Trainee (Versatility)

Integrated Global Svc • United States, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Integrated Global Services (IGS) is hiring trainees to learn a specialized industrial trade and join its field operations team. The role provides paid, hands-on training in metal spraying and related field work, with opportunities for career advancement as technical abilities develop. Trainees receive additional supervision and direction, with progression toward self-sufficiency expected over time; recognized progression may lead to promotion to Technician. Participation in and satisfactory completion of assigned training are required.

This is a 100% travel position. Technicians travel to industrial project sites, including refineries, paper mills, and power plants in the United States and internationally. Assignments may last several weeks, and work may involve 12-hour shifts, seven days per week, including overtime. Company-paid travel arrangements may include flights, hotels, and rental vehicles, with daily per diem on qualifying field projects.

The trainee provides information to the Manpower Manager on safety, timelines, and application of IGS products, and must follow IGS and customer health, safety, environmental, quality, and operating requirements. The work involves metal-spray and surface-preparation processes, equipment operation and troubleshooting, coating inspection and documentation, and support for other personnel. It is physically demanding and performed in challenging, often confined, dusty, elevated, or high-temperature industrial environments. Trainees must use required personal protective equipment, including respiratory equipment, and meet the position’s travel, licensing, screening, and site-access requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid and unrestricted U.S. driver’s license and an acceptable driving record; must maintain a valid license to operate company or rental vehicles.
• Willingness and ability to travel for field assignments; the posting describes both 1–4 weeks at a time and typical project mobilizations of approximately 3–8 weeks.
• Ability to obtain a passport and travel internationally; the Versatility Team requirements specify a valid U.S. or foreign passport.
• Ability to obtain and hold a valid TWIC card for the Versatility Team.
• Pass required IGS and customer training, site-specific tests, drug screening, and background checks; Versatility Team applicants must meet DISA screening policies and strict client-site access requirements.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds or more multiple times per shift, walk up and down multiple flights of stairs, and climb ladders.
• Ability to work in tight or confined spaces and on elevated surfaces such as scaffolding.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, seven days per week, and overtime as required.
• Ability to wear a full-face respirator and supplied-air hood, along with PPE such as coveralls, work gloves, and a hardhat, for extended periods.
• Comfort working with pressurized equipment and air systems up to 140 PSI or higher in confined, dusty, or high-temperature environments.
• Comfort working in industrial facilities with substantial physical exertion, temperature variations, dust, and moderate to high occupational danger.
• Reliability, regular attendance, flexibility, a strong safety mindset, willingness to learn, mechanical aptitude, and a team-first attitude.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial or field service experience, including power plants, petrochemical, oil and gas, mining, commercial, concrete, sandblasting, hydro-blasting, coating application, painting, or manufacturing environments.
• Experience with metal spraying or related industrial coating work.
• Ability to work independently and assist or mentor other personnel as technical skills develop.

Responsibilities

• Comply with IGS and site-specific safety protocols and safe equipment operating practices.
• Follow IGS and customer safety requirements and health, safety, environmental, and quality policies.
• Complete IGS-provided training and customer-required training, and progress toward working independently.
• Produce coated areas that meet project specifications, quality-control standards, and IGS standard operating procedures; maintain uniform coatings and required coating thickness.
• Maintain professional conduct in accordance with IGS values and pursue improvements in work quality and consistency.
• Help prevent non-conformance that could affect customer confidence or project profitability.
• Perform quality-control duties, assist in planning upcoming work, understand and assist with completion of the QCP, and review it with the Team Leader before work begins.
• Troubleshoot and maintain equipment, including power packs, control boxes, knurl wheels, toggle switches, deadman controls, blast pots, air blocks, breathing boxes, and motors; identify and tag damaged equipment.
• Interpret coating maps and coating documents for boilers and vessels, including color coding and identification of internal instruments, nozzles, and plates.
• Create the required surface profile consistently and avoid spalls near coating edges.
• Apply UOP coatings to specification, including meeting thickness tolerances and assisting others as needed.
• Spray tapers, tie-ins, and repairs with correct geometry and preparation, consistent transitions, and no hard edges, lips, or out-of-range thicknesses; assist in repair inspections.
• Calibrate and properly use Elcometer instruments; apply Testex, address low or high readings by adjusting the profile, and document measurements in QCP/UOP sheets.
• Complete SEE report readings with minimal direction and provide clear feedback to the Team Leader, including correct elevation and marking.
• Follow task-specific SOPs for sandblasting and HVAS setup and operation, profiling and surface preparation, and production test plate preparation, application, and inspection when required by the project.
• Provide HVAS guidance, practical demonstrations, feedback, motivation, or constructive criticism to other personnel as appropriate.
• Fill alternate positions to assist where needed.
• Maintain a valid driver’s license and meet required client-site screening, documentation, and access requirements.
• Travel to field assignments, including the ability to travel internationally when required.

Benefits

• Paid, hands-on training.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Overtime opportunities during active field assignments.
• Company-paid travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, and rental vehicles.
• Daily per diem while working on qualifying field projects.
• Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to company policy and plan terms; listed for full-time employees only.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Eligible full-time employees may receive paid time off and company holidays, subject to company policy and plan terms.
• Company-paid training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED