Lead Painter
$54,080–$66,560 year
On-siteEugene, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Perform professional interior and exterior painting on residential structures while leading and coordinating daily activities for assigned crew members. Review project plans, prepare job sites by protecting surfaces, and execute tasks including scraping, sanding, caulking, and applying coatings with brushes, rollers, and sprayers. Provide hands-on instruction to less-experienced painters, estimate material quantities, and communicate progress, quality, or site concerns to project leadership. Maintain safety standards, organize tools and equipment, and ensure job sites are left clean at the end of each day. This hands-on role supports residential construction, repair, and renovation projects within the Eugene, Oregon area.
Required Qualifications
- Proven professional experience performing interior and exterior painting
- Strong knowledge of professional surface preparation and painting techniques
- Knowledge of paints, primers, stains, varnishes, sealers, and other common coatings and their appropriate applications
- Experience selecting, mixing, preparing, and applying painting materials
- Proficiency using brushes, rollers, sprayers, caulking equipment, sanding equipment, and other common painting tools
- Ability to evaluate surfaces and determine appropriate preparation and application methods
- Ability to produce clean, consistent, professional-quality finishes
- Strong understanding of job-site safety practices
- Ability to safely work from ladders, scaffolding, and other approved work platforms as required for assigned projects
- Good basic math and measurement skills for calculating areas and estimating material quantities
- Ability to organize work and help keep a crew productive and focused on project priorities
- Ability to identify job-site problems, make sound decisions within the scope of the role, and communicate concerns to project leadership
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship
- Reliable, professional, and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel to project sites within our service area
- Ability to perform the physical duties associated with professional painting and construction work, with or without reasonable accommodation
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience leading, mentoring, training, or providing day-to-day direction to painting or construction crew members
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