Blast Pot Operator

• Location 107 E Street,Hampton, VA, 23661,United States
• Employee Type Non-Exempt FT
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others No

Description

Blast Pot Operator

Location: Hampton, VA

Job Type: Full-Time | Hourly

Build Your Career with Main Industries

For over 50 years, Main Industries has been a trusted leader in the marine and industrial services industry. From our beginnings as a premier marine coatings company, we've grown into a multi-craft leader specializing in surface preparation, protective coatings, scaffolding, and industrial access solutions.

We're seeking dependable and safety-minded Blast Pot Operators to join our team. This position plays a critical role in supporting abrasive blasting operations by safely operating and monitoring blast pots, controlling abrasive flow, maintaining equipment, and communicating closely with blasters and other crew members. If you have experience supporting marine or industrial abrasive blasting operations and understand the importance of safety, communication, and equipment reliability, we'd like to hear from you.

Pay: Competitive hourly pay, depending on experience, qualifications, certifications, and applicable skills.

Location: Hampton, Virginia. Local candidates are preferred.

• Set up, operate, monitor, and safely shut down abrasive blast pots and related blasting equipment.
• Load approved abrasive media into blast pots and maintain an adequate supply of abrasive during blasting operations.
• Control and monitor abrasive flow and compressed air supplied to blasting operations.
• Maintain clear and continuous communication with blasters and other crew members throughout blasting activities.
• Respond promptly to signals or communication from blasters to start, stop, or adjust blasting operations.
• Inspect blast pots, hoses, couplings, valves, fittings, deadman controls, and related components before and during use.
• Monitor blasting equipment for proper operation and immediately report leaks, malfunctions, damage, or unsafe conditions.
• Assist with connecting, disconnecting, routing, and staging blast hoses and air lines.
• Ensure hose connections, safety pins, whip checks, and other required safety devices are properly installed.
• Assist with troubleshooting basic blast pot and abrasive flow issues when properly trained and authorized.
• Support the safe depressurization and servicing of blast pots in accordance with established procedures.
• Assist with moving, staging, and organizing abrasive blasting equipment and materials.
• Maintain awareness of blasting activities, personnel locations, and surrounding jobsite conditions.
• Maintain blast pot areas and surrounding work spaces in a clean, safe, and organized condition.
• Follow all company, customer, and jobsite safety procedures.
• Understand and carry out verbal and written directions given by supervisors.
• Understand and obey all posted warning, caution, notification, and hazard signs at jobsites.
• Properly use and maintain required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Immediately report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, injuries, or other jobsite concerns to supervision.
• Work effectively as part of a team to support safe, efficient, and productive abrasive blasting operations.

• Previous experience supporting abrasive blasting operations in a marine, shipyard, industrial, construction, or heavy industrial environment preferred.
• Basic knowledge of abrasive blasting equipment and blast pot operations.
• Ability to safely operate and monitor blast pots and related equipment when properly trained.
• Ability to understand the importance of proper air pressure, abrasive flow, equipment connections, and communication during blasting operations.
• Ability to inspect hoses, couplings, fittings, valves, and related blasting components for visible damage or unsafe conditions.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to work safely in physically demanding marine and industrial environments.
• Strong situational awareness and ability to respond promptly to communication from blasters and supervisors.
• Strong commitment to safety, dependability, attendance, communication, and teamwork.

• Previous experience as a Blast Pot Operator or Pot Tender in a shipyard or marine environment.
• Experience supporting abrasive blasting aboard U.S. Navy or commercial marine vessels.
• Knowledge of marine surface preparation and protective coating operations.
• Experience with blast pots, air compressors, abrasive recycling…