Painter Master

About This Job

Section 51 - Bridge Maintenance and Facilities Maintenance

51//PM/09.22.26-AS

At DOTD, our mission is to empower communities and improve lives by delivering responsive, inclusive, and forward-thinking public services. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.

About This Position:

Are you someone who enjoys working with your hands and takes pride in creating quality finishes and maintaining facilities? As a Painter Master, you will play an important role in keeping DOTD facilities looking their best through skilled painting, staining, refinishing, sheet-rock, and floor repair work. This position offers the opportunity to oversee and guide other painters and trade apprentices while working on a variety of projects at DOTD Headquarters and satellite offices.

The role requires comfort working indoors and outdoors, at varying heights, and in different weather conditions while following DOTD safety standards and procedures.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Perform highly skilled painting tasks, including specialized coating work, fine-detail painting, staining, and refinishing on buildings, structures, equipment, and other surfaces.
• Oversee the work of painters and provide technical expertise, guidance, and training to painters and trade apprentices.
• Prepare surfaces for painting by removing old paint, cleaning, sanding, and using appropriate preparation techniques.
• Sand, stain, varnish, and refinish furniture using appropriate tools, materials, and methods.

Appointment Type:
This position may be filled by Probation, Promotion, Job Appointment or Detail to Special Duty.

Compensation:
Starting pay from $21.05 up to $33.68 plus an additional $2.00 for every hour worked. Applicants with extraordinary qualifications may be eligible for appointment above the minimum rate in accordance with Civil Service Rule 6.5(g).

Nathan Lemoine

Facility Maintenance Manager C

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.

Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available:

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Up to six weeks paid parental leave

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State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others