What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Painter position at Chesapeake Shipbuilding?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?
Posted 12/23/2025
REPORTS TO: Shipyard Superintendent/ On-Site Foreman/ Supervisor
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Safely and efficiently perform painting labor, to complete construction associated with building cruise ships and tug boats. Aggressive work ethic with a focus on production.
Essential Functions & Tasks
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
All types of physical movement required for this position to successfully perform the essential functions.
HAZARDS: Weather, fumes, moving mechanical parts, equipment, and vibration.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: Drug test, and physical to include respirator clearance.
Salary Description
$21.00 - $25.50
Full-time
Description
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?
- Competitive Pay – $21.00 - $25.50 depending on experience
- Single and Family Medical Dental Vision! Full-time employees are eligible for benefits the 1st of the month proceeding start date
- $20,000 in AD&D life insurance short term disability at no cost
- Additional supplemental life insurance available
- $1,000 signing bonus for full-time positions! Paid in two increments after 60 and 180 days of continuous employment
- Referral program that pays $500 for each referred employee hired
- 401(K)! Eligible to contribute after 1st paycheck and company match after 1 year
- Six paid company holidays
- Paid sick and vacation! New employees receive 40 hours of sick and 40 hours of vacation time after 90 days of employment. Combined sick and vacation of 96 hours at year 1, 144 hours at year 5, and 168 hours at year 10
- Health Savings Account
- An opportunity for career advancement within the department or others on the yard, while working as part of an empowering workforce
- Overtime available after 40 hours
- $2.00 shift differential for evening and night shifts
Posted 12/23/2025
REPORTS TO: Shipyard Superintendent/ On-Site Foreman/ Supervisor
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Safely and efficiently perform painting labor, to complete construction associated with building cruise ships and tug boats. Aggressive work ethic with a focus on production.
Essential Functions & Tasks
- Ability to be able to listen, comprehend and follow instructions
- Surface preparation, including but not limited to picking up trash and steel, vacuuming out water in the hull deck, hand tool cleaning and power tool cleaning, sandblasting, solvent cleaning, etc.
- Use of professional coating applications
- Applying primers (Zinc & Epoxy), intermediate coats (Epoxy, Urethanes) and finish coats. (Acrylics Urethanes and Anti Fouling)
- Maintain Sandblasting and Painting Equipment: Blast Pots, Blast Hoses, Blast Nozzles, Spray Pumps, Spray Hoses and guns and tips. Also Including Air Compressors.
- Always Practice Proper Safety Procedures
- Follow instructions from foreman/supervisors on site and keep job site clean
- All other duties as assigned based on operational needs
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
All types of physical movement required for this position to successfully perform the essential functions.
- Ability to use upper and lower extremities
- Ability to work outside in heat, inclement weather, and cold
- Ability to crawl, kneel, crouch, climb, and bend around and under equipment, on ladders, stairs, scaffolds, through small accesses, enter tanks, and confined spaces through hatches and manholes throughout much of the work shift
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
- Ability to traverse uneven terrain, including loose pack gravel
HAZARDS: Weather, fumes, moving mechanical parts, equipment, and vibration.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: Drug test, and physical to include respirator clearance.
Salary Description
$21.00 - $25.50
Salary : $21 - $26