Marine Painter (US Navy Submarine)

Req ID: RQ

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Field Service and Support

Skills:

Paint Coatings,Painting,Surface Preparation

Experience:

2 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Marine Painter (US Navy Submarine)

Onsite Locations:

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Kings Bay Naval Shipyard Kings Bay, Georgia

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia

Bremerton Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington

Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Marine Painter (US Navy Submarine) for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.

The SUB AIT program supports the In-Service Attack Submarines Program Office (PMS 392) under Program Executive Office Attack Submarines (PEO SSN) to achieve optimal submarine operational readiness by providing /production support, component repairs and technical support to accomplish repair, maintenance, removal/installation, troubleshooting and associated testing for Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) submarine maintenance availabilities.

The efforts associated with this program will help restore and maintain the material condition and modernization of the fast attack submarines of the United State Navy.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience performing repair work on nuclear submarines within the trade they are being assigned.

• HS/GED

• ​Must be US Citizen.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance

Personnel shall have at least 2+ years’ experience performing repair work on nuclear submarines within the trade they are being assigned.

Personnel shall have DOD type “final” security clearance (DISCO authority with a minimum of a confidential clearance status).

At a minimum, all personnel shall be United States citizens and shall possess a final favorable adjudicated tier 3 investigation. Contractor personnel must have a Department of Defense Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) at the confidential level or higher.

Marine Painter Tasks

Remove and apply paint coatings on submarines and submarine components.

Prepare and paint/preserve surfaces of submarine’s interior and exterior tanks.

Use both power and hand tools in preparing submarine component and foundation surfaces for preservation.

Needle gun, prepare and preserve interior bilges and waterways.

Groom and final paint-out submarine compartments.

Perform cover-up to protect all equipment and surfaces from dust, paint and damage utilizing the proper protection methods and materials prior to performing cleaning and painting operations.

Marine Painter Skill Requirements

At least two (2) years of experience in the painting trade in heavy industry or on marine vessels, to include experience performing surface preparation for painting.

Trained and qualified to wear respiratory protection devices IAW 29 CFR (Subpart I).

Trained and qualified to work with lead, cadmium, and arsenic as well as mixed solvents.

Perform work in compliance with environmental requirements to acquire, apply, remove and dispose of paint, paint waste or residuals and lead paint waste in accordance with OSHA requirements, Federal and State laws as well as Naval Shipyard procedures.

Proficient at applying paint that is free of paint discontinuities, i.e., skips, runs, drips and holidays.

Proficient at the removal and application of paint coatings, prepare and paint and/or preserve surfaces of interior and exterior tanks, bulkheads, voids, bilges, passageways, machinery/propulsion spaces on naval vessels and components.

Proficient with the use of both power and hand tools i.e., needle gun, sanders, etc., to prepare components and foundation surfaces for final painting or preservation as required.

Proficient with performing cover-up to protect all equipment and surfaces from dust, paint and damage utilizing the proper protection methods and materials prior to performing cleaning and painting operations.

Proficient at preparing coating materials by toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives such as catalysts, drying agents, and retardants for tanks, with the proper application of brushes or rollers, for the paint millage required by written technical direction.

Appropriate medical stressors to allow working with "black diamond" compounds.

As a minimum, this will include 29 CFR 1910 medical exams for 121 Beryllium, 124 Cadmium, 133 Chromic acid/Chromium and 161 Lead.

Certified in accordance with SSPC C-6 and SSPC C-12 or NAVSEA approved equivalent (contractor must specify and provide).

Qualified in surface preparation and application of coatings of critically coated areas per NSTM S9086-VD-STM-030/Ch-631 V3R1-Preservation of Ships in Service. Painters shall also be familiar with the requirements for standards in SSPC-1, 5, 10, and 11.

Marine Painter Technical Standards

NSTM S9086-VD-STM-010/Ch-631 Rev 3 - Preservation of Ships in Service

29 CFR (Subpart I) - Respiratory Protection

The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) standards

NAVSEA Standard Item 009-32

OSHA requirements

Naval Shipyard IPI

Required Marine Painter Skill Training

Preparations for Painting

Paint/Blast Hazards

Cleaning Equipment Shipboard

Selecting and Wearing Respirators

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The likely hourly rate for this position is between $39.56 - $53.52. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

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