SJS Industrial is a veteran owned media blasting, industrial painting, powder coating, and light fabrication shop in Virginia Beach, VA, that serves military and maritime customers. Our shifts operate Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Each 8-hour shift also includes a 30-minute unpaid meal break. 

Saturday or evening shifts might happen occasionally if there is a special project with a tight deadline, but the goal is a steady and reliable Monday through Friday 40-hour work week to avoid weekend, night-time, and overtime work.

Our Benefits package includes: seven (7) paid federal holidays, (2) floating holidays to use, 80 hours of accumulated PTO, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, paid life insurance.

Every employee, regardless of job duties, will be required to wear the appropriate level Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) correctly for safety; and how to provide basic instruction to junior personnel.

Our company utilizes a 34,000 square foot state-of-the-art production facility that sits on 5 acres and features several 40-foot-deep blast, powder, and paint booths which are capable of handling a varity of large-scale metal projects.

Our ideal candidate for any one of our positions enjoys collaborating with others across multiple professions within a fast-paced team environment and will exhibit conscientious and careful workmanship to ensure customer technical requirements are fulfilled.

We are proud to be a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. We are equally proud to operate the largest, cleanest industrial paint and powder shop on the East Coast. 

While each position will differ, some of the common responsibilities will include:

• Operate all equipment following Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) instructions for safety and correct use (no hacks or shortcuts)
• Inspect work daily for quality and to prevent defects before passing items to other departments in the production line
• Cooperate and collaborate diplomatically with personnel when necessary in order to complete necessary job functions. 
• Ensure all required reports are submitted to senior personnel as required.
• Provide junior staff members with instruction on how to powder coat and safely operate small hand tools and power tools like pneumatic sanders, electric drills, and impact wrenches to assemble, disassemble, and prepare items for coating
• Regularly update senior personnel about the performance of junior personnel, the general operational status of the booths, ovens, and equipment, and any emergent issues or problems. Make suggestions to leadership about how to improve speed, quality, or efficiency of production. Recommend error proofing mechanisms, checklists, signage, and/or other techniques to help prevent defects and reduce errors.
• Regularly monitor consumable levels, and storage to eliminate waste as well as potential shortages; report emergent problems or issues to management or inventory control promptly
• Perform routine shift closeout activities like cleanup, tool return, and general housekeeping (a responsibility shared equally by everyone on staff)
• Other production-related tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Production Manager, the SJS Industrial Director, or the company officers.

Some of our basic non-specific qualifications are:

• Must be willing to wear Proper Protective Equipment (PPE) like a respirator correctly at all times when working as required by occupational safety laws
• Strong English communication skills (because of safety concerns, the need to communicate about potential hazards with others, and to fill in technical paperwork, which requires verbal accuracy and specificity)
• Ability to provide junior personnel with simple verbal instructions, check the quality of their work in progress, and diplomatically recommend improvements to their techniques or performance
• This is a fast-paced physical job in a production facility requiring interaction with a work team in a noisy environment, so the ability to see and hear clearly, stand, walk, bend over, crouch, and lift and carry objects that are up to 30 pounds in weight are all required. Must be physically capable of spending the majority of every work shift standing, moving, or walking
• The shop has limited climate control, so one must physically be able to handle working in different temperatures and humidity levels
• Ability to qualify for forklift certification is a plus
• Must be able to successfully pass a drug test and background check. 

SJS Industrial, also doing business as SJS Executives, LLC (SJS), is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy status and/or gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or any other non-merit factors.