Painter - Facilities Engineering Evenings

Position: Painter - Facilities Engineering - Full Time, Evenings
Location: Village of Patchogue

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries.

The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Painter
- Facilities Engineering
- Full Time, Evenings
- Facility Mgt-Plant Main&Repair - - Monday.

In this role, the successful candidate Under general supervision and according to established procedures, performs necessary painting and refinishing of interior and exterior building surfaces and furnishings. In doing so, smoothes surfaces, fills holes and cracks, and applies coats of paint, varnish, stain and the like, using such equipment as paintbrushes, rollers and scrapers. Performs any and all other duties as directed by Engineering Management/Leadership whether of an emergent nature or otherwise and assists other maintenance personnel as needed

Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to prioritize work requests.
• Communicate with requestor or area supervisor regarding repairs needed, job progress and completion of all work requests.
• At beginning of each shift, communicate with maintenance foreperson regarding the days agenda and goals.
• Organize work cart with supplies and materials needed to complete assignments to minimize return trips to shop for supplies.
• Applies coats of paint, varnish, stain, sealer, enamel lacquer, and the like in order to decorate and protect interior and exterior surfaces, trimmings, furniture and equipment using painting apparatus as appropriate.
• Prepares area for painting by removing fixtures and wall plates, masking around areas being painted with tape and paper, and spreading drop cloths over furniture and floor to protect from paint splatters.
• Prepares surfaces for finish by filling holes and imperfections using spackle and plaster and other appropriate fillers as needed.
• Prepares surfaces for finish by using sandpaper, wire brushes, steel wool and other appropriate material deemed necessary to remove all imperfections.
• Maintains an inventory of paints, finishes, supplies needed to meet the anticipated need of the facility.
• Maintains a current reference log by documenting the date, color and manufacturer and area painted.
• Prepares wall surfaces for paint by taping and spackling areas to create a finished surface suitable for priming and painting.
• Coordinates with outside contractor and facility personnel when arranging and scheduling areas to be painted by contractor.
• The ability to repair damaged walls by replacing construction material (studs. Sheetrock, etc.) as needed.
• To prepare floor surface for new floor installation using various types of patching and leveling materials as necessary.
• Capable of repairing/replacing VCT tile floor following manufacturer installation instructions.
• Installs vinyl cove base according to manufacturer recommended installation instructions.
• Capable of maintaining and repairing suspended ceiling system by replacing grid system and tiles as necessary.
• Maintains…