Sandblast & Paint Operator

Job Duties:

• Masking and preparation of product for paint
• Operates sandblast machinery.
• Removes scale, grease, tar, rust, corrosion, and foreign objects from surfaces to prepare for repair or painting.
• Set up masking.
• Learn and understand customer specific requirements.
• Ability to use precision and specific measuring equipment.
• Manufacture quality parts.
• Touch up paint where required.
• Maintains, cleans, and performs small repairs to hoses, nozzles of sandblast machines and portable air compressors.
• Keeps inventory and proactively requests orders for materials needed.
• Can provide verbal and written status of manufacturing process.
• Help train others less skilled per the Supervisor request.
• Perform other daily duties as required.

Other Duties:

• Ability to analyze information provided on blueprints.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to interpret part drawings and measurement requirements.
• Good communication skills
• Participate in continuous improvement activities.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education: High School Diploma

Experience: 1-2 years spray painting and sandblasting.

Specific Skills:

Specialized Knowledge, Licenses, etc.:

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for 10 hours.
• Lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds.
• Pushing, Twisting, or Pulling.
• Must be physically capable of wearing a respirator.
• While performing duties, employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, and other particles.
• Maybe be exposed to a high noise level.
• Employee may be exposed to caustic chemicals.
• Employee may be exposed to vibration

Salary Range

$16-$20/hr