Letterer and Sign Painter

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy safe and clean by collecting recycling and disposing of waste cleaning City streets and vacant lots and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nations largest municipal sanitation agency with nearly 10000 employees 59 district garages and a fleet of more than 5000 trucks cars and other types of equipment. The Department clears litter snow and ice from approximately 6500 miles of City streets and removes debris from vacant lots as well as abandoned vehicles from City streets.

The Bureau of Building Maintenance is looking for a Letterer and Sign Painter. The primary responsibilities will include the following but will not be limited:

-Perform various types and kinds of freehand automated and/or computer- designed lettering and sign painting work. Will perform such work on various objects materials and surfaces using any and all types of mediums available or necessary.

-Design lays out proportion block-in and finishes all styles of lettering work on all kinds of surfaces.

-Perform work on signs asphalt roadways road signs plaques billboards buildings walls doors storefronts windows etc. using mediums such as oil or water based paint gold leaf silk screen vinyl sheeting metals plastics etc. May utilize pressure sensitive letters and related equipment. Performs freehand lettering and painting of signs and backgrounds.

-Paint signs and graphics on all kinds of materials such as metal wood masonry tar asphalt concrete plastic cardboard glass etc. Installs backgrounds on signs using mediums such as paint vinyl powder coating etc. Work with reflective and non- reflective vinyl sheeting and applies sheeting on various substrate materials such as aluminum other metals plastic wood glass etc.

-Use specialized computer graphics and logo design software and computer-driven tools such as thermal and vinyl cutting plotters to design lay out and draw lettering text graphics logos and signs.

-Prepare master signs from which silk screens will be made. Lay out and sets lettering by silk screen process manually or using mechanical means. Produce silk screens using hand cut and photographic processes (including overlays) for the mass production of signs.

-Applies lettering and logos to motor vehicles and equipment. Performs roadway painting.

-May work either indoors or outdoors from scaffolds ladders booms or platform- bucket- and tower trucks.

-Maintain tools equipment and work areas

LETTERER AND SIGN PAINTER - 91825

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
1. Five years of satisfactory full-time paid experience as a sign painter or letterer doing layout and preparation of lettering signs and posters using a brush freehand paste-on or stenciled letters or computer graphics software and other related sign/lettering work; or

2. A satisfactory combination of experience and/or education which is equivalent to 1 above. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of related education and/or computer training in an accredited trade or vocational school including apprenticeship or helper experience in lettering or sign painting. However all candidates must have at least two years and six months of the experience described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time