Painter (Fork Lift Operator)

TACOM • Watervliet, NY

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About The Position

This is a Direct Hire Authority solicitation to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to a competitive-service position. The Painter performs painting, preservation, and packaging work on heavy mechanical weapons, including guns, gun tubes, howitzers, mortars, and associated components and fixtures. Work includes preparing surfaces with solvent washes, masking areas, mixing paints to the proper viscosity, and applying coatings where both appearance and surface protection are important. The position also involves operating forklifts and floor-controlled electric bridge cranes, and using woodworking and cutting equipment to make boxes and crates for components.

The work requires physical exertion, including prolonged standing and frequent walking, stooping, bending, reaching, and lifting or carrying parts and containers. Work takes place indoors and outdoors in conditions that may be hot, cold, damp, drafty, or poorly lighted, with exposure to dirt, dust, grease, fumes, cleaning fluids, and solvents. Protective equipment and clothing may be required.

The position requires a pre-employment physical examination and annual examinations thereafter, a drug test, and obtaining and maintaining Forklift Operator Certification. Business travel is required 5% of the time. Shift work and planned or unscheduled overtime may be required. A one-year probationary period applies. The position is subject to RCRA regulations regarding hazardous wastes.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; applicants must provide proof of citizenship.
• Demonstrated ability, without more than normal supervision, to prepare surfaces for painting or coating; mix and adjust coating materials; protect areas not to be coated; apply paint and other coatings using a variety of techniques; and produce a smooth, even finish with primers and topcoats.
• Obtain and maintain Forklift Operator Certification.
• Pass a pre-employment physical examination and annual examinations thereafter.
• Pass a drug test.
• Ability to meet the physical demands, including prolonged standing and frequent walking, stooping, bending, reaching, and lifting or carrying parts and containers weighing up to 40 pounds; lifting devices or other employees are available for lifts of 45 pounds and over.
• Use employer-provided personal protective equipment.
• Complete a background investigation if required for a suitability or fitness determination.

Responsibilities

• Spray paint gun tubes, miscellaneous hardware, and equipment where appearance and surface protection are important.
• Prepare surfaces using solvent washes and mask areas that are not to be coated.
• Mix paints to the proper viscosity using viscosity testers.
• Perform standard and specialized preservation and packaging tasks for heavy mechanical weapons, including guns, gun tubes, howitzers, mortars, and associated components and fixtures.
• Operate forklifts to move, load, and unload gun tubes and other weapon components weighing under 10,000 pounds, and occasionally items weighing 11,000 to 12,000 pounds.
• Operate floor-controlled electric bridge cranes.
• Set up and operate cut-off saws, table saws, band saws, drill presses, and jointers to cut component parts for boxes and crates.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility and benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

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