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Painter Senior - 2nd Shift

Archbald, Pennsylvania

Archbald, Pennsylvania

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Job Responsibilities

Job ID: 696918BR Date posted: Jul. 03, 2025
Description:You will be a Painter Senior, responsible for applying paints, coatings, and finishes to various manufacturing articles. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality products, and we're looking for a skilled and experienced technician like you to join our team.

What You Will Be Doing
As a Painter Senior, your responsibilities will include:

• Interprets CAD data, prints and sketches with regard to regarding various paint, marking, plating and touch-up and can follow written manufacturing instructions (MI's) and/or verbal instructions
• Selects and determines the proper type of paint materials and their reducers, proper
viscosities, spray procedures for articles to be finished to desired thickness and quality
• Uses a spray gun, brushes, or other application methods for coating various types of surfaces of manufacturing articles with finished or protective material such as enamels, lacquer, paint, etc. and adjusts and directs spray to obtain specified finish
• Uses solvents and aqueous cleaners, or abrasive blasting to clean parts,
• Mask/unmask painted parts, apply localized tin plating, and light mechanical assembly
• Wash, mask, shot/abrasive blast, and apply metal flame spray to parts and weldments per establish manufacturing instructions
• Operates and maintains all types of automatic and non-automatic painting, spraying and
dipping equipment
• Applies knowledge of pigments, oils, solvents, etc. for mixing of paints to desired specifications
• Perform paint stripping of various types
• Makes paper stencils to meet marking requirements of sketches or blueprints
• Uses a spray gun for stenciling all kinds of surfaces or manufacturing articles with material such as ink, enamels, lacquer, paint, etc.
• Responsible for the testing and preparation of painting materials
• Performs minor preventive maintenance to equipment
• Receives and, when assigned, provides cross-training for other tasks related to department functions and procedures

Why Join Us
As a Painter Senior, you will be part of a team that is dedicated to delivering high-quality products. You'll work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with a team of professionals who share your passion for attention to detail and quality. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will help you grow professionally, we encourage you to apply.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is located in Archbald. Discover more about our Archbald, Pennsylvania location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Basic Qualifications:
• 5 years’ experience in mixing, preparation and painting
• Can read and understand complex blueprints and sketches with respect to various paint, marking, plating and touch-up and differentiation between thread sizes, pitch, metric and standard threads
• Must be thoroughly familiar with all metals characteristics and chemical reactions as related to painting operations
• Knowledge of pigments, oils, solvents, etc. for mixing of paints to desired specifications
• Ability to work safely with chemicals such as solvents, acidic and alkaline solutions and aqueous cleaners
• Ability to qualify and retain qualifications necessary of the processes performed
• Capable of color and gloss matching of commercial and mil spec inks, paints and other materials and spraying to precise tolerances
• Ability to use various types of measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, and thickness measuring equipment
Desired Skills:
• Silk Screen, stenciling, pad or other printing processes experience
• Wash, shot/abrasive blast, mask, and flame spray experience
• Chromate conversion touch up experience
• Dalic tin plating experience
• Proficient using hand tools for burr removal and metal finishing
Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: Second
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About

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Mission-Focused Innovation: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can solve the world's most complex challenges for our customers.

Foundational Values: Our culture of performance excellence, ethics, teamwork and inclusion is embedded in everything we do.

Diverse Career Opportunities with Meaningful Work: Grow your career and skills for life. Our technology-driven learning platforms and programs enable your development and agility.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Empowered to Be Your Best: Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities and our planet.

Commitment to Sustainability: We foster innovation, integrity and security to preserve the environment, strengthen diverse communities and propel growth.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:

  • Flexible Schedules, dependent on role
  • Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management
  • Locations: Nationwide & OCONUS Positions

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Qualifications

See what it takes to be a successful Lockheed Martin employee.

  • Collaborative

    There is no innovation without imagination. You bring new, different and exciting ideas to the table every day. You are committed to the success of your team.

  • Curious

    The ability to explore and drive new ideas. You think innovatively to come up with creative solutions to complex challenges.

  • Goal-oriented

    From planning and organizing to decision making, goal orientation produces impactful results. You set goals and strive to make things happen quickly and efficiently.

  • Proactive

    The ability to anticipate, plan and prepare for what lies ahead. You act rather than react to potential situations.

  • Problem Solver

    You work to tackle tough problems with complex solutions.

  • Strategic

    You observe, reflect and analyze processes to make more informed decisions.

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“Before I came to Lockheed Martin, I never thought I’d get these opportunities. The benefits available and the company’s value culture make it an incredibly supportive place to work, and I’m grateful to work somewhere that wants me to succeed. I hope to have a long career here making an impact, and I know I’ll be supported in doing that every step of the way.”

Ryan J., Enterprise Operations

Benefits

  • Healthcare

    Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.

  • 401(k)/Retirement Plans

    Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.

  • Professional Development

    We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.

  • Maternity and Paternity Leave

    Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother's rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.

  • Paid Time Off

    We offer PTO, paid holidays and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.

  • Flex-time

    Depending on the position, we offer flexible work schedules.

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