Painter Associate - Swing Shift

Position: Painter Associate 1 - Swing Shift
Description

Who We Are

Vigor Marine Group is an established, innovative, integrated partner with a national footprint in marine maintenance and modernization, marine fabrication, and marine services.

With four shipyards, six dry docks, and more than 20,000 feet of pier space on or near U.S. Naval bases and at historic shipyards, our 2,500 dedicated employees across four states - from the Pacific Northwest to San Diego to Norfolk - personify the values of our company. Vigor Marine Group takes pride in being the employer of choice for our employees, who in turn take great pride in their contributions to the communities where they live and work, and to their nation - through their living wage jobs supporting their local economies, and through the world-class maritime and industrial services they provide to further our defense readiness and national security.

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HOURLY RATE: $30.07

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This list is not intended to detail all aspects of the assigned work but is representative of the job's overall responsibilities. Successfully performs work as an individual, as a member of a single craft, or multi-craft work crew. Performs work with minimal supervision.

• Complies with craft and shipyard safety and environmental measures
• Tends paint pot and paint equipment.
• Successfully completes sustained work at various heights, including but not limited to, 100 feet.
• Proper cares and safely uses of hand and power tools and all company property.
• Prepares surfaces for painting: cleaning and masking.
• Maintains painting equipment: hoses, pumps, pressure tanks, spray guns and tips.
• Maintains sandblasting equipment: hoses, nozzles, and gaskets: electric and air.
• Incumbent performs similar work in all areas of the Yard as the need arises.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Communicates effectively independently or in a group.
• Ability to do basic math, i.e. add, subtract, divide and multiply.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend English.
• Shipyard terminology and shipboard familiarity.
• Proper care and use of respirators and identification of type required for operation.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Two years industrial painting and/or blasting work experience.
• Proven skills, work history and/or applicable education will be considered in lieu of work experience.

Associate 1

Proficient in both Fire Watch and general clean up. Grinds pipe and structural steel under the direction of a Journey Level employee or Supervisor. Pulls leads and/or cable as directed. May also perform Fire Watch related duties. To progress to the next level, they must have three (3) basic Ship Repair Skills and acquire three more.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• HAZWOPER
  - First Responder Awareness Level
• Four-hour fire watch certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire
• High Lift certification
• Two-hour course in pot tending safety

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Painter must transfer tools (deck scaler, scaling hammer, needle gun) to/from area of need. Requires vertically transferring tools (deck scaler, scaling hammer, needle gun) weighing up to (15 lbs.) from (4") to (76"), up to 20/hr.).
• Painter must transfer 2-gallon bucket of paint to/from area of need. Requires vertically/horizontally transferring 2-gallon bucket of paint weighing up to (30 lbs.) from (12") to (60"), up to (2/hr.), a distance of up to (40 feet) without mechanical assistance.
• Painter must transfer 5-gallon bucket of paint to/from area of need. Requires vertically/horizontally transferring 5-gallon bucket of paint weighing up to (55 lbs.) from (18") to (36"), up to (10/hr.), a distance of up to (20 feet) without mechanical assistance.
• Painter must transfer 5-gallon bucket of AF paint to/from area of need. Requires vertically/horizontally transferring 5-gallon bucket of AF paint weighing up to (95 lbs.) from (18") to (36"), up to (10/hr.), a distance of up to (20 feet) without mechanical assistance.
• Painter must layout dry dock electrical blast hoses, bull air lines. Must horizontally transfer dry dock electrical blast hoses, bull air lines requiring a force up to (80 lbs.), up to (1/hr.), a distance up to (150 ft.).
• Painter must lower/raise 5-gallon bucket of paint in/out of area of need. Requires upper body forces up to (55 lbs.), up to (20/hr.).
• Painter must operate sandblasting gun, power tools such as deck grinder, needle gun requiring coupling forces up to (20 lbs.), up to (15/hr.).
• Painter must access tanks, scaffolding, job locations. Requires climbing ladder up to 100 rungs/hr. in (8 hr.).
• Painter must access vessels, job locations. Requires climbing stairs up to 100 steps/hr. in (8 hr.).
• Painter must access tanks, bilge areas. Must access spaces with specific entries (15") x (21").
• Painter must access work locations; works off JLG, scaffolding. Must tolerate heights up to (100 ft.).
• Painter must access double bottom, bilge areas. Must work in spaces with limited headroom of (36 in.).
• Painter must prepare, mask off surfaces…