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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Professional degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Coater is responsible for applying industrial coatings, primers, and paints to storage tanks, vessels, and piping while adhering to quality control standards. They must operate painting equipment, maintain safety protocols, and coordinate with production teams to ensure project requirements are met.
Job details
Foremost has an immediate opening for a Coater at our facility in Lloydminster, AB facility. The Coater will be responsible for internal and external coating, insulating and painting storage tanks, vessels, skids and piping. Key Responsibilities * Conform to quality control standards and construction specifications, drawings, sketches, layout boards, etc., and/or verbal instructions * Operate and service all equipment associated with coating and painting * Applying epoxy primers and Urethane topcoats * Read, understand and follow working instructions/directions, policies, procedures * Attend daily production meetings, report status of jobs in progress * Maintain frequent contact with QC and Production to ensure all blasting and coating requirements are met * Follow the company safe work procedures and legislated safety requirements * Comply with all WHMIS and environmental regulations regarding the storage, use and disposal of hazardous chemicals * Prepare and/or apply industrial primer, paint, and/or industrial coatings (protective and decorative) to all parts of finished products and/or equipment * Operate brush or spray equipment as required and is responsible for proper storage and handling of all consumables, paints and painting supplies Qualifications * Familiarity with tank, vessel and pipe coating * Ability to calculate values in Metric and Imperial * Ability to give and take clear direction; verbal and written * WHIMIS, Fall Protection, Confined Space training * Industrial painting experience or progression through a formal Painter Trade Certification * Use of hand tools What we Offer * Competitive Compensation. * In-depth Safety Program. Safety First. Always. * Flexible, robust benefits for you and your family. * Paid Vacation. * Health, Dental & Disability Benefits. * Company-Matched RRSP or Pension. * Wellness Programs & Employee Support Programs. * Collaborative Team Environment. * Tuition Reimbursement & Apprenticeship Opportunities. * Career Development & Paid Training Opportunities. About Foremost Foremost is a large and diverse mobile equipment manufacturer, specializing in Canadian equipment for oil & gas, mining construction, agriculture, water well and vacuum truck markets. With a solid reputation dating back to 1940, over 600 employees across Alberta and a unique depth of expertise, Foremost is a company with great people, great products and a great future. We have adapted, invented, and evolved all of our products with a view to make them more valuable and profitable for our customers. For more information about Foremost, visit .
What you’ll do
The Coater is responsible for applying industrial coatings, primers, and paints to storage tanks, vessels, and piping while adhering to quality control standards. They must operate painting equipment, maintain safety protocols, and coordinate with production teams to ensure project requirements are met.
Requirements
Candidates should have experience in industrial painting or progression through a formal Painter Trade Certification. Familiarity with tank and vessel coating, along with relevant safety certifications like WHMIS, Fall Protection, and Confined Space training, is required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Safety program
- Flexible benefits
- Paid vacation
- Health benefits
- Dental benefits
- Disability benefits
- Company-matched RRSP or pension
- Wellness programs
- Employee support programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Career development
- Paid training
Listed skills
- Quality Control · Preferred
- safety procedures · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Industrial painting
- Epoxy primer application
- Urethane topcoat application
- Spray equipment operation
- Brush painting
- Quality control
- Tank coating
- Vessel coating
- Pipe coating
- WHMIS compliance
- Safety procedures
- Metric and imperial calculations
- Hand tools
- Blueprint reading
- Hand Tools
- Storage Tanks
- Fall Protection
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Consumables
- Environmental Laws
- Oil and Gas
- Painting
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems
- Quality Control
Job areas
- Manufacturing
- Trades
- Construction
- Energy
- Coater Operator
- Coating / Industrial Painter
- Spray Painters and Varnishers
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
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