Job Title: Painter
Job Description
Join our team as a Painter, where you will be responsible for disassembling and assembling various components and panels on the customer-visible side of aircraft. Your role will involve disassembly, panel preparation for painting or other repairs, and performing your own painting tasks. Additionally, you will work on fiberglass layups, composite repair and re-work, execute mix ratios, and apply decorative laminates using Tedlar.
Responsibilities
- Disassemble and assemble various components and panels on the customer-visible side of aircraft.
- Perform disassembly and panel preparation for painting or other repairs.
- Conduct your own painting tasks following preparation.
- Execute fiberglass layups and composite repair and re-work.
- Mix and prepare paint products according to specific ratios.
- Apply Tedlar decorative laminates.
Essential Skills
- 2+ years of aircraft or automotive painting experience, with a preference for aircraft painting.
- Experience in aviation or automotive body work.
- Ability to perform fiberglass/composite repair and re-work.
- Knowledge of applying filler and body work in automotive contexts.
- Mixing and batching.
- Capability to conduct own prep work or willingness to do so.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience in aviation interiors is a plus.
- Cabinet shop experience, particularly with filler/resin work.
- Experience in corporate or commercial cabinet building/assembling.
Why Work Here?
Enjoy a supportive and engaging workplace that offers Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, a company anniversary event, and comprehensive benefits including healthcare, dental, vision, life insurance, and term disability. Benefit from flight benefits, 20 discount travel, standby travel, and a 25 discount on all sonic tools. We provide paid training, advancement opportunities, and a uniform allowance to ensure your success and satisfaction in your role.
Work Environment
You will work in a cosmo shop specializing in paint, composite, and fiberglass rework and repair. The team currently consists of 14 people, with plans to expand to 18. Although most work is scheduled towards the end of the week from 7 AM to 5:30 PM, candidates must be available all 7 days, 24/7, with a set schedule provided. You should be comfortable working in close quarters with the team, where workload distribution is based on skill set. Paint guns are required for this role.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Bridgeton, MO.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $40.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Bridgeton,MO.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Dec 18, 2025.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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