Job Details

Position Title: Sandblaster/ Painter
Reports To: Coatings Superintendent

Overview

FULL TIME POSITION-OVERTIME ELIGIBLE. Relocation Assistance will NOT be offered for this position.

PSI is the largest privately owned shipyard in Hawaii, with two of the largest dry docks in the state. We have been in business since 1944 and have a large labor force of skilled craftsman with a full support staff of professionals who comprise of engineering, project management, QA, EHS, accounting, contracts, and human resources.

Painters and blasters perform blasting and painting applications using marine coatings to contract specifications. Must be able to perform all blast requirements and functions utilizing all application methods and identify and correct blast and paint deficiencies as required by the contract specifications. Marine of Industrial C7 sandblasters, C12/C14 painters, and C13 UHP blasters are preferred. Sandblasters must have experience with the use of a variety of blast media. Painters must have experience in conventional, airless, and plural component application.

Pacific Shipyards International, LLC Expectations of Employee

• Is committed to the company values and adheres to all Pacific Shipyards policies and procedures
• Perform duties of his/her job and as assigned by Management
• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude and conduct him/herself with integrity and in a polite, professional manner treating customers and co-workers courteously and respectfully
• Communicates regularly with Officers, Managers, & Supervisors about the different divisions and departments issues
• Consistently be on time for work, meetings, and appointments and deliver work projects by assigned due dates
• Maintain assigned work areas in a clean and orderly fashion
• Maintain and ensure the safety of all assigned equipment
• Perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards
• Meet productivity goals and quality standards as set by management
• Ability to read and understand drawings and specifications
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and balance priorities
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Apply coatings by operating conventional spray systems, airless spray systems, and plural spray systems. Proficient in the application and use of plural spray systems preferred.
• Safely operate equipment and tools such as blast pots, spray guns, airless spray systems, sandblasting tools and equipment and rust removal hand and pneumatic tools
• Apply paint with brush and roll
• Spray with the consistent mileage
• Knowledge of various blasts
• Prepare surfaces
• Mix paints to desired colors and consistencies
• Ability to understand and read and interpret drawings, sketches, and/or blueprints
• Grinding, sanding, and polishing
• Painting, caulking, and sealing direct blast of abrasive-laden compressed air or water against metal or hard?composition objects to remove adhering scale, sand, paint, grease, tar, rust, and dirt to impart even finish
• Maintain control of blasting hose at all times
• Successfully manipulate safety controls and adjust controls on equipment to regulate pressure and amount of abrasive blast
• Operate blasting pot when hose burst, gasket failure, switch malfunction, or any other problem occurs
• Apply masking materials to protect designated areas from the abrasive finish
• Perform service and maintenance
• Apply epoxy, polyurethane, and high solids coatings
• Knowledge and ability of applying various painting methods and applications
• Operate a man lift, work at heights, and swing stage training
• Must wear the respirator and other required PPE
• Support PSI's business, culture and customer needs

Other Duties/Functions

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee filling this position. The employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by management
• Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this job description
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will employment relationship
• This position is identified as safety sensitive due to the nature of the work, shipyard work environment, various federal/state/local safety regulations, and equipment used

Education/Training

• Must be a high school graduate or hold a GED
• Blasters with SSPC C7 certification and painters with SSPC C12 and/or certifications
• 1-2 years of marine-related experience
• Willing to train the right person and will consider candidates with 2-3 years blasting and painting experience in other fields such as automotive bodywork, concrete cleaning/blasting, and structural blasting and painting

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Climb vertical ladders
• Talk, hear, or smell; use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Sit
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 100 pounds occasionally
• Apply 75 foot-pounds of torque in assembly, dismantling, erection, and installation of various structures
• Regularly swing a 10 pound hammer
• Specific vision abilities: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment

Qualification/Requirements

• Must show proof of your legal right to work in the United States
• This position requires US Citizenship due to security clearance required for base access
• Must be able to successfully obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
• Must be able to successfully obtain a Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) Credential to gain access to federally controlled work sites
• All candidates must qualify for a Rapid Gate ID card (company expense) before employment begins. Failure to complete any of these steps will result in disqualification
• All candidates must submit to and pass a post-offer drug screening, physical test and a background check before employment begins. Failure to complete any of these steps will result in disqualification
• Candidates must have access to reliable transportation to get to work and other job sites on time for the start of a shift
• Candidates must be available to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and varying shifts as required
• Valid State of Hawaii REAL ID-Compliant Drivers License in good standing or a valid U.S. Passport in addition to a valid Hawaii Drivers License, if you do not have a REAL ID-Compliant Drivers License, class 3 or higher

Additional Information

• This position is represented by The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO and its Local Lodge 627. Candidates must become a member of the union as a condition of employment.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee filling this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by management. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this job description.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will employment relationship.

This is a non-management position

This is a full time position

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