Aviation Painter

Aviation Painter 1 role is to support our paint/wet chemistry department. As a member of the paint/wet chemistry department you’ll get to paint and prime a varity of aerospace structures. This position will serve on-site at Space Structures.

Responsibilities:

• Coats surface of parts, assemblies, and finished products with protective or decorative materials such as paint, varnish, enamel, lacquer, dope, or stain using spray gun.
• Selects and mixes coating material; coats areas inaccessible to hand sprayer using brush or roller.
• May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.

Basic qualifications:

• Ability to review and interpret drawings for application of masking and paint/primer.
• Experience in application of aerospace coatings, BR127, Z307, etc.
• Ability to lift 50lbs.
• Ability to get certified for use with a half face respirator.
• Basic surface preparation using abrasive blast media.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in etching of aluminum surfaces, suing P2 or FPL etchant.
• Experience in mixing chemical etchant baths.
• Experience in chemical titration and etchant analysis.
• Extensive experience in application of BR127 and BR127NC for bonding purposes.