Painter

Location:

239 69th Avenue, Meridian, MS, USA | Pay:
Hourly |

Employment type:

Full Time

Salary Range: $ – $

The Painter I is responsible for basic surface preparation and spray painting of scale assemblies and parts. This position requires operating paint systems, maintaining tools and equipment, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and supporting housekeeping and 5S initiatives.

• Inspects surfaces prior to painting to ensure proper preparation.
• Mixes paints according to technical procedures and established standards.
• Operates GRACO air-assisted airless spray system under supervision.
• Applies paint to large metal structures using electrostatic or spray guns.
• Inspects painted work for coverage quality and absence of defects or foreign material.
• Maintains painting equipment and tools per scheduled maintenance requirements.
• Performs housekeeping and 5S duties in the paint booth and surrounding work areas.
• Documents material usage and equipment maintenance logs accurately.
• Assists with moving and positioning assemblies using overhead cranes.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of industrial spray-painting experience preferred.

• Ability to identify surface defects and apply correct painting techniques.
• Ability to understand paint mixing, safety practices, and respirator usage.
• Ability to understand, remember, and follow both written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to learn new tasks, processes and procedures quickly and from experience.
• Willingness to be trained on GRACO systems.
• Willingness to learn EPA and environmental standards.
• Willingness to learn about industrial coatings and proper application procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under general supervision.
• Ability to learn and follow all respirator protocols and other safety protocols.
• Effective communication skills with a team-oriented, safety-first mindset.

• General manufacturing environment including regular exposure to high noise levels, outdoor climate and weather fluctuations, dust, uneven ground, hazardous equipment, and contaminants.
• Standard schedule with frequent overtime hours and weekend work may be required.

• Regularly required to talk and hear audible signals and warnings from machines, equipment, and plant warning systems.
• Required to use near and far vision to perceive paint imperfections or surface irregularities, to focus and visually determine shapes and colors, inspect materials or products for color variation, read small print, gauges and displays to operate machinery.
• Frequently required to use manual dexterity to operate controls, levers, buttons on machinery, tools, adjust instrumentation and perform repetitive wrist, hand, and finger movements.
• Must be able to bend knee and waist, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, climb stairs and ladders, sit, stand or walk for prolonged periods (up to 10 hours per shift).
• Required to frequently move or lift loads or materials up to 50 pounds using proper lifting techniques.
• Ability to wear for entire shift required personal protective equipment including coveralls, gloves, eye protection, respirators, steel toe safety boots with metatarsal guards, safety glasses with side shields, and hearing protection. Requires passing pulmonary capacity testing for respirators.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information from a third‑party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. This may include credit, criminal, employment, education, and other background checks when substantially related to the duties of the position.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing for all roles and for safety‑sensitive positions under U.S. Department of Transportation authority.

Entry level

Full‑time

Other

Construction

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