SKILLED PAINTER / FINISHER | ONE HAT ONE HAND 

ONE HAT ONE HAND LLC

Location: Bayview, San Francisco, CA

We are a privately held, San Francisco-based creative company, designing and building unique experiences for primarily corporate clients, and we are growing! We are looking for an experienced finisher to help build our team!

Our staff is an inspired group of artists, craftspeople, designers, and project managers working together as One Hat One Hand. We collaborate with our clients every step of the way, taking pride in the talents and creative skills of our team and we work hard to produce seemingly impossible installations through thoughtful design, hands-on fabrication, and technology integration. Feel free to view some of the projects that have excited us over the years at www.onehatonehand.com.

One Hat One Hand’s original 25,000 square foot studio houses our administrative offices and is equipped with a wood shop, metal shop, paint shop with spray booth, CNC router facility and a daylight studio for a variety of functions. In addition we have a second 10,000 square foot facility around the corner, which houses our extensive finishing department and electronics lab.

All of this together allows us the ability to take on multiple projects at one time, managing client and vendor relationships across multiple industries. One Hat One Hand is an exciting work environment. We bring opportunity to all of our staff to contribute to complex, creative projects across multiple disciplines, bringing integrity and a high level of quality to the work we produce. 

Overview: 

SKILLED FINISHER | ONE HAT ONE HAND 

A Finisher is responsible to the Finishing Department Supervisor per projects as it relates to all painting and scenic treatments for a diverse range of ongoing jobs. 

This role requires a wide range of skills, from showroom quality clear coating on museum pieces, quick turnaround set flats, to hard-coated faux rocks made of foam in an amusement park. Deep knowledge of many types of Finishing Techniques is desired in all applicants. We never make the same thing twice. 

We are considering applications for both highly-skilled Cabinet/Automotive Finishers and Scenic Experts.

As part of the One Hat One Hand team, a finisher must demonstrate an excellent work ethic including attention to detail, time management, workflow management, self-motivation, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to collaborate and work as part of a team; flexible schedule, including weekends and evenings as necessary. 

Position in Organization:

• Reports To: Production Manager
• Budget Responsibilities: Time Tracking per project via QuickBooks Time (QBT). Receipt tracking-noting Job Number on job-separated receipts; collecting receipts in safe folder; helping input receipts EOW in Expense Sheet when needed.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Good communication with Project Managers, Supervisor, and Management 
• Give regular updates on progress in project channels
• Perform quality finishing for all types of job needs, scenic elements, meeting One Hat One Hand’s standards
• Reviewing job packets and following up with questions, looking ahead for problems
• Produce samples as needed
• Manage your own time and execute any job to meet its given deadline. 
• Maintaining an orderly paint shop
• Expand One Hat One Hand’s capabilities through research of new products and techniques
• A positive attitude, sense of humor, and a cool head under pressure. 
• Confirm approval of final product and make adjustments based on Management and Project Manager feedback
• Ensure completed projects are protected and packed properly for a successful delivery and installation
• Keeping and organizing finishing kit per each project
• Lending help to other departments as needed

Essential Skills and Experience: 

• Experience with a variety of styles and techniques of painting and finishing- prep, rolling, brushwork, spraying
• Color mixing, layout, and faux treatment skills
• Advanced Skills with Spraygun and Clear Coating Techniques
• Interpret designers' paint elevations and develop them into full-scale scenic treatments
• Ability to organize and maintain inventory of painting supplies and tools
• Be comfortable working at heights on ladders and personnel lifts
• Excellent time management skills and problem solving abilities 
• Knowledge of cure times for all products used and ability to handle many jobs in an active work environment.
• Knowledge of different paint products - shellac vs. oil vs. waterborne etc. 
• Knowledge of different solvents and when to use them - mineral spirits, acetone, etc. 
• Ability to prep a multitude of substrates - wood, metal, plastic, foam. 
• All finishers must have a basic finishing kit for onsite work. See Equipment Requirements
• Knowledge of proper clean up and disposal of paint materials. Hazard waste /oil soaked rags/ spill cleanup
• A valid and current driver's license
• Clear, correct, and effective communication using the English language
• Up-to-date Smartphone (Android or iOS), and working knowledge of Google Suite,Adobe, MS Office, Slack, QuickBooks Time, and various other Apps 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

• Ability to lift 25-50 pounds to carry equipment and supplies as needed
• Indoor warehouse environment with moderate noise
• Understands the responsibility of protecting oneself and crew from hazardous/toxic materials by using safety equipment such as skin, eye, hearing and breathing protection.