Blaster Painter Foreman

Job Title: Blaster/Painter Foreman

Schedule: 6/1

Location: Midland, TX

Danos Expectations:

A successful candidate will exhibit characteristics that support the following:

• Safety Awareness
• Work Ethic
• Technical Skill
• Customer Focus
• Open Communication
• Implementing Vision and Values

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

• Perform blasting & painting functions in areas as scheduled by the coating foreman
• Sandblast and paint pipe equipment
• Provide quality workmanship according to specifications free of sags, runs, holidays and overspray
• Attend and participate in pre-job meetings
• Attend and participate in safety meetings
• Prepare JSEA’s
• Assist in job load-outs
• Mixing paint, cleaning paint pot & spray guns
• Performing maintenance and repairs on personal and company owned tools and equipment
• Pour specified grade abrasives such as sand, grit, or shot into machine hopper
• Assisting other departments as a rigger and/or helper when needed and/or as directed
• Maintain good housekeeping in the work area
• Mask specified areas to protect from abrading action and protect surrounding equipment from abrasives and overspray
• Turn valves on equipment to regulate pressure and composition of abrasive mixture flowing through nozzle or into tumbling barrel
• Start equipment that directs blast or flow of abrasive laden compressed air, gas, or liquid over surface parts
• Examine finished parts to ensure conformance to specifications
• Read work orders or receive instructions from supervisor regarding painting
• Smooth and remove old paint from surfaces to prepare for new paint
• Select pre-mixed paint or mix required portions of pigment, oil, thinning and drying substances to prepare paint that matches specified colors
• Paint surfaces with brush, spray gun, or paint roller
• Work from scaffolding or set up ladders or work out of manlift to perform tasks above ground level

Requirements:

• Minimum of two (2) or more years managing a sandblasting and spray painting crew(s).
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record required; Must be eligible to driving a company vehicle
• Dependable transportation and phone (home or cell)
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Must be willing and able to work OT on as needed basis
• Must be able to work without cell phone and/or internet communication with friends and family during normal working hours
• Must be able to work without tobacco interruptions until scheduled breaks and lunch times
• Must be able to work from scaffolding and manlift
• Must be able to wear a dust mask and/or paint respirator
• Must be able to lift objects weighting up to 100 pounds, able to stand, climb, sit, squat, stretch, bend over and/or walk for long periods of time
• Must be clean shaven and exhibit good personal hygiene
• Man-lift and forklift certified
• Have the ability, desire, and attitude to work as a team member
• Be familiar and in compliance with company policies, safety practices, processes & procedures
• Adapt to sudden changes concerning project work scopes, while under pressure, provoked by time-constraints and/or inclement weather
• Operational knowledge of, and the ability to trouble-shoot, all blasting and painting tools and equipment
• Interpersonal skills to cooperate and communicate effectively with others on the job