What are the responsibilities and job description for the PAINTER position at Le Jeune Steel Co?
Painter
LeJeune Steel Company is focused on becoming the pre-eminent structural steel provider in North America, focused on delivering large, complicated, and fast-track projects. We are a group of forward-thinking, focused, knowledgeable individuals looking to grow our exceptional team.
Our Core Promise:
To Outdo.
We tackle every project with uncompromising tenacity and unmatched mastery, making our customers’ vision a reality. Building the tallest, coolest, never-been-done-before buildings takes courage and strength. You have to be smarter than everyone else. Not just book smart, but hard knocks smart – living it smart. Because the best solutions to the trickiest problems don’t just happen. You get there by tackling the impossible, working around it, designing through it, and engineering it into reality. And not just by doing it,
But by Outdoing it.
Our Values:
- Caring and enduring relationships with others
- Honesty and integrity
- Excellence, nothing less
- Enjoying our work
- Safety, health, and well-being of all of our employees
- Combining small company abilities with large company advantages
What We Are:
- Relentless
- Forward-Thinking
- Focused
- Strong
- Knowledgeable
Description:
The painting position is primarily responsible for the application of high-performance coatings on structural steel prior to delivery to the job site. This position requires skill in the application of coatings, an understanding of surface preparation requirements, drawing interpretation, and material handling. It is a fast-paced position that demands attention to detail, individual initiative, and flexibility in daily activities.
Responsibilities:
- Surface Preparation: Cleaning surfaces with hand tools or blast media to job specifications and marking and covering no-paint areas per drawing notes.
- Paint Mixing: Selecting and mixing appropriate coatings according to specifications.
- Application: Using tools such as airless sprayers, brushes, and rollers to apply coatings.
- Quality Control: Ensuring that painted surfaces meet quality standards, including wet and dry film thickness, and are free of runs, bubbles, and debris.
- Equipment Maintenance: Set and maintain paint pumps and other required equipment.
- Safety Compliance: Adhere to safety procedures and regulations to maintain a safe working environment.
- Inspection: Inspect the final product to ensure it meets project specifications and quality requirements.
- Documentation: Keep records of completed work and materials used.
- Material Handling: Use overheard cranes and forklifts to move material through the shop and lay it out for painting.
Qualifications:
- Attention to Detail: A keen eye for detail to ensure high-quality finishes.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in using various painting tools and techniques.
- Safety Awareness: Knowledge of safety guidelines for material handling, overhead crane use, and hazardous material use and storage.
- Drawing Interpretation: Ability to read and interpret drawings to mark no-paint zones and understand coating requirements.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to safely lift up to 50 lbs. repeatedly, occasionally lift greater than 50 lbs. with the support of other team members.
- Ability to operate tools such as electric and gas-powered chain saws, nail guns, banding clamps, and pry bars.
- Ability to work in an uncontrolled climate, including heat, cold, and humidity.
- Capability to stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Ability to detect alarms and signals, both auditory and visual.
- Depth perception and eye-hand coordination for precision tasks and safety.
- Effective communication skills to coordinate with team members and follow instructions.
- Ability to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits and Compensation:
This role is based out of our Barronett office. This position is eligible for profit sharing based on company performance in addition to other benefits that support the total well-being of you and your family.
Some benefits include:
- Comprehensive Insurance coverage, Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
- Wellness Program
- 401K with employer match
- Discounted company stock (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
- Profit Sharing
- Generous paid time off
- Growth opportunities through company sponsored leadership development courses and trainings
This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
All offers of employment are expressly contingent upon the satisfactory completion, in accordance with Company policy, of a pre-employment drug screening and background check.
APi Group is committed to complying with all laws prohibiting discrimination in employment and to providing equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of sex/gender, age, disability, race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, national origin, military/veteran status, or other protected characteristics as defined by local, state, and federal law. In keeping with this commitment, APi Group will provide reasonable accommodations in the application process to otherwise qualified applicants with a disability.
Applicants who wish to request a reasonable accommodation of disability in connection with the application process should contact Total Rewards and People Services at 651-604-2882 or email PeopleResources@apigroupinc.us.
All qualified applicants with LeJeune Steel Company will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability or protected veteran.