Description:

You will be the Aircraft Painter for the Special Operations Forces (SOF) team. Our team is responsible for applying advanced coating and surface‑preparation techniques to support critical mission assets.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Aircraft Painter, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Coats surfaces of aircraft with paint, lacquer, epoxy, resin or other material, using brushes, rollers, spray guns and other devices, removes old paint from aircraft, using liquid paint remover and scraper.

• Smoothes surface with sandpaper and steel wool, roughens aluminum surfaces with acid solution and steel wool to insure that paint adheres to surface, masks and covers portions of surfaces not to be painted, and paint insignia, letters or numerals on aircraft surface, using stencils.

Why Join Us

This position supports our Special Operations Forces – Global Logistics Support Services (SOF‑GLSS) contract, which is the U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) largest service‑contract vehicle providing a wide range of tailored logistics, maintenance, and sustainment services. Learn more here.

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is in Lexington. Discover more about our Lexington, Kentucky location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a Secret clearance. A company‑sponsored interim Secret clearance is required to start.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience painting piece parts, aircraft or vehicles in a manufacturing environment.

Ability to interpret blueprints and drawings to determine what needs to be masked and painted.

Ability to perform multiple tasks in the paint area including masking, sanding, painting, stenciling.

Ability to obtain & maintain a Secret security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. An Interim Secret clearance is required prior to start.

Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level:

Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely:

Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules:

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position:

Standard Monday to Friday 40 hour work week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level:

Hourly/Non-Exempt

Business Unit:

MISSILES AND FIRE CTRL (S0806)

Relocation Available:

No

Career Area:

Manufacturing

Type:

Task Order/IDIQ

Shift:

First