Aircraft Painter (Contract)

General Summary:

Cleans, preps, masks, and sprays aircraft surface and/or subassembly parts for the paint process. Assures each step meets prescribed specifications and quality standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Applies masking procedures and masking prep for landing gear and training plates and/or aircraft parts.

2. Exercises proper paint prep care around windows, sanding, etc.

3. Prepares paint surface for proper paint thickness/even coating to ensure that final gloss finish is blemish free. Alerts management of any misalignment with specifications.

4. Applies primers and chemical conversion coats to prepare aircraft aluminum surface to have paint adhere and to prevent corrosion.

5. Fills, primes, paints Fasteners and Pin holes.

6. Promixes use and application of paint via computer driven application.

7. Maintains paint gun pressure pots and additional spray equipment and executes proper usage.

8. Prepares and primes application of aircraft parts and skins and aircraft mockup used for aircraft display shows.

9. Applies coating filling compounds per aircraft specification.

10. Mixes and applies primes to aircraft and aircraft specification.

11. Clears any spots and defects, and applies touchup if required. Inspects base color coat before applying metallic clear color application.

12. Prepares and applies topcoat application with little or no direction,

13. Buffs and polishes for final finish using proper abrasives.

14. Removes pull tapes and masking tape material after paint prep stage is completed.

15. Conducts aircraft final finish of metallic and pearl coats and other specialty coating applications including gradient paint color coats.

16. Inspects aircraft for any defects, discoloration, spots, and touchup as needed.

17. Operates robotic paint finishing computerized system.

18. Reviews engineering drawings and utilizes measuring tools and paper templates to identify strip placement on aircraft. (May use laser system technology.)

19. Maintains a clean and organized work area.

20. Implements and consistently follows the 5s program (Sort, Systematize, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) which includes cleaning up as one works, cleaning work station at end of day. Conducts work area deep cleaning on designated specialty dates.

21. Performs additional duties as assigned.