Touch-Up Painter
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 22, 2026
Job Title: Touch-Up Painter
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Type: Contract To Hire
Compensation: $23 - $27 hourly
Position Summary
The Touch-Up Painter is responsible for performing detailed paint repair and finish work on rail cars to ensure cosmetic quality, corrosion protection, and compliance with customer and industry standards. This role focuses on correcting paint defects, damage, or wear after primary coating, assembly, or testing.
Key Responsibilities
+ Perform touch-up painting on rail car bodies, components, and assemblies
+ Repair scratches, chips, runs, sags, overspray, and coating defects
+ Prepare surfaces through sanding, masking, cleaning, and feather-edging
+ Mix paints and coatings per specifications (epoxy, urethane, primer, topcoat)
+ Apply coatings using spray guns, brushes, and rollers as required
+ Match colors and finishes to existing coatings and customer specificati...
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Type: Contract To Hire
Compensation: $23 - $27 hourly
Position Summary
The Touch-Up Painter is responsible for performing detailed paint repair and finish work on rail cars to ensure cosmetic quality, corrosion protection, and compliance with customer and industry standards. This role focuses on correcting paint defects, damage, or wear after primary coating, assembly, or testing.
Key Responsibilities
+ Perform touch-up painting on rail car bodies, components, and assemblies
+ Repair scratches, chips, runs, sags, overspray, and coating defects
+ Prepare surfaces through sanding, masking, cleaning, and feather-edging
+ Mix paints and coatings per specifications (epoxy, urethane, primer, topcoat)
+ Apply coatings using spray guns, brushes, and rollers as required
+ Match colors and finishes to existing coatings and customer specificati...