Job ID: 685751BR Date posted: Jan. 31, 2025
Description:

You will be a Painter Sr. with our team in Archbald, PA. Lockheed Martin Archbald is a full-service Missiles and Fire Control facility that provides design, manufacturing, engineering & field service support for both domestic and international customers.

What You Will Be Doing
As a Painter Sr., your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Follows instructions to mark fabricated components using silk screen, stencil or pad printing methods and various types of inks or paints in accordance with manufacturing instructions
• 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.
• 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 established manufacturing 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
• 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
• Assists engineering staff in developing new processes and trouble-shooting established paint systems
• Instructs paint sprayers, helpers as required
• Responsible for the testing and preparation of painting materials
• 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
• Performs minor preventive maintenance to equipment
• Reports equipment problems to supervisor
Works in time-critical situations in a dynamic, team-oriented environment where programs, setups, and tooling are constantly changing and interact effectively with associates & management as priorities shift
• Performs other job-related duties as required by management
• Maintains workstation/cell in organized manner and in compliance with any applicable safety standards
• Receives and, when assigned, provides cross-training for other tasks related to department functions and procedures
• Physical condition allowing:
- Lifting 50 pounds
- Standing, sitting, bending, walking, 10+ hours per day
- Personal protective equipment including Steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, and wearing a respirator when required
• Adheres to safety guidelines and the correct procedures for performing tasks to prevent personal injury or damage to product and/or equipment

Why Join Us
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 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
Knowledge of pigments, oils, solvents, etc. for mixing of paints to desired specifications
• Must be thoroughly familiar with all metals characteristics and chemical reactions as related to painting operations
• 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
• 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
• This position is located at a facility that requires special access, which requires U.S. citizenship
Desired Skills:
• Proficient using hand tools for burr removal and metal finishing
• Ability to use various types of measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, and thickness measuring equipment
• Knows the difference between hot and cold rolled steel, aluminum, and stainless steel and makes adjustments accordingly
• Chromate conversion touch up experience
• Dalic tin plating experience
• Silk Screen, stenciling, pad or other printing processes experience
• Wash, shot/abrasive blast, mask, metal flame spray experience
• Knowledge of LM systems, Learning Management System, Password Reset, White Pages, Apriso
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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: First