Aircraft Painter/Prepper
Aerotek
**Aerotek Aviation, LLC is currently hiring skilled Aircraft Painters and Aircraft Paint Preppers to join our team at a stable, growing paint shop located in Philadelphia, PA. We are offering competitive weekly pay, benefits, and opportunity for referral bonuses! On the job training will be available. Must have painting experience from aviation, industrial, shipyard, automotive, and/or commercial. You will be responsible for prepping and painting helicopters for both new production and routine maintenance. This role requires experience with HVLP paint guns and a strong attention to detail.**
**Responsibilities**
+ Perform aircraft preparation, painting, and detailing under minimal supervision.
+ Apply stripper, sanding, prep for paint, and other detail work.
+ Ensure all painting tasks are completed to high standards.
+ Work collaboratively with other team members in a fast-paced environment.
**Essential Skills**
+ Experience with spray guns.
+ Willingness to work mandatory weekends and 6 days a week, if needed.
+ Flexibility to work both 1st and 2nd shifts.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Experience in paint prep, industrial painting, and electrostatics.
+ Skills in sanding, blasting, and powder coating.
+ Experience from aviation, industrial, shipyard, automotive, and/or commercial
**Why Work Here?**
+ Join a dynamic team where your skills and hard work are valued. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for growth and development in the aviation industry.
**Work Environment**
+ You will be working in a fast-paced environment alongside other painters. The role requires flexibility to work on either a 1st and 2nd shifts and mandatory weekends. You will report directly to the Shop Supervisor.
**Job Type & Location**
+ This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $35.00
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Philadelphia,PA.
**Application Deadline**
This position will be accepting applications until Jan 31, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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