Painter/ General Maintenance

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6500 globally we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients businesses. Globally we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30000 locations in North America Europe Middle East Australia and Asia. Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor and as part of the Maintenance Team the incumbent will be responsible for the effective operation and maintenance of the facility with particular emphasis on: patching painting planned maintenance and removal of graffiti. Paints and decorators patching sanding and applying paint coatings and other finishes to interior and exterior surfaces of buildings :
Estimates the quantity of materials required by measuring surfaces or reviewing a work order
Responds to client work orders and planned Preventive Maintenance projects
Creates budgets and work estimates to management for planned projects.
Removes old coatings by stripping with solvents heat sanding wire brushing or water and sand blasting
Prepares surfaces for covering by cleaning filling nail holes and cracks and sanding rough spots
Applies an undercoat primer or sealer before painting or apply sizing before wallpapering
Matches specified colours by using premixed paints or mixing colour and pigment oil and thinning and drying additives.
Use brushes rollers or spray guns to apply liquid coatings such as paint stain or varnish to surfaces of wood metal brick concrete plaster stucco or stone
Sandblasts and apply industrial coatings
Follow all environmental codes and practices and conform to applicable legislation

Assist other Team members and Trades persons as requested including but not limited to furniture moves equipment insulations quality assurance checks and other assigned duties.
Interprovincial Standards Painter Decorator Red Seal Certification
Interprovincial Standards Painter Decorator Blue Seal certification
Commercial and Industrial Safety FLHA/JSA
Current knowledge of building and safety codes for both exterior and interior work
Ability to move heavy ladders and industrial equipment at the work site