Paint Lead

Industrial Paint Lead

The Industrial Paint Lead is a production position which is also responsible for assisting the area supervisor in maintaining all functions affecting shop safety, quality, production, budget, and schedule related to industrial painting operations.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Leads or assists supervisor in paint activities in accordance with facility compliance as well as applicable federal and state health, safety and environmental law, regulations, and standards.
• Surface preparation & protective coating applications on above ground piping; steel structures; and other related appurtenances.
• Operate & maintain various blasting, spraying, & other equipment.
• Prepare, match colors, and mix standard and other primers, paints and coatings to proper consistency and viscosity, using thinners, solvents, additives and agitators as required.
• Select pressures, nozzles, and temperature, humidity, and cure times.
• Prepare and clean items and surfaces to be finished.
• Mask, plug, or block finished, machined, or specified surfaces not to be coated.
• Uniformly apply wet primers, paints and coatings to parts and components and other items using care to avoid over spraying/coating and to obtain a smooth, covered and even surface free form runs and thin spots. Repeat operations as necessary to obtain desired effect or thickness of media.
• Visually and mechanically check finished items for pin holes, runs, bare spots, proper coverage. Refinish and touch up as required.
• Ensure the proper movement of finished goods to inspection or shipping area, cleaning and maintenance of spray application equipment, booths, filters, protective clothing, and equipment according to established practices. Ensure needed painting and coating supplies are on hand.
• Periodically check with bead blast area for parts availability.
• Assist or direct others in performance of work.

Job Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques
• Ability to utilize scaffolding, rigging, access, containment systems, & safety equipment
• Demonstrated strong technical background with an ability to interpret charts, graphs, and technical paint specification data for material application
• Demonstrated strong mechanical background with an ability to identify root cause analysis of equipment and troubleshoot problems for the maintenance and repair of paint equipment
• Perform all duties in accordance with company's quality control, quality assurance, & health & safety policies & procedures, as well as industry standards & project specifications
• Understand quality control and reporting standards as it relates to industrial coatings
• Has organizational and materials ordering skills
• Experience with industrial coatings application process, 2-part mixing process, HVLP equipment, consistent millage
• Material handling (measurement or mixing)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Accurate paperwork completion & other duties as assigned

Education & Training:

• High school diploma plus 3 5 years of industrial painting experience
• Demonstrated experience in a lead position overseeing a paint crew
• SSPC Coating Application Specialist (CAS)
• SSPC Applicator Training
• SSPC Abrasive Blasting Program (C7)
• SSPC Basics of Steel Surface Preparation
• SSPC Airless Spray Basics (C12)
• SSPC Plural Component Application for Polyureas & High Solid Coatings
• Safety: Confined Space, Fall Protection, Respiratory Protection, OSHA

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 5 years of experience on industrial painting experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents written in English
• Surface preparation (abrasive blasting, hand/power tool)
• Application of paints & specialty coatings (pump, airless, & conventional spray, brush/roller)
• Application of specialty coatings (epoxies, urethanes, & zincs)

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Some heavy lifting and considerable moving of equipment required.
• Lifting of objects up to 70lbs.
• Regularly exposed to dust, odors, oil, fumes, and noise.
• Exposed to a combination of normal office type environments and shop environments.
• Safety glasses required while performing tasks.
• Ability to stand up to 11 hours a day (with a lunch break), up to 6 days a week.
• Ability to work in a non-temperature-controlled environment.
• Steel-toe boots required in Manufacturing Facility.

Ability to exert up to 30 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to outside environmental conditions.

Company Overview:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer's facilities.

TAS' fastest growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery.

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals. More information is available on the company website at:

Important Notice: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. "smoking" and "tobacco or nicotine products" includes, but is not limited to, product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.