PAINTER - 42003177 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

State of Florida • LAKE CITY, FL

3d • $42,900 - $50,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This is an internal agency opportunity for current employees of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Painter position is within the Florida Forest Service and is responsible for repairing and preparing surfaces for painting, applying coatings, and designing/applying striping and decal patterns to a wide variety of equipment. The role also involves removing and replacing various components to facilitate painting and may require occasional travel for emergencies.

Requirements

• Six months of experience in painting automotive or heavy equipment.
• Vocational/technical training in painting can substitute at the rate of 720 classroom hours for each year of the required experience.
• Requires possession of a valid class E driver license.
• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.

Nice To Haves

• Occasional to moderate travel required.
• Position may respond to emergencies, including natural disasters or other type incidents requiring travel, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Repairs dents, rusted, bent, and broken surfaces of steel, fiberglass, aluminum and varied plastics used in the manufacture of automobiles and heavy equipment.
• Prepares surfaces for the application of undercoating, primers, finish and paints to industry standards.
• Applies industry-approved undercoatings, primers, and paints to a wide variety of equipment fabricated by the Fabrication shop.
• Prepares paints and repaints a wide variety of equipment purchased by the Florida Forest Service (FFS) for use in Forestry fire fighting and Land Management.
• Uses both airless and pneumatic spray paint equipment to apply surface coatings to automobiles, heavy and light trucks, crawler tractors, fire line plows, harrows, material handling equipment, shop equipment and many other types of military equipment.
• Designs, evaluates, and applies different striping and decal patterns as required by changes.
• Applies a wide range of vinyl striping material in several different sizes to automobiles, light, medium, and heavy trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, and any others as appropriate.
• Applies crew numbers, forestry decals, equipment numbers, etc., to all equipment purchased by the FFS.
• Removes and replaces wiring, electrical items such as lights, radios, light bars, etc., in the preparatory stage of vehicle painting.
• Removes and replaces hydraulic pumps, cylinders, valves, and hoses, as required, to prepare equipment for painting and return the equipment to usable status.
• Removes and replaces bumpers, winches, grills, etc., as required for a thorough professional paint job.
• Installs wiring, lights and hydraulic components as overflow support for the fabrication shop.
• Researches and tests new paints, primers, undercoatings, preparation techniques, and applications as they become available.
• Provides expert input and recommendations to supervisory personnel as to feasibility of such new items and features for our applications.
• Completes all FFS training requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree