Painter Leader

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

About the Position: The Watervliet Arsenal is an Army-owned & operated manufacturing center located in New York. It is the oldest, continuously active arsenal in the United States having begun operations in 1813. Today it is relied upon by U.S. and foreign militaries to produce the most high-powered weaponry for cannon and howitzers.

• Passes on to other workers instructions received from supervisor, and starts work (e.g., by assigning the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the group led).
• Demonstrates work procedures and provide training.
• Spray paints gun tubes, miscellaneous hardware, and equipment where appearance as well as surface protection is important.
• Prepares surfaces using solvent washes, masks off areas, mixes paints to proper viscosity using viscosity testers.
• Performs a wide variety of standard and specialized preservation and packaging tasks in processing a variety of heavy mechanical weapons including guns and gun tubes, howitzers, mortars and associated components and fixtures.
• Operates forklifts to move, load and unload gun tubes and other weapon components weighing under 10,000 pounds; occasionally will move items weighing 11,000 to 12,000 pounds.
• Sets up and operates cut-off saws, table saws, band saws, drill press and jointer to cut component parts of boxes and crates. Boxes vary in size and shape and are seldom made in large quantities.