Join our award-winning team at University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC). Ranked among the nation’s top ten hospitals by US News and World Report, UWMC prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. UWMC is operated by the University of Washington (UW) and serves as a training site for UW’s School of Medicine. The University of Washington is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement and natural beauty.

UWMC Montlake Maintenance has an excellent opportunity for a temporary day shift PAINTER. The individual in this role will perform skilled painting work on interior and exterior of buildings and facilities, and perform journey-level duties in skilled painting work.

A summary of the Painter’s responsibilities:

Paint a variety of surfaces to support UW Medical Center renovation projects.

Track time spent on projects, reporting time spent on time sheets.

Prepare surfaces for painting or finishing by scraping, sanding, washing, or otherwise removing dirt, grease, old finishes, and rust scale; remove paint from surfaces by using sanders, wire brushes, and paint and varnish remover.

Preparatory to painting, make minor repairs in plaster, sheetrock, metal, wood and masonry surfaces by filling with putty, caulks, fiberglass, resin, etc.

Apply primers, sealers, stains and under coats with brushes, rollers, or spray painting equipment, striping machine, etc.; paint machinery, piping, floors, and walls; apply hi-tech industrial enamels, epoxies.

Move furniture, place protective drop cloths; tape baseboards, glass, and other surfaces when needed.

Clean brushes, rollers, spray and other painting equipment with water, solvent, thinner or other appropriate cleaners to keep equipment and tools in good working condition; observing safety requirements.

Install, work from, and remove scaffolding, stages, planks, ladders, jacks, spider staging, and other work platforms.

Drive service truck as required; load and unload materials and supplies.

May operate ladder and boom trucks, and forklift.

May perform work in other trades and perform related duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

Completion of a recognized apprenticeship as a painter; OR full journey status as a painter in a union; OR four years of applicable work experience. Vocational training may be substituted for work experience on a year-for-year basis. May require valid State of Washington driver's license.

Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.