Painter (3rd Shift)

Barnes

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

East Granby, Connecticut

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Prepare and apply paint and coatings to aircraft components while maintaining spray booth equipment and logs. Ensure compliance with production schedules, customer requirements, and FAA regulations.

Qualifications

You have 1-3 years of experience in an aerospace environment and the ability to read and interpret manual instructions and documented procedures. You can prepare surfaces and apply paint and coatings to aircraft components, ensuring compliance with FAA regulations.

Must Have Skills for ATS

aerospace environment

paint application

FAA regulations

spray booth maintenance

hazardous material handling

Job Description

Why Barnes Aerospace?

Barnes Aerospace offers competitive wages, shift differentials, 401k savings plan, paid time off, holidays, and much more! We’re more than a company, we’re a team. When you join our team, you’ll be part of an innovative, industry renowned provider of solutions for a broad customer base in the aerospace market.
If you’re a team player, enjoy working in a manufacturing environment, and looking for more than just a job, apply today and take your career to new heights with Barnes Aerospace!

Position Details:

3rd Shift Mon-Fri 10:30pm-7:00am

Must be able to train on 1st and/or 2nd shift.

Your Expertise:

  • 1-3 years in aerospace environment
  • Good mathematical skills
  • Ability to read and interpret manual instructions and operation sheets and follow documented procedures
  • Strong attention to detail, ability to multitask, good communications skills
  • Automotive re-spray experience a plus

Is your expertise different from the above?  If you have a good attitude and a willingness to learn and new trade or skill, we want to hear from you.  Apply today!

Your Challenge:

  • Perform a variety of duties to prepare and apply paint and other coatings to aircraft components to meet production schedules, complying with customer requirements and FAA regulations.
  • Prepare surfaces of parts for application for paint application.
  • Interpret work orders, engine manuals, and blueprints to determine information such as type of operations and sequence of operations required.
  • Maintain spray booth equipment, tear down and rebuild with replacement parts as required, check and replace filters in booth, check and clean hoses, maintain logs and record all operation and use of hazardous material.
  • Ensure use of proper fixtures and tools; maintain adequate inventory levels of material to meet production goals. Requisition materials and tooling as required.
  • Ensure regular maintenance of equipment.
  • Detect faulty operations and materials and report these and other problems to immediate supervisor.

Education Requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent required

This position is a safety sensitive position. Applicant must comply with all applicable FAA and DOT drug and alcohol testing rules. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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Barnes

Barnes Group Inc. separated in 2025 into Barnes Aerospace and the Industrial Solutions Group. For the latest updates and job postings, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barnes-aerospace. Barnes Group Inc. pioneers technologies to help change the world. Leveraging world-class manufacturing capabilities and market-leading engineering, we develop advanced processes, automation solutions, and applied technologies for industries ranging from aerospace and medical to personal care, mobility, and packaging. Customers benefit from our integrated hardware and software capabilities focused on improving the processing, control, service, and sustainability of engineered plastics, factory automation technologies, and precision components.
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