Aviation Painter

Job description

In General
The Aviation Painter is responsible for the direct hands-on labor necessary to complete the aircraft painting process to company and customer specifications.

Essential Duties:
The Aviation Painter is directly responsible for the following essential duties:
• Compliance of all health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and processes, including the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Cleaning and preparing the operational areas of the site for aircraft painting activities.
• Staging the aircraft for the aircraft painting activities prior to the commencement of the aircraft painting process.
• Masking activities to protect the "not-to-paint" areas of the aircraft.
• Pre-paint preparation of the "to-paint" areas of the aircraft, including but not limited to cleaning, paint removal and sanding and abrading as may be required by process.
• Positioning of stencils and other production aids which facilitate the aircraft painting in accordance with customer specifications.
• Mixing paints.
• Painting with electrostatic and HVLP equipment.
• Reads and interprets aircraft paint drawings and follows them accurately to accomplish paint job and ensures regulatory, emergency, and other customer placards are correct.
• Reads instructions and all cautions/warnings/notes information as necessary for proper and safe completion of assigned work.
• Installing mandatory and technical marking to the aircraft by paint or sticker decals as required.
• Ensures proper cleaning and maintenance of spray guns and other painting equipment.
• Additional and secondary duties supporting aircraft painting activities, such as cleaning technical areas, organizing production materials, etc. may be assigned from time to time.

Physical Demands:
• Able to lift, crawl, kneel, bend and rotate without restrictions.
• Ability to walk / stand and climb stairs for majority of shift
• Able to climb and walk-up industrial scaffolding in multiple sections.
• Must be able to wear respirator and other required PPE during shift.
• Must be able to move around the office and plant throughout the day and reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel or crouch occasionally.
• Must be able to use fingers, hands, writs to grab and hold heavy equipment.
• Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps.
• Ability to see clearly with or without lenses.
• Ability to hear clearly with or without aids.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Able to operate manlift, scissor lift and forklifts.

Working Conditions:
• Climate Controlled Aircraft Hangar.
• Exposure to loud noise.
• Exposure to chemicals (proper PPE and training provided).
• Able to work safely at heights and/or confined spaces.
• Fast paced environment.