Seasonal Painter

Title: Seasonal Painter

Position Purpose:

Executing all varieties of painting, related
maintenance, renovations, and repair projects on campus. Uses high quality painting skills, works well with scheduling and other members of
the Paint Shop. This is a seasonal/summer role.

Job Duties:

• Communicate well with all
  customers and understand their needs.
• Operate all painting related equipment.
• Perform all painting related functions.
• Complete assigned work orders and PM (preventative maintenance) orders.
• Interact well with other painters, all Facility
  Services personnel, department heads, and residents of buildings where work is being performed.

Minimum
Qualifications:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Valid Maine
  driver’s license.

Experience

• 0-3 years of residential and/or commercial painting
  experience.
• Ability to work with various types of paints and coatings associated with the trade.
• Pressure washer, paint
  sprayer, other equipment generally associated with the painting trade.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Basic math and
  computer skills.
• Ability to logically trouble-shoot equipment problems.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions in
  the context of the job.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with supervisors, co-workers and outside contacts.
• Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate physical strength.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy to effectively handle a
  broad range of interpersonal situations and to respond appropriately to conflicts and problems.
• Ability and willingness to work
  weekends, evenings, on-call and other non-traditional schedules.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, access to the library and athletic facilities, and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug-
and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and
providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or
veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education
policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal
opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for
understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with
applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow,
Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the
world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a
collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender,
race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by
a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic
changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly
competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates
employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s
second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England
campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35
miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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