tools, paint gauges, spray painting and viscosity measuring equipment, and appropriate material handling equipment

Requirements
- Over 1 year and up to 2+ years of industrial or automotive painting experience (spray, brush, and finish painting of specially engineered product systems, equipment, and units)
- Ability to perform moderate physical effort, working continuously with light-weight materials or frequently with average-weight materials
- Ability to follow safety precautions to prevent injury to others
- Ability to work in conditions with exposure to paint, thinner, fumes, dirt, and rust
- Ability to read, write, add and subtract decimals and fractions, use process sheets, and proportion materials

Preferred
- Experience working with MIL-Specs (military specifications)

Terms
This is a union (UAW) position. Benefits begin on the first day of employment. The package includes a 5% quarterly gainshare bonus, a $200 boot voucher, and uniforms provided. $5,000 relocation assistance is available for candidates outside a 50-mile radius (conditions apply).

Because the work supports federal contracts, U.S. citizenship and a background check and drug screen are required.

Equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.