Industrial Painter - 1st Shift**
**Job Description**
As an Industrial Painter, you will be responsible for preparing and painting the exterior of sections while adhering to paint work instructions to ensure quality and production needs are met. You will mix paint according to customer specifications, manually mix zinc, and apply epoxy, mist coat, and spray paint to meet customer standards. Additionally, you will prepare the system for painting by ensuring cleanliness, scraping, cleaning, and wrapping paint lines, as well as performing basic maintenance tasks on paint equipment.
**Responsibilities**
+ Prep and paint exterior sections, utilizing applicable paint work instructions to ensure quality and production needs are met.
+ Properly mix paint per customer specifications.
+ Manually mix zinc and apply to customer specifications.
+ Apply epoxy to exterior sections to customer specifications.
+ Properly mix and apply mist coat.
+ Prep the system for paint, including cleanliness review, scraping, cleaning, air blowing, and wrapping paint lines.
+ Use spray gun to paint sections to customer specifications.
+ Measure paint thickness with wet mill gauge.
+ Maintain paint system prior to painting operations.
+ Perform basic maintenance tasks on paint equipment, including cleaning and checking for leaks.
+ Paint with minimal quality issues such as runs, sags, dry spray, and pinholes.
+ Maintain cleanliness of work area.
+ Record job and section information in time matrix.
+ Actively support all EHS and continuous improvement initiatives.
+ Perform additional requests as needed.
**Essential Skills**
+ High school diploma or GED required.
+ One to three years of painting experience preferred with an airless paint system.
+ Knowledge of materials, production processes, quality, raw materials, and other techniques involved in painting steel support structures.
+ Understanding of painting equipment, including pump setup.
+ Ability to analyze cleanliness of sections and understand coding systems.
+ Ability to operate drum car, forklift, and pallet jack efficiently and independently.
+ Proficiency in using wet mill gauge, dual action sander, air drill, air wand, and grinder.
+ Understanding of spray gun position, pattern, overlap, and proper handling procedures.
+ Ability to locate and reference all work instructions related to current job or project.
+ Understanding of department KPIs, metrics, and measurables.
+ Sense of urgency and accountability.
+ Must pass respirator and paint test.
+ Must be forklift certified.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Prior work-related experience is helpful.
+ Experience, training, and/or education in the painting of wind tower support structures approved by Management/Human Resources.
**Work Environment**
Work hours are from 5 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The role involves physical demands such as sitting or standing for periods, walking, climbing, crawling, bending, kneeling, twisting, or stooping. You may be exposed to noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, high heat, humidity, intense cold, or outside elements. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is required in manufacturing areas. You may need to work at heights of more than 10 feet and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
**Why Work Here?**
Join a team that values continuous improvement and environmental health and safety. Experience a work environment that supports professional growth and offers opportunities to work with advanced technologies and equipment. Benefit from a culture that promotes accountability and a sense of urgency, making every task impactful and rewarding.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract position based out of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $25.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Manitowoc,WI.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 15, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
**Job Description**
As an Industrial Painter, you will be responsible for preparing and painting the exterior of sections while adhering to paint work instructions to ensure quality and production needs are met. You will mix paint according to customer specifications, manually mix zinc, and apply epoxy, mist coat, and spray paint to meet customer standards. Additionally, you will prepare the system for painting by ensuring cleanliness, scraping, cleaning, and wrapping paint lines, as well as performing basic maintenance tasks on paint equipment.
**Responsibilities**
+ Prep and paint exterior sections, utilizing applicable paint work instructions to ensure quality and production needs are met.
+ Properly mix paint per customer specifications.
+ Manually mix zinc and apply to customer specifications.
+ Apply epoxy to exterior sections to customer specifications.
+ Properly mix and apply mist coat.
+ Prep the system for paint, including cleanliness review, scraping, cleaning, air blowing, and wrapping paint lines.
+ Use spray gun to paint sections to customer specifications.
+ Measure paint thickness with wet mill gauge.
+ Maintain paint system prior to painting operations.
+ Perform basic maintenance tasks on paint equipment, including cleaning and checking for leaks.
+ Paint with minimal quality issues such as runs, sags, dry spray, and pinholes.
+ Maintain cleanliness of work area.
+ Record job and section information in time matrix.
+ Actively support all EHS and continuous improvement initiatives.
+ Perform additional requests as needed.
**Essential Skills**
+ High school diploma or GED required.
+ One to three years of painting experience preferred with an airless paint system.
+ Knowledge of materials, production processes, quality, raw materials, and other techniques involved in painting steel support structures.
+ Understanding of painting equipment, including pump setup.
+ Ability to analyze cleanliness of sections and understand coding systems.
+ Ability to operate drum car, forklift, and pallet jack efficiently and independently.
+ Proficiency in using wet mill gauge, dual action sander, air drill, air wand, and grinder.
+ Understanding of spray gun position, pattern, overlap, and proper handling procedures.
+ Ability to locate and reference all work instructions related to current job or project.
+ Understanding of department KPIs, metrics, and measurables.
+ Sense of urgency and accountability.
+ Must pass respirator and paint test.
+ Must be forklift certified.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Prior work-related experience is helpful.
+ Experience, training, and/or education in the painting of wind tower support structures approved by Management/Human Resources.
**Work Environment**
Work hours are from 5 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The role involves physical demands such as sitting or standing for periods, walking, climbing, crawling, bending, kneeling, twisting, or stooping. You may be exposed to noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, high heat, humidity, intense cold, or outside elements. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is required in manufacturing areas. You may need to work at heights of more than 10 feet and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
**Why Work Here?**
Join a team that values continuous improvement and environmental health and safety. Experience a work environment that supports professional growth and offers opportunities to work with advanced technologies and equipment. Benefit from a culture that promotes accountability and a sense of urgency, making every task impactful and rewarding.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract position based out of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $25.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Manitowoc,WI.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 15, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Job ID: 483671179
Originally Posted on: 7/2/2025
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