Lead Painting Paint/Grit Blasting Services at Scruples Resources

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• Lead and supervise surface preparation, grit blasting, and protective coating activities.
• Plan and coordinate painting and blasting work in accordance with approved procedures and project schedules.
• Inspect surfaces before, during, and after preparation and coating.
• Ensure surface preparation meets specified cleanliness and surface-profile requirements.
• Supervise painters, blasters, technicians, and subcontractors.
• Coordinate activities with mechanical, structural, QA/QC, inspection, operations, and HSE teams.
• Ensure correct selection, mixing, application, and curing of protective coating systems.
• Monitor environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, dew point, and surface temperature before coating application.
• Ensure compliance with approved coating specifications, inspection plans, and manufacturers' recommendations.
• Maintain records of blasting, painting, inspection, material usage, and completed work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review coating specifications, procedures, drawings, work packs, and Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
• Plan work fronts, manpower, equipment, materials, scaffolding, ventilation, and containment requirements.
• Supervise abrasive blasting using approved media and equipment.
• Verify surface cleanliness using applicable standards such as SSPC/NACE/ISO 8501, where specified.
• Check surface profile and ensure contaminants such as oil, grease, dust, rust, and salts are adequately removed.
• Verify paint batch numbers, shelf life, storage conditions, mixing ratios, and application requirements.
• Supervise application of primers, intermediate coats, finish coats, and specialized protective coatings.
• Monitor wet film thickness (WFT) and dry film thickness (DFT) measurements.
• Coordinate inspection and testing of completed coating systems with QA/QC personnel.
• Ensure defective or damaged coatings are repaired and re-inspected.
• Monitor abrasive and paint consumption and minimize material wastage.
• Ensure proper containment and collection of spent abrasive and paint-related waste.
• Enforce safe working practices for abrasive blasting, spray painting, work at height, confined spaces, and hazardous chemicals.
• Conduct toolbox talks and ensure compliance with PTW, JSA/JHA, PPE, and HSE requirements.
• Prepare daily progress reports, inspection records, coating reports, and material reconciliation.
• Provide technical guidance to painting and blasting personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• OND, HND, technical certificate, or equivalent qualification in Coating Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field.
• Significant experience in industrial painting, protective coatings, abrasive blasting, and surface preparation, preferably in oil & gas.
• Experience supervising painting and blasting crews and subcontractors.
• Knowledge of protective coating systems for piping, tanks, pressure vessels, structural steel, offshore structures, and equipment.
• Familiarity with coating inspection and standards such as NACE/AMPP, SSPC, and ISO 8501, as applicable.
• Knowledge of coating inspection equipment, including DFT gauges, surface-profile gauges, dew-point meters, and environmental monitoring instruments.
• Relevant coating certification such as AMPP/NACE Coating Inspector is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of HSE requirements for abrasive blasting and paint application.
• Good leadership, supervision, coordination, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to work effectively in onshore, offshore, refinery, fabrication, shutdown, turnaround, and construction environments.