Aircraft Painter

Tyonek Native Corporation•Lemoore, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is at a depot-level aircraft repair facility and involves painting and maintaining aircraft, including platforms such as the F/A-18 A-G and F-35. The work is performed on a federal facility and requires obtaining and maintaining a government-issued security clearance. Military aviation platform experience is a plus. The Aircraft Painter prepares aircraft, engines, ground support equipment, and components for coatings; applies protective and decorative finishes; treats corrosion; and performs coating tests and measurements. The role uses a range of coating materials and application equipment, and includes creating and applying stencils, insignias, markings, and designs in accordance with military specifications and activity requirements. Other duties may be assigned. The position requires working in indoor and outdoor environments around machinery, vehicles, ladders, and scaffolds, with exposure to noise, vibration, dust, fumes, solvents, and other environmental conditions. Work hours may be prolonged or irregular as needed. The employer conducts post-offer, pre-employment substance abuse testing and maintains a drug-free workplace.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum of 4 years of aircraft painter experience.
Military decal and painting experience.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.
Ability to perform the essential duties and physical functions described, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Ability to walk, stand, crawl, kneel, bend, climb stairs, ramps, ladders, and work stands, and perform reaching, grasping, pulling, pushing, and handling tasks.
May be required to lift and carry up to 44 pounds.
Ability to read dials and gauges, identify small objects and hand tools, see coating imperfections and small-scale readings, communicate by voice, detect sounds, distinguish colors and shades, and judge three-dimensional depth.
May be required to operate power vehicles, machinery, hand tools, ground support equipment, forklifts, APUs, cranes, trucks, and tractors.
Ability to work indoors and outdoors around machinery, vehicles, ladders, and scaffolds, with exposure to noise, vibration, dust, fumes, solvents, and other listed environmental conditions.
May be required to work prolonged or irregular hours as needed.

Nice To Haves

Military aviation platform experience.
Experience in the military fixed-wing community or a civilian heavy-structure background.
Experience in heavy structure within the U.S. military or related FAA or civil aviation.

Responsibilities

Assemble staging, scaffolds, and work stands needed to perform paint-shop work.
Prepare aircraft, engines, support equipment, and components for finishing using chemicals, detergents, solvents, high-pressure steam, and water.
Apply chemical conversion coatings to bare substrates.
Sand and featheredge existing coatings, selecting appropriate abrasives to achieve substrate smoothness before finishing.
Mask and protect surfaces not to be finished using tape, discs, fixtures, plugs, or covers.
Apply protective and decorative coatings and paint finishes to aircraft, engines, ground support equipment, and components.
Paint insignias, lettering, and designs on aircraft and components; manufacture and maintain stencils, patterns, and layouts; and apply national and foreign insignias and special markings required by military specifications and individual activities.
Apply decals, transfers, and stencils to identify and decorate aircraft, engines, ground support equipment, and components.
Apply coating materials including waterborne, elastomeric, low-VOC, radiation-reflecting, lacquer, enamel, sealer, urethane, epoxy, and ceramic coatings, as applicable.
Apply radiation-reflecting coatings to cockpit and canopy enclosures.
Mix primers, sealers, and topcoat materials to the required viscosity for individual jobs or the paint shop.
Treat corrosion and perform wet and dry tape tests.
Use measuring devices and gauges to assess coating thickness, viscosity, surface smoothness, and gloss.
Use and maintain conventional, electrostatic, and high-volume low-pressure paint equipment.
Perform other duties as assigned.