**Job Title: Painter** **Job Description** We are seeking a skilled painter to join our team. The role involves painting custom structures, preparing surfaces for initial and final coats of primer/paint, and ensuring the proper operation, cleaning, and maintenance of paint spraying equipment. Will be responsible for providing quality workmanship and maintaining high work standards, moving containers within the paint area, and reporting inventory levels on all paint and supplies. **Responsibilities** + Prepare, set up, and test all paint spraying equipment prior to use, ensuring proper operation. + Clean and maintain equipment at the end of the day. + Organize and label paint and primer with color and date. + Prepare surfaces for initial and final coats of primer/paint using various hand tools, such as grinders. + Maintain high work standards and provide quality workmanship. + Move finished and unfinished containers around the paint area. + Maintain and report inventory levels on all paint and supplies. + Properly label all paint. + Maintain paint booth filters. + Clean surfaces prior to layering paint. + Possess a wide array of painting tools, including thin and thick brushes, airbrushes, and rollers. + Safely dispose of chemical waste. + Ensure high safety standards are met. + Utilize different painting techniques based on the nature of the surface. + Use special safety equipment such as painting goggles. + Measure the amount of paint to be used and the texture of the paint using viscosity cups and thickness gauges. + Remove previous paint surfaces using masking or chemical rinse. + Paint small items and perform touch-ups. + Ensure proper ventilation after paint is applied. + Utilize electroplating equipment to coat metal. + Polish metallic surfaces. + Paint over wood and plastic surfaces. **Preferred Skills:** + Industrial painting + Paint preparation + Spray gun operation + Sanding + Paint booth maintenance + Blasting + Sandblasting + Powder coating + Mixing + General labor + Coating + Paint spraying + Spray painting + Finish painting + Marine painting **Why Work Here?** Join our team to work in a supportive environment that values quality and high standards. We offer opportunities for skill development and a collaborative work atmosphere where safety is a top priority. **Work Environment** The work environment includes operating in a paint booth and handling various painting tools and equipment. The role requires adherence to safety standards, proper ventilation, and the use of protective gear such as painting goggles. Employees should be prepared to work with paints, primers, and chemicals, ensuring the safe disposal of waste and maintaining a clean workspace. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $20.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in North Charleston,SC. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Apr 25, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.