**Job Title: Paint Associate** **Job Description** Responsible for the preparation of paint products daily, ensuring metal is properly taped and prepared for final paint coats. This role involves painting parts using both powder and liquid paint, working in the paint booth, and assisting painters by performing some of the painting tasks. **Responsibilities** + Prepare paint products daily, ensuring proper tape and preparation of metal for final paint coats. + Paint parts using powder and liquid paint. + Work in the paint booth and assist painters with painting tasks. + Load and unload parts to be painted in the paint booth. + Lift parts up to 70 lbs and hang them on paint hooks. + Conduct visual inspection of parts before and after painting. + Clean parts before and after the paint booth. + Utilize hand and power tools, operate equipment such as drills and screw guns, read prints, and perform large assemblies as needed. **Essential Skills** + Production experience + Painting skills, including liquid and powder paint application + Assembly skills + Painting preparation **Why Work Here?** Enjoy working in a nice, new building with a climate-controlled environment. Benefit from a strong benefits package, long-term advancement opportunities, and the potential to move into a finish paint position. **Work Environment** The work environment is very nice, newer building, quiet, and clean. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $22.00 • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Kasota,MN. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Jan 3, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.