Description

Hinckley Yachts has been building and servicing America’s finest yachts since 1928. With nine yacht care centers spanning from Maine to Florida, we offer comprehensive service, refits, transportation, and storage, providing our customers with pinnacle ownership experience. 

Hinckley offers competitive wages, training, and full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k with an employer match, and paid time off. Our expanding network of service yards allows the opportunity of upward mobility and a clear career path to achieve personal success. 

The Hinckley Company, known for building and servicing, strong, seaworthy and beautiful yachts is seeking an experienced Awlgrip Technician for our production facility in Trenton, Maine. 

 The Awlgrip Technician will learn, assist, and perform basic preparation for painting boat exteriors and boat parts. Learns proper use of chemicals and tools. Work is performed under close supervision of the team leader or manager.

Essential Duties

1. Tape or otherwise protect surrounding surfaces such as decks, hardware, windows from overspray during painting process.

2. Cleans, sands, and smooths surfaces, using appropriate tools, such as scrapers, sandpaper, steel wool, or chemicals.

3. Set-up and dismantle staging following OSHA staging guidelines.

4. Cleans boats and work area daily.

5. Follow prescribed safety rules and regulations and maintain safe, clean work area.

6. All work to be performed to Hinckley Company quality standards.

7. Perform other related duties as necessary and assigned.

Requirements

1. High School diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED) required.
2. Zero (0) to two (2) years experience which may be attained on-the-job or by company training.

Physical Requirements

1. Lift and carry over 25 lbs. and up to 60 lbs. on an occasional basis (over 40% and up to 70%)
2. Requires frequently lifting or moving average weight material.
3. Frequent mental and visual attention on an intermittent basis.
4. Must be able to stoop, bend, kneel, lift, push, and pull and work in small, tight spaces.
5. Requires working under disagreeable conditions on a frequent basis where elements such as dust, dirt, heat, fumes, cold, vibration, noise, water or chemicals may be present.

*Mandatory respirator use for certain tasks.