Our Opportunity
GPJ is hiring a Painter to join our growing team.
This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Las Vegas, NV office location a minimum of 5 days per week.
Your Role
You are the Painter, and your role involves applying finishes using HVLP, airless, and other spray equipment in the fast-paced production environment of the Paint Department. Your primary responsibility is to consistently meet production goals.
You have extensive knowledge of the technical data of all products used in the Paint Department, particularly in terms of application, chemical composition, and hazard recognition. Additionally, you have a strong background in color theory, with a particular focus on creating and matching custom colors.
You possess a deep understanding of the substrates commonly used by our fabrication teams and are well-versed in the preparation methods required to achieve the desired finishes. Proficiency in the application of various filters and primers, ensuring adequate buildup and coverage as specified by prep methods, is a key part of your role. You also have the ability to troubleshoot and address challenges related to spray equipment or materials used during the finishing process.
Quality is a top priority for you, and you work diligently to avoid errors that would necessitate rework due to paint defects. Your goal is to consistently deliver high-quality finishes that meet our standards.
Your Skills
- Must have a thorough knowledge of accepted quality standards and possess the ability to determine whether properties successfully meet them prior to release from the paint department.
- Must be able to perform minor touch ups out in the production floor and in the paint shop, when possible, to avoid complete repaints of properties.
- Must be skilled at wet sanding and buffing with a focus on correcting blemishes on high gloss finishes and achieving a polished look on various substrates.
- Must be able to identify and anticipate defects in the finish by having a working knowledge of the different stages of the finishing process.
Your Competencies
Solution Oriented – Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.
Thoroughness – Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.
Urgency – Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.
Foster Innovation – Drive, develop, or support new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies. Devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems. You constantly challenge yourself to come up with ideas that are on strategy, innovative, and transformative, and authentic to the client’s brand.
Your Experience
Experience & Education
- Minimum of 2 years of industry related fabrication experience.
Travel & Mobility
- No travel required
Your Impact
In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over your paint projects for our fabrication team.
Who We Are
GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.
You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our low employee contribution healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.
GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.
