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Painter - Engineering - South

Job Description

  • About Us

    CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

    • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
    • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
    • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
    • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
    • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
    • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
  • Benefits

    • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
    • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
  • Job Summary
    • A Painter is responsible for painting the interior and exterior of structures, buildings and other surfaces. This position matches paint and wallcoverings, makes on-site preparations such as building scaffolding, covering fixtures etc., prepares walls and other surfaces for painting by scraping, using sandpaper, removing old paint etc. and applies paint to these surfaces. This position reads blueprints/instructions and examine surfaces to determine the kind and amount of work necessary. May perform touch-ups or coordinate large painting projects related to the construction industry as well as preforms other tasks as assigned. The Painter may be required to work nights, weekends, holidays and overtime as necessary and approved by supervisor.
  • Job Requirements
    • Education
      • Required: High School Diploma or GED
      • Preferred: Trade School in the mechanical fields
    • Experience
      • Required: Two years prior professional painting experience.
      • Preferred: Journeyman Painter (4 + years unionized experience).
      • Preferred: One or more years working in a healthcare facility.
    • Skills
      • Hand truck and ladders.
      • Proficient organizational skills.
      • Proficient communication skills.
      • Willing to work flexible hours.
      • Proficient in recognizing and correct surface damage problems of various sizes.
      • Estimate material needed for each job assigned.
      • Spray paint equipment and drying fans.
      • Operate electric powered hand tools.
      • Drywall tools with knowledge of taping and skimming.
      • Computer and tablet operation for Work Order Maintenance Software.
    • Licensure/Certification/Registration
      • Required: Active Driver's License
      • Preferred: STI Fire Stop Certified within 1 year of hire (provided by Cox yearly if not already certified)
      • Preferred: Lead and Mold Certified

Specialties:

  1. Support Services

Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.