About this role
Job SummaryThis position is located in the Senate Office Buildings, Tenant Services Division, Painting Branch. The Painter-Refinisher Leader will lead a team of painters and refinishers while overseeing painting and refinishing projects.
QualificationsYou must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position. -Ability to Lead
Major DutiesPainter-Refinisher Leader Functions As a working leader, the selectee is responsible for the following functions/duties: -Passes on to other workers the instructions received from supervisors and getting work started by distributing the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the work group. -Ensures that needed plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and that needed materials are obtained. -Maintains current knowledge on procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives. -Ensures that there is enough work to keep everyone in the work crew fully occupied. -Checks work while in progress and when finished, to see whether the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been followed. -Reports to supervisors on status and progress of work and causes of work delays. -Answers questions of supervisors on overall work operations and problems. -Creating and closing work orders Painting Advice and Guidance -Reads and follows complex blueprints, job orders, and specification sheets to make accurate calculations and adjustments to materials, paint and equipment for each area involving decorative striping, colors, refinishing, etc. -Keeps in daily contact with site-based customers to ensure safe working conditions for workers and the public while working on scaffolds, ladders, and area work platforms. Painting and Refinishing -Performs complex coating work using any of the accepted methods of the trade such as graining, shadowing and shading colors. Matches and mixes colors by eye and/or with a tinting machine to match historical and faded colors. Ensures that surfaces have a smooth-texture and decorative appearance and meet thickness, tone and density requirements for the project being performed. -Applies decorative painting techniques to historical ornate designs in the Congressional Buildings Meeting and Hearing Rooms, Member's offices and other special purpose rooms. Refinishes and/or finishes walnut and mahogany doors, metal doors and cabinets, etc. to match historical natural wood finishes. Applies primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats. -Applies paint, stain, varnish, enamel, and other finishes to equipment, buildings, decorative walls and doors and/or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers. -Complies with OSHA regulations and trade safety practices.Requirements“To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below: A citizen of the United States; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.”