**Job Title: Painter**
**Job Description**
This position involves working in a fabrication shop where you will be responsible for painting and loading steel and metal components for various building products, including beams, trusses, and walls. You will work with prints and plans that require specific mixtures and calculations to determine the appropriate amount of paint for each process.
**Responsibilities**
+ Paint and load steel and metal products.
+ Interpret prints and plans to mix and apply paint accurately.
+ Use a Bulldog Airless and Electric Airless spray gun for industrial painting.
+ Apply different types of paint such as powder coat, wet, and dry.
+ Mix paint according to required ratios.
+ Use wet film and dry film mil gauges for precision.
+ Conduct sandblasting and blasting for surface preparation.
+ Utilize various attachments for paint spraying.
**Essential Skills**
+ Experience in painting metal, pipes, and steel plates.
+ 2-5 years of experience in applying different paint types.
+ Ability to mix paint accurately according to ratios.
+ Proficiency in using spray guns for industrial painting.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Ability to powder coat.
+ Experience in prepping and blasting metal surfaces.
+ Skill in using multiple attachments for spray painting.
**Why Work Here?**
This opportunity offers the potential to be hired full-time and provides training in other areas for when painting tasks are slow. The company values versatility and skill development, ensuring a dynamic and engaging work experience.
**Work Environment**
The work environment is a fabrication shop equipped with industrial painting tools and equipment, including Bulldog Airless and Electric Airless spray guns. You will work primarily with steel and metal components, using prints and plans to guide your tasks. The role requires precision and attention to detail, with a focus on safety and quality.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract position based out of Birmingham, Alabama.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Birmingham,AL.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 19, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.