About Us
Our capabilities cover a full suite of millwrighting services, including installing, setting, aligning, and leveling machinery and equipment, as well as dismantling, refurbishing, reassembling, and moving. Additionally, our expertise covers close tolerance and precision alignment, as well as fabrication, concrete construction, and industrial HVAC solutions.
Job Summary
Job Title: Industrial Painter & Fabricator Multicraft - Shop
Reports To: Foreman and/or Superintendent for Shop
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Summary: Industrial Steel Painter who can also service when the need arises as a Steel Fabricator to support the fast-paced Maryville, TN fabrication facility. This role is responsible for preparing and applying protective coatings to structural steel and custom weldments. When not actively painting, this role will assist the fabrication shop team with metal preparation, fitting, grinding, and general fabrication duties to ensure production deadlines are met.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Primary Responsibilities: Coating & Painting
Surface Preparation: Perform abrasive sandblasting, grinding, wire brushing, and chemical wash procedures to remove rust, mill scale, and contaminants from steel surfaces.
Coating Application: Safely mix, measure, and apply various high-performance industrial coatings (epoxies, polyurethanes, zinc-rich primers, and enamels) using conventional, airless, and plural-component spray equipment, as well as brush and roller.
Quality Assurance: Ensure correct paint film thickness (WFT/DFT) using wet and dry mil gauges. Inspect finished steel for holidays, runs, or overspray and execute necessary touch-ups.
Equipment Maintenance: Clean, maintain, and troubleshoot paint pots, spray guns, hoses, and paint booths to ensure optimal performance.
Secondary Responsibilities: Steel Fabrication
Metal Prep & Finishing: Grind, deburr, and polish raw steel edges, weld seams, and cutouts to prepare pieces for the paint booth.
Fit-Up & Assembly: Assist shop fabricators and welders with positioning, aligning, clamping, and tacking structural steel components prior to final weld-out.
Material Handling: Safely operate overhead cranes, forklifts, and rigging to move heavy steel beams and fabricated assemblies around the shop.
General Shop Support: Operate fabrication machinery (e.g., ironworkers, saws, drill presses) and assist with general maintenance, organizing the shop floor, and managing inventory for paint and consumables.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
Experience: Minimum of 2-4 years of verifiable experience in industrial steel painting, sandblasting, and metal fabrication.
Multi-Craft Competency: Demonstrated ability or willingness to cross-train and perform basic welding, grinding, and metal fitting.
Blueprint Reading: Ability to read and interpret complex fabrication drawings, blueprints, and project specifications.
Safety Compliance: Strong working knowledge of OSHA standards, VOC requirements, and proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including respirators.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
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Physical Demands
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended amounts of time. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Benefits
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We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Equal Opportunity Employer
As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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Notice to Prospective Employees
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EMCOR Group and its companies do not reach out to individuals to help with marketing or other similar services. If an individual is contacted for services outside of EMCOR's normal application process - it is probably fraudulent.
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Job Locations US-TN-Maryville
ID 2026-51340
Company Cherokee Millwright, Inc.
Category Operations Services
Position Type Full-Time
Location Type Onsite
Posted Date 8 hours ago (7/20/2026 4:53 PM)
