TEMP. Painter​/Carpenter

Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main St
Exeter, NH 03833, USA

TITLE: Temporary Painter/ Carpenter

STATUS/

HOURS:

TEMP/ Full-time, 40 hours per week, through mid
- December or early January. Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Schedule may vary according to departmental and Academy needs.

FLSA: Non-Exempt (hourly)

CLASSIFICATION: Staff

WAGE: $33.00- $34.50 Based on relevant experience

This position efficiently maintains and preserves the Academy’s interior and exterior surfaces of buildings, structures, fixtures, and equipment to ensure a clean, safe and appealing appearance for those visiting, residing in, and working on campus.

• Perform work in a safe and professional manner
• Repair surfaces before painting, filling holes and cracks with putty or patching plaster
• Prepare surfaces for painting by washing, scraping, brushing, sanding, or sealing
• Repairing and patching drywall, plaster, and stucco as needed.
• Removing and installing architectural hardware, including hinges, latches as needed
• Roll, brush, or spray paint onto exterior surfaces, walls, ceilings, floors, equipment, trim, and molding in or on buildings and structures.
• Apply fine finish spray painting in spray booth using HVLP (high volume low pressure) paint guns and paint machines and maintain equipment.
• Tint paints using compact color dispenser and perform maintenance on dispenser.
• Protect work areas against dripping, splashing, and overspray
• Disassemble, refinish, and move furniture as needed
• Erect ladders and scaffolding and be able to work on the same
• Maintain all painting tools and other equipment
• Glaze windows as needed
• Use high pressure washer to clean surfaces as needed.
• Removing snow and ice from roofs gutters, and roof leaders
• Basic carpentry skills
• Perform lead testing for painting projects to assure compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) rule.
• Identify restoration projects on campus, develop work scope, plan and execute. Preparing records of material and time expended
• Attend the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead safe training - Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) rule to become a Certified Renovator.
• Perform lead testing on painting projects and when lead is present follow lead safe work practices in compliance with RRP rule.
• When requested by Safety and Environmental Compliance Manager perform RRP on areas identified as lead in Lead Inspection Report and document results.
• Perform research and make recommendations to manager regarding the purchase of new paint products for better performance and/or products containing low VOC (volatile organic compounds) to help reduce carbon footprint.
• Perform research and make recommendations to manager regarding the purchase of new tools and equipment to improve quality and/or efficiency, and when applicable arrange for vendors to provide a demonstration of new equipment prior to purchase.
• Utilize mobile devices and a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to receive, document, and complete work order requests.
• Observing and reporting, through the CMMS, defects, deterioration and wear and tear on the facilities
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to work independently and achieve high results with minimal supervision.
• Ability to lift and transport a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Respect for diversity of identities and experiences, an orientation toward equity and inclusion, and cultural competency in all aspects of Academy life.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions, maintain a professional demeanor and restraint at all times, including stressful situations.

Experience

• Minimum of three years painting experience.
• Familiarity working on scaffolding, staging, bucket…