Drywall Taper/Finisher - Painter

Since 1956, E&K has been uncompromising in the commitment to deliver the highest quality products and services our clients demand, anywhere they need them. Today, we’re one of the largest interior/exterior finish contractors in the U.S., with offices throughout the country and a reputation for excellence.

Responsibilities include:

• Attend and participate in all required training programs.
• Calculate unit costs based on quantity of material installed, hours worked, and labor dollars.
• Conform to all company polices and procedures.
• Erect and dismantle scaffolds.
• Mix, carry and apply joint compound ready for decoration.
• Cleanup, scrapping, moving material, tools, or equipment.
• Prepare all drywall surfaces to receive drywall finish products.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Hand or machine texure walls or ceilings per plans and specifications.
• Layout and install drywall beads.

Requirements include:

• Climbing scaffold as high as 3-4 stories, possibly higher, 4-8 times per day when jobs are above ground level.
• Simultaneous mental alertness and muscular coordination.
• Ability and willingness to work in a team environment, with frequent one-on-one and group activity.
• Ability to work on ladders, scaffolds, and stilts.
• Ability to read (blueprints) plans and specifications.
• Reaching above shoulder and at shoulder height with the weight of wood studs, metal studs, and various tools on a regular basis.
• Must have vision correctable to at least 20/40 in order to use tools and perform tasks associated with the job.
• The ability and willingness to learn company safety policies and applicable OSHA standards.
• Stooping and bending to cut wood and metal studs with knife and chop saw.
• Full use of fingers and both hands required for this manually dexterous position.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling 15 lbs. on a regular and constant basis, 2-3 hours per day.
• Ability to accurately measure materials.Ability to follow directions.
• Lifting over 100 lbs. occasionally (doors or studs).
• Knowledge of basic mathematics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Lifting 50-60 lbs. frequently. Approximately 6-8 times per hour.
• Knowledge and ability to use tools, materials, and equipment necessary for completing finish carpentry projects.
• Standing and walking for 8 hours per day.

E&K is proud to be an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, E-Verify, and Drug Free Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.