Painter / Paperhanger — Paint Manager

About This Role

Industrial pipe fabrication shop near Walker, LA seeks an experienced Paint Manager to run surface prep, coating, and painting operations for pipe spools, fittings, skids and assemblies used in oil & gas, chemical, power and marine projects. You’ll own quality, schedules, compliance, and continuous improvement for the coatings department while working closely with Fabrication, QC, and Project teams. This is a hands-on lead role: supervise blasters, applicators and inspectors; manage abrasive blasting, airless and plural-component spray, curing and internal pipe coating; troubleshoot coating defects; and keep accurate records for specs, waste handling and customer inspections. Pay up to $25/hr based on experience; OSHA 30 and NACE/SSPC inspector cert required.

What You'll Do

• • Supervise daily work of blasters, applicators and inspectors to meet production and quality targets for pipe spools, fittings and assemblies
• • Plan and execute coating schedules that align with fabrication, booth capacity and cure times to meet ship dates
• • Oversee surface prep (abrasive blasting, power-tool cleaning), coating application (airless/plural systems), internal pipe coating and curing
• • Inspect profiles, DFT, adhesion, perform holiday testing and lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for defects
• • Enforce safety, environmental and regulatory requirements (OSHA, EPA, VOCs, hazardous-waste handling, confined-space entry)
• • Manage training, certifications, inventory, batch traceability, digital/physical records and daily performance metrics

What We're Looking For

• • Minimum 7 years hands-on industrial coatings/painting experience (pipe, structural steel or fabricated assemblies) with 5+ years supervisory experience
• • Active NACE/AMPP or SSPC coatings inspector certification (CIP Level 1 or equivalent) and strong working knowledge of epoxies, urethanes, inorganic zincs and high-build systems
• • OSHA 30 certification (required) and proven knowledge of OSHA/EPA regulations, VOC controls and confined-space procedures
• • Able to read fabrication drawings, coating specifications (ITPs, MPS) and perform thickness/adhesion/holiday inspections
• • Bilingual in English and Spanish (spoken and read) to supervise crew and handle safety communication
• • Hands-on troubleshooting skills for common defects (blistering, adhesion failures, runs, orange peel) and experience leading corrective actions

Qualifications

• • High school diploma or equivalent (technical/vocational training preferred)
• • NACE/AMPP or SSPC inspector certification (CIP Level 1 or higher) — required
• • OSHA 30 certification — required
• • Fluent in English and Spanish — required
• • Minimum 7 years coatings experience with 5+ years in a lead/supervisory role
• • Preferred: Associate/Bachelor’s in industrial tech or coatings, experience with plural-component systems and Lean/Six Sigma improvements

What We Offer

• • Pay up to $25/hr depending on experience
• • Overtime available during production peaks
• • Paid training and support to maintain/advance coatings certifications
• • Stable, shop-based industrial work with consistent hours and clear schedules
• • Company-supplied PPE and coatings equipment access

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