Technician - Painter, Sharjah, UAE

Perform new and maintenance painting work in residential & commercial buildings and to ensure work is in accordance with all standards of building codes and safety.

Operational Excellence

• Performs any duties and responsibilities that are within the scope of employment, as assigned by the supervisor/Engineer In-Charge, coordinates with co-workers for the project.
• Reviews assigned tasks with the Engineer-in-Charge to gain full understanding of the work, priorities, requirements and cautions, prior to starting work.
• Prepares or works from blue prints, plans, drawings and specifications in accordance with the building codes, safety and approved trade practices.
• Performs scheduled work ensuring that the required tools are obtained, used and returned per issued instructions.
• Inspects surfaces and identifies defects and the need for adjustment or repair to ensure safety and compliance with codes.
• Paints the interior and exterior of structures, buildings and other surfaces taking into consideration both practical and aesthetic benefits.
• Applies varnish and other finishes where needed.
• Carries on-site preparations such as building scaffolding and covering fixtures.  
• Prepares walls and other surfaces for painting by scraping, using sandpaper, removing old paint, and filling cracks and holes.
• Mixes paint and other material to prepare the right colour or texture.
• Arranges for material from approved suppliers for painting work.
• Regularly reports the status of assigned tasks to the Engineer-in-Charge and alerts him or her to any problems with the execution of the work.
• Demonstrates high level of consideration to housekeeping standards in all tasks performed.

Safety

• Manages the safety of own assigned maintenance tasks, ensuring all published mandatory precautions are taken prior to commencing work and during task execution.
• Takes positive steps to protect self and other persons in the area of the maintenance activity from any possible injury, including the use of protective equipment.
• Pays attention to human factors aspects of maintenance, ensuring that work interruption procedures are followed, and that adequate access and lighting is used for maintenance and inspections.
• Uses & wears necessary equipment for safety like safety shoes, helmet, gloves, protection glass, etc. 

Reputation and Teamwork

• Internal Customer Service: provides helpful information and support to own team and to other department personnel involved with managing scheduled construction/maintenance work.
• Presents a positive and competent image of technical professionalism to other companies’ personnel and company customers.

Cost Awareness

• Maintains positive awareness to the cost of maintenance including use of time and materials.
• Minimizes unnecessary waste of consumable material and part repair cost by avoiding unnecessary damage and repeat work during maintenance.

• Candidates must possess relevant qualification required for this position. 
• Demonstrates a positive attitude all times.
• Well organized, capable of arranging work assignments as needed.
• Manual dexterity with excellent balance to work on scaffolding, ladders etc.
• Dynamic and physically fit for the job, requires frequent movement and physical effort.
• Good basic mathematical skills.
• Fair English Language (written and spoken). 
• Very good knowledge of painting material and how to select, mix and apply them.
• Solid knowledge of commercial and/or construction painting techniques.
• Aptitude in using appropriate tools (brushes, caulking guns etc.)
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions and express updates accordingly.
• Ability to understand assignments and perform tasks according to priorities and logical order.
• Cooperative team players, demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Willing to work on shift pattern (24/7) and long working hours.
• Multi-task oriented with high detail orientation.
• Reliable, self-motivated displays energy and enthusiasm.

• With a minimum of 1-2 of years of relevant technical experience in the related field in any engineering /construction / maintenance company is a must.