Decorative Plasterer (Painter) Leader
What you'd do
Our work inspires a nation. We are the artisans, historians, and craftspeople who preserve and maintain the landmark buildings, monuments, art and grounds of the Capitol campus. This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings & Grounds, Tenant Services Division, Projects Branch, Painting Night Section. The Decorative Plasterer (Painter) Leader will perform Decorative Plasterer and Decorative Painter duties in an extraordinary artistic and historical environment.
Major duties
Tour of Duty: Sunday evening to Thursday morning, 6:00 pm through 4:30 am As a working leader, you will lead and motivate journey-level painters performing painting throughout the Library Buildings and Grounds. Duties include: Relaying supervisors' instructions to employees and initiating work by assigning specific tasks to each team member. Working along with other workers and setting the pace; demonstrating proper work methods. Checking work while in progress and when finished to see whether the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been followed. Ensuring the workload is evenly distributed and balanced among workers. Reporting to supervisors on status and progress of work and causes of work delays. Using brushes, spray guns, rollers or other equipment to apply paint, varnish, wallpaper and other elaborate finishes (i.e. stenciling, color glazing, gilding, marbling, lettering, striping, stippling and graining) to walls, doors, windows, baseboards, floor, trim and other surfaces of buildings. Performing maintenance and repair on unique and historically significant plaster walls, ceilings, cornices and moldings, taking care to avoid damaging architectural features. Performing decorative and protective finishing work on walls, doors, windows, trim, floors, and other building surfaces to shield them from damage, uphold their condition, garnish their appearance, and refurbish worn or deteriorated finishes.
What you need to qualify
You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position. Ability to lead employees in the performance of painting-decorative plaster work including: Applying materials to achieve surface texture, thickness, and level requirements; Blending, toning, and tinting coating materials; Applying and providing direction to employees on proper decorative painting and decorative plaster techniques, including: specialty finishes, ornamental plaster, moldings, cornices, and proper use of materials and troweling/finishing methods.
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