Historic Restoration Painter

Altitude Services • Austin, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Altitude Services LLC is hiring an experienced Historic Restoration Painter to support finished and decorative painting work on historic, courthouse, institutional, and commercial restoration projects throughout Texas. This role is focused on skilled finish and decorative painting for historic restoration work, not high-volume production painting. The ideal candidate brings patience, precision, strong surface preparation skills, and the ability to match specified products and colors to existing historic finishes.

Requirements

• Experience with finished painting, decorative painting, coatings, restoration, commercial painting, or specialty finish work
• Surface preparation experience on historic, older, or sensitive substrates preferred
• Ability to match colors, products, finishes, and existing conditions according to specifications
• Experience working on historic restoration, courthouse, institutional, commercial, or renovation projects preferred
• Strong understanding of proper prep, priming, finish application, coating systems, and jobsite workflow
• Ability to follow detailed specifications, product requirements, and supervisor direction
• Comfortable working on projects with longer timelines, detailed documentation, and strict quality standards
• Reliable, safety-minded, detail-oriented, and team-oriented
• Willing and able to travel to project sites throughout Texas
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation are required

Nice To Haves

• Historic preservation experience is a plus, but not required
• Experience on prevailing wage or government/public projects is a plus

Responsibilities

• Perform finished and decorative painting on historic restoration, courthouse, institutional, and commercial projects
• Prepare historic substrates carefully, including sanding, scraping, patching, priming, cleaning, and related surface preparation
• Apply paints, coatings, primers, stains, and specialty finishes according to project specifications
• Match specified products and colors to existing finishes and approved samples
• Support restoration work involving historic surfaces, trim, doors, windows, walls, plaster, metal, masonry, and related materials
• Follow detailed scopes of work, product requirements, color schedules, and finish specifications
• Maintain high-quality workmanship on visible, detailed, and specialty finish areas
• Protect surrounding materials, historic features, floors, fixtures, and active work areas during painting operations
• Coordinate with supervisors, project managers, other trades, and restoration team members
• Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and professional jobsite
• Document work as required and follow project procedures for restoration, institutional, and prevailing wage projects
• Travel to project sites throughout Austin, Central Texas, and statewide as needed
• Uphold company values of craftsmanship, integrity, respect, and preservation

Benefits

• Full-time, permanent position
• W-2 employment
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Prevailing wage opportunities may apply by project
• Travel-related support provided for qualifying project work
• Paid holidays, six per year
• Steady work on unique historic restoration, courthouse, institutional, and commercial construction projects
• Opportunity to grow with a specialized restoration company

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed