About Us

United Support Services, Inc., founded in 2003, is an innovative engineering and technology business headquartered in San Diego, CA. We have an exciting new opportunity and are adding to our maintenance team. USS is seeking an Aircraft Painter to provide support at Naval Air Station North Island. This position is for an individual who is able to independently support contracted efforts to include the following functional duties along with the ability to conduct work involving the following:

*Military Veterans highly encouraged to apply*

Job Description

• Assemble staging, scaffolds and work stands necessary to perform the full function of the paint shop.
• Prepare aircraft, engines, support equipment, and components for finish using various chemicals, detergents, and solvents in conjunction with high pressure steam and water.
• Apply chemical conversion coating to bare substrate, sand and featheredge existing coatings using various grits of abrasives.
• Apply protective and decorative coating and paint finishes to aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components, and paint insignias, lettering and designs on aircraft and components.
• Apply decals transfer and stencils to identify and decorate aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components; perform high finish and critical tolerance painting on aircraft, engines, ground support equipment and components.
• Apply sophisticated coating materials such as, but not limited to, waterborne, elastomeric, and low volatile organic compounds materials to aircraft, engines, ground support equipment, and components.
• Apply radiation-reflecting coatings to cockpit and canopy enclosures; mix primers sealers and topcoat material to required viscosity for individual job or entire paint shop; treat corrosion; and perform wet and dry tape tests.
• Have skills in the use of measuring devices and gauges used to determine thickness, viscosity, surface smoothness and gloss of the applied coatings.
• Shall prepare the substrate for coating using a variety of pretreatment methods using chemicals, detergents, and solvents in conjunction with high-pressure steam and water.
• Perform sanding and featheredging to existing coatings and shall select proper grit abrasives necessary to ensure adequate substrate smoothness prior to the finish application.
• Mask and protect surfaces not to be finished by the use of masking tape, discs, fixtures, plugs and/or covers.
• Use and maintain conventional, electrostatic, and high-volume low pressure (HVLP) paint equipment and shall use a variety of materials such as lacquers, enamels, sealers, urethanes, waterborne, epoxies, elastomeric, and ceramic coatings.
• Manufacture and maintain stencils, patterns, layouts and apply national and foreign insignias, special markings and designs required by military specifications and individual activities.
• Any and all other duties as assigned by the Site Manager.

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED; Vocational training commensurate with Department of Labor functional description.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States (U.S.).
• Must be able to obtain restricted areas (RA) and critical information systems via eligibility to attain and maintain a CAC card.
• At a minimum three (3) years of relevant experience for this position.
• Will be familiar with all relevant publications, directives, orders, and tooling.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license if billet requires use of a government owned vehicle.
• Must be able to pass a background check and if the position requires it be eligible to receive a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

Job Type: Full-time

Special Conditions

This job is CONTINGENT upon contract award, client approval, completion of a favorable background investigation, and the ability to obtain and maintain a military base access card at all times during the period of employment.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Salary:

The hourly rate for this position is $36.86. This value does not include any differential pay.

United Support Services, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer.