What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Painter position at Architectural Supplements?
Architectural Supplements designs and manufactures fiberglass planters, furnishings, and architectural products for interior and exterior spaces across North America. We're looking for a Production Painter to join our Waterbury shop team and help deliver the clean, consistent finishes our products are known for, someone who takes pride in careful prep work and a flawless final coat.
Our Vision: ASI aspires to lead the world in delivering sustainable, design-forward products that enrich the built environment and deepen human connection to nature and community.
Our Values:
- Customer First: We prioritize our customers in every decision, recognizing them as the source of our innovation, growth, and reputation.
- Operational Excellence: We move with purpose, embracing continuous learning and improvement to deliver exceptional processes, products, and services.
- Sustainable Innovation: We solve problems through the lens of design, sustainability, and community to create architectural products that are as responsible, as they are beautiful.We meet challenges and diverse perspectives with courage, integrity, curiosity, and open communication, working hard, celebrating wins, and staying true to the values that shape our family business.
- Embrace the Journey: We meet challenges and diverse perspectives with courage, integrity, curiosity, and open communication, working hard, celebrating wins, and staying true to the values that shape our family business.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare surfaces for finishing, including cleaning, sanding, masking, and priming molded fiberglass parts.
- Apply commercial-grade coatings, paints, gelcoat, and specialty finishes using spray equipment, brushes, and rollers.
- Achieve consistent color matching, coverage, and smooth surface quality across production runs.
- Inspect finished parts for defects such as bubbles, runs, or debris and correct as needed.
- Mix paints, coatings, and catalysts according to product specifications and color formulas.
- Set up, clean, and maintain spray equipment, guns, and booths.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe finishing area.
- Follow all PPE and safety procedures when handling paints, solvents, and coatings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Experience with spray painting or a related finishing trade.
- Experience with 2-component urethane or epoxy coating systems.
- Ability to achieve a uniform, high-quality finish on a variety of surfaces.
- Understanding of surface preparation techniques for proper coating adhesion.
- Comfort mixing paints and coatings to specification, including color matching.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with industrial or commercial coatings.
- Experience painting or finishing fiberglass, composite, or molded plastic products.
- Familiarity with gelcoat application and repair.
- Knowledge of spray booth operation and equipment maintenance.
- Ability to custom color match and retain color formulas for repeat production runs.
- Prior experience in a manufacturing or fabrication shop.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
Soft Skills
- Strong attention to detail.
- Reliability and a strong work ethic.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Willingness to learn new finishing techniques and processes.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform physical shop work.
- Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift.
- Ability to bend, squat, kneel, reach, and perform other physically demanding movements on a regular basis.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
Compensation: $18–$26 per hour, based on experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $26.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Why are you interested in this position at ASI?
- Do you have prior experience in applying commercial and industrial coatings using HVLP spray gun equipment? If so, please explain.
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $26