Painter Lead - IAH Airport

Painter

The Painter supports airport services operations by preparing, painting, refinishing, and maintaining airport equipment, facility surfaces, and related assets. This role performs surface preparation, coating application, touch-ups, corrosion prevention, and general finish repairs while following all safety, security, environmental, and airport operational requirements.

Lead daily painting work activities, assign tasks, and provide guidance to painters or maintenance team members.

Train team members on proper painting techniques, equipment use, PPE, chemical handling, and site procedures.

Inspect completed work for quality, coverage, and compliance with work orders, customer expectations, and site requirements.

Monitor material usage, maintain supplies, and notify management of inventory or equipment needs.

Prepare surfaces by cleaning, sanding, scraping, masking, grinding, or applying primer.

Apply paint, coatings, sealants, and finishes using brushes, rollers, or spray equipment.

Perform touch-up painting, rust removal, corrosion control, and finish repairs on airport equipment, facility areas, and related assets.

Mix and apply paints and coatings according to specifications, safety requirements, and company standards.

Maintain painting tools, equipment, materials, and work areas in a clean, safe, and organized condition.

Follow and reinforce all safety, PPE, hazardous material, lockout/tagout, fall protection, and airport security procedures.

Document completed work, materials used, repair needs, and team progress as required.

Support general maintenance tasks and coordinate with supervisors or other departments as needed.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include a valid driver license and previous commercial painting, industrial painting, automotive painting, facilities maintenance, or equipment refinishing experience preferred. Experience with prep, grit blast and final paint of heavy machinery required. Required to understand all paint related safety training including, Haz-Mat, respirator, VOC, and paint booth operation. Ability to communicate professionally to customers and fellow employees. Ability to be badged to work in secure areas of an airport. Ability to work flexible schedules, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime based on operational needs.

Preferred qualifications include a high school diploma or GED equivalent, familiarity with airport operations, computer skills with Microsoft Word and Excel, and basic mechanic skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting.

Physical demands include standing, walking, handling, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing, balancing, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working in outside weather conditions. Specific vision abilities required include good close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Good hand/eye coordination is required.

The work environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, high places, outside weather conditions, fumes, toxic chemicals, cold, vibration, and loud noise levels.