Pay: $30.00–$35.00 per hour, based on experience
Location: Huntington Station, NY 11746
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday–Friday, with overtime opportunities
About Us
Signarama Huntington Station is an established, full-service custom sign fabrication company serving Long Island, New York City, and the tri-state area. We design, fabricate, finish, and install high-end commercial and architectural signage for a wide range of clients.
We are seeking a highly skilled Automotive, Industrial, or Metal Spray Painter to join our fabrication and finishing team.
Sign industry experience is not required. Candidates with a strong background in automotive refinishing, collision/body shop painting, industrial spray finishing, or high-end metal finishing are strongly encouraged to apply.
We can teach you the sign industry—we need you to bring the professional painting, preparation, color-matching, and finishing skills.
This is not a brush-and-roller painting position. Our finished products are highly visible architectural and branded components, so we need someone capable of producing smooth, clean, consistent, high-end spray finishes.
What You’ll Be Painting
Our work is custom, so projects change from day to day and may include:
- Aluminum and steel sign cabinets
- Channel letters and dimensional lettering
- Architectural sign components
- Custom fabricated metal pieces
- Interior and exterior signage
- Frames, posts, brackets, and specialty components
- Other custom-painted substrates used in sign fabrication
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Key Responsibilities
Surface Preparation
- Prepare aluminum, steel, HDU, PVC and other sign components through sanding, grinding, filling, cleaning, and masking
- Inspect surfaces for scratches, dents, weld marks, contamination, and other imperfections prior to finishing
- Properly prepare bare and previously finished metal surfaces
- Apply fillers, primers, sealers, and base coats as required
- Ensure surfaces meet quality standards before moving to final spray application
Spray Painting & Finishing
- Apply primers, paints, topcoats, and specialty coatings using HVLP and professional spray equipment
- Mix, match, and tint coatings to achieve specified brand/PMS colors and custom finishes
- Achieve consistent color, sheen, coverage, and finish quality across multiple components
- Maintain clean spray patterns and proper coating application
- Perform touch-ups, corrections, and refinishing as needed
- Properly mask multi-color and specialty-finish projects
Quality & Craftsmanship
- Inspect completed work to ensure a clean, smooth, professional finish
- Identify and correct defects including runs, dry spray, contamination, uneven coverage, scratches, pinholes, and other surface imperfections
- Maintain consistency across production runs and multiple sign components
- Review work orders, drawings, color specifications, and finish samples to ensure accuracy
- Take ownership of finished quality and proactively correct issues before projects leave the finishing department
Equipment & Workspace
- Properly clean and maintain spray guns, hoses, equipment, and paint booth
- Mix and handle paints and coatings according to manufacturer specifications
- Monitor paint and finishing material usage
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe finishing environment
- Follow all PPE, safety, and material-handling procedures
What We’re Looking For
Ideal candidates have 3+ years of professional spray-painting or refinishing experience in one or more of the following:
- Automotive painting and refinishing
- Auto body/collision repair
- Industrial spray painting
- Metal fabrication finishing
- Architectural metal finishing
- Sign fabrication
Skills We're Looking For
- Strong proficiency with HVLP spray guns and professional spray equipment
- Excellent sanding, masking, and surface-preparation skills
- Experience mixing and applying professional coating systems
- Strong color-matching and finish-matching ability
- Ability to achieve consistent gloss/sheen and finish quality
- Ability to identify and correct paint and surface defects
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to read work orders, drawings, and finish specifications
- Ability to work independently while coordinating with fabrication and production teams
- Strong time-management and problem-solving skills
- Reliable, self-motivated, and committed to quality craftsmanship
Automotive painters are strongly encouraged to apply. If you know how to properly prep metal and produce a high-end automotive-quality spray finish, we are interested in speaking with you.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand for extended periods
- Ability to lift and move materials up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to bend, reach, and work with hand and power tools
- Comfortable working in a professional paint and fabrication environment while using required PPE
Compensation & Benefits
- $30.00–$35.00 per hour, based on experience and skill level
- Full-time, year-round position
- Overtime opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation and PTO
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- SIMPLE IRA retirement plan
- Company-provided tools, equipment, and materials
- Monday–Friday schedule
- Occasional evenings or weekends as required to meet project deadlines
- Opportunity to work on unique, high-end custom fabrication projects
How to Apply
If you are an experienced automotive, industrial, or metal spray painter who takes pride in producing exceptional finishes, we would like to hear from you.
Please submit your resume and include a brief description of your professional spray-painting experience, the types of coatings and materials you have worked with, and the spray equipment you are experienced using.
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay: $30.00–$35.00 per hour
Work Location: In person – Huntington Station, NY 11746
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Huntington Station, NY 11746 (Required)
Work Location: In person
