Painter Experienced Hiring Event (June 2026)
Job Location:
Pascagoula, MS - USA
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Job Summary
Req ID: 47224
Team: 27 Paint
Entity: Ingalls Shipbuilding
US Citizenship Required for this Position:No
Full-Time
Shift: Multiple
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework
Travel Requirement:No
Were building tomorrows fleet today
With more than 11000 employees HIIs Ingalls Shipbuilding division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years weve designed built and maintained amphibious ships destroyers and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants were simultaneously building four classes of ships and have pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades. Think thats cool Keep reading:
Protect the Ship. Perfect the Finish. Become a Painter. As an Ingalls Painters
apply the coatings that protect and preserve Americas most advanced naval vessels. Your work ensures durability corrosion resistance and missionready performance in some of the worlds harshest environments. This is precisiondriven highimpact work where your skill truly makes a difference.
If youre ready to put your blasting and painting expertise to work on ships that serve around the globe a rewarding career at Ingalls Shipbuilding Americas Shipyard and Mississippis largest private employer is waiting for you.
What You Can Earn
Earn up to $35.99 per hour based on experience and qualifications.
Opportunities for overtime and longterm career development.
What Youll Do
Perform abrasive blasting and painting operations using specialized marine coatings.
Apply coatings to meet specific contract specification and quality requirements.
Interpret and follow blasting and painting standards including:
Surface preparation and blast profiles
Mil thickness requirements
Environmental and application tolerances
Execute blasting and painting tasks as directed by supervision across various shipyard environments.
Follow all safety procedures that meet and often exceed industry standards.
Why This Work Matters
Every surface you prepare and every coating you apply helps protect ships that operate in extreme conditions for decades. Painters are essential to the longevity and reliability of nearly 70% of the U.S. Navy fleet built at Ingalls since 1938.
What You Bring
Proven experience in industrial or marine blasting and painting
Understanding of coating systems blast profiles and milthickness requirements
Ability to work safely in demanding environments including heights and confined spaces
Strong attention to detail dependability and teamwork
Why HII
We build the worlds most powerful survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas sky land space and cyber. HIIs diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of Americas top large company employers we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts peoples safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve at HII youll find a supportive and welcoming environment competitive benefits and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Working at HII is more than a job - its an opportunity to build a future. We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical prescription drug dental and vision plan choices on-site health centers tele-medicine wellness resources employee assistance programs savings plan options (401K) financial education and planning tools life insurance tuition reimbursement employee discounts early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin physical or mental disability age or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
Do You Need Assistance
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to .com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
