Posted 58d ago

Spray Painter - Structural Steel

Blaze Staffing Solutions Sunshine West VIC 3020

Permanent Casual/Holiday
Base pay
$36 - $40/hr

Key points we found

  • Monday to Friday 6am - 2:30pm
  • Ongoing role with potential to go permanent
  • Plenty of overtime available

  1. Monday to Friday 6am - 2:30pm
  2. Ongoing role with potential to go permanent
  3. Plenty of overtime available

Our client is an industry leader in complex steel structures and steel construction looking for an experienced Spray Painter / Painter to join their coatings team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a painter with experience in automotive or industrial spray painting who’s looking to transition into structural steel coatings. You’ll enjoy consistent full-time hours, a supportive environment, and the chance to secure a permanent role.

What You’ll Be Doing

  1. Prepare steel surfaces through cleaning, grinding, sanding, and blasting.
  2. Apply single-pack zinc phosphate primers using airless spray pumps.
  3. Apply two-pack epoxies, polyurethane, and polysiloxane coatings to high standards.
  4. Use Wet Film Thickness (WFT) gauges to measure and record coating thickness.
  5. Mix and handle paints using powered tools safely and accurately.

What You’ll Need

  1. Experience painting structural steel using single- and two-pack epoxies.
  2. Skilled with airless spray equipment and familiar with WFT gauges.
  3. Knowledge of surface preparation and abrasive blasting.
  4. Experience operating overhead cranes safely (preferred).
  5. Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.
  6. Automotive spray painters are encouraged to apply!

If you’re a skilled Spray Painter looking for a stable, full-time role with great hours and a strong team, we’d love to hear from you. Click APPLY NOW!

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Skills
ABRASIVE BLASTING
airless spray equipment
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
overhead crane operation
Paint mixing and handling
QUALITY FOCUS
SPRAY PAINTING
Surface Cleaning and Sanding
Surface preparation
WFT Gauges

More details
Date posted
4 Feb 2026
Category
Construction
Occupation
Painter
Contract type
Permanent
Work type
Casual/Holiday
Job mode
Onsite / Standard business hours
Industry
Manufacturing
Sector
Privately held company
Company size
201 to 1000

Blaze Staffing Solutions

Privately held company
201 to 1000
Company size

Blaze Staffing Solutions is an Australian owned, multi-specialist recruitment and labour-hire services provider. We are recognised for our expertise and success in providing businesses with a flexible, motivated and performance-based workforce within the Australian marketplace.

Over the years, the Blaze Staffing team has been a career partner to several Australian and global organisations, both public and private, involved in Industrial, Trades and Professional Services markets. Our focus is and has always been on raising productivity through improved quality, efficiency, cost reduction and technological innovations in sourcing and selecting the best talent, enabling our clients to concentrate on their core business activities.

Pay insights
Market average based on all Painter jobs in Melbourne VIC
Base pay range
$36 - $40/hr
Market average
$41/hr
$30 - $36/hr
8 jobs
$36 - $43/hr
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$43 - $49/hr
2 jobs
$49 - $55/hr
5 jobs
$41/hr
Market average
$30/hr
$55/hr

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