Job Details

Aircraft Painter

Segula Technologies is a global engineering and consulting firm specializing in innovative solutions across industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy, rail, and life sciences. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in France, Segula operates in over 30 countries, driving technological advancements, improving industrial performance, and supporting clients throughout the product lifecycle.

With expertise in design, manufacturing, testing, and project management, Segula helps businesses tackle complex engineering challenges while fostering innovation and sustainability.

Job Description

The Aircraft Painter will:

1. Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications, planning documents, sketches, engineering orders, electronic work instructions, charts, and graphs to determine the methods and sequences of operations required to support processing and painting operations.
2. Set up and operate chern-mill processing equipment to remove specified amounts of metal from sheet metal parts, and assemblies, extrusions, and forgings utilizing etching solution, includes developmental. Experimental, first run and parts with non-symmetrical surfaces, radial tapers, deep draws, or complex contours.
3. Set up and operate, adjust, and regulate various types and sizes of ovens and furnaces and quenching tanks to heat treat metal parts made from aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, and other similar metals. Load on racks to minimize warpage and obtain even heat. As necessary operate hand and power moving and lifting equipment to place parts in ovens, furnaces, and baths and quench.
4. Set up operate processing equipment to anodize and electro plate or clean metal parts and assemblies. Determine sequences of dips and rinses, position parts and electrodes, calculate and adjust immersion times, temperatures, and voltage amperage levels. Check and maintain processing solutions and chemicals in tanks as required.
5. Set up and operate various types of paint spraying equipment or dip, roll, and brush interior, exterior prime, protective or finish coats on aircraft, automobiles, trucks, trailers, parts, and assemblies.
6. Thin and mix paints and other surfacing materials.
7. Set up and operate robotic spray coating equipment by selecting and loading program tapes, masking material surfaces, mixing blend coating material and controlling spray flow rates, pressures, plume geometry, and robot travel speed and pattern.
8. Apply finish coats where difficult access and special care must be taken to avoid runs and inconsistencies of coat thickness, a baked smooth or wrinkle finish is required, assemblies require hand brushwork.
9. Operate robotic spray coating equipment to apply radar absorptive materials to surfaces.
10. Perform rework and touch-up when tests disclose rework necessary.
11. Record manufacturing data and statistics manually or with the aid of a computer or computer-based system.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum 5 years of aircraft painter experience
• Ability to work any shift assigned
• Ability to stand for the entire 8 hr. shift
• Ability to work OT/Weekends as per business needs
• Manager will schedule a demo upon start to make sure contractor can paint