Industrial Painter ; Steel

Northwest Pipe Company - Saginaw, 351 Longhorn Road, Saginaw, Texas, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Inspects, prepares and moves pipe for cement patch operations. Operates paint, tape and sandblasting machine safely and efficiently to create quality product. Under ongoing supervision, applies cement patch, load and unload pipe, mix raw materials, grind product, and modify product required by the facility.

• Helps load, unload, and move product, materials and equipment safely and efficiently on or off vehicles.
• Prepares vehicles and equipment for loads.
• Mixes cement and prepares material for patchwork.
• Performs cement labor as needed by lead person and supervisor.
• Cuts materials in a safe manner to ensure safe transport of product and equipment.
• Counts and marks all materials.
• Loads and unloads product in the paint and tape machine area.
• Assists workers in diagnosing problems associated with the patching, taping and painting of product.
• Inspects and maintains paint and sandblasting machine to ensure production of quality product.
• Inventories and maintains supplies.
• Maintains time and time machine production records.
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Loads paint product on paint machine in a safe manner.
• Operates poly paint machine in a safe manner.
• Operates forklift and other product handling equipment.
• Follows ISO procedures.
• Ensures pipe is cleaned prior to entering paint machine area.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Secondary Responsibilities: None

Painter Levels – This position includes Painter I, Painter II, and Painter III levels, describing responsibilities, training, supervision, and advancement expectations as noted.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Education/Experience

• High School degree or GED or equivalent or six months to one year related experience and/or training/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• This job requires no licenses or certificates.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to climb or balance.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent…