The position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, U.S. Capitol Building, Assistant Superintendent CB & CVC Operations and Maintenance Division, Maintenance Branch, Painter Section.
The Painter-Refinisher Leader has responsibility for leading Painter-Refinishers to perform general painting and for refinishing of doors, door frames, and other wood work as well as participating in Painter-Decorator projects involving historic colors, complex striping, designs, and panel refinishing.
The Position is Limited to Current AOC Employees Only Tour of Duty: Sunday - Sunday - Friday from 8:30pm to 5:00am Hours May Change Due to Operational Needs of Management.
Major Duties Painter-Refinisher Leader Functions: As a working leader, the incumbent is responsible for the following functions/duties: Passing on to other workers the instructions received from supervisors and getting work started.by distributing the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the work group; Working along with other workers and setting the pace; Demonstrating proper work methods; Ensuring that needed plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and that needed materials are obtained; Obtaining necessary information or decisions from supervisors on problems that come up during the work shift; Maintaining current knowledge on procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives, (for example, technical orders to be able to answer questions of other workers.); Ensures that there is enough work to keep everyone in the work crew fully occupied; Checking work while in progress and when finished to see whether the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been followed; Urging or advising other workers to follow instructions received from supervisors, and to meet deadlines; Assuring that safety and housekeeping rules are followed and that all tools are used properly; Reporting to supervisors on status and progress of work, and causes of work delays; and Answering questions of supervisors on overall work operations and problems (for example, concerning, additional on-the-job training requirements for individual employees).
Painting Advice and Guidance: Carefully reads and follows complex blueprints, job orders, and specification sheets to make accurate calculations and adjustments to materials, paint and equipment for each area involving decorative striping, colors, refinishing, etc. Keeps in daily contact with site based customers to ensure safe working conditions for workers and the public while working on scaffolds, ladders, and area work platforms.
Provides advice and guidance to customers and journey level Painters, and Painter-Refinishers. Painting and Refinishing: Performs complex coating work using any of the accepted methods of the trade such as graining, shadowing and shading colors. Matches and mixes colors by eye and/or with a tinting machine to match historical and faded colors. Performs manual tinting or operates a computer tinting machine.
Ensures that surfaces have a smooth-texture and decorative appearance and meet thickness, tone and density requirements for the project being performed. In addition to conventional painting treatments of multiple surfaces, such as walls, hallways and bathrooms, applies decorative painting techniques to historical ornate designs in the Capitol Building Meeting and Hearing Rooms, Congress members' offices and other special purpose rooms.
Refinishes and/or finishes walnut and mahogany doors, metal doors and cabinets etc. to match historical natural wood finishes within the U.S. Capitol Building and the Capitol Visitor Center. Applies primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats. Applies paint, stain, varnish, enamel, and other finishes to equipment, buildings, decorative walls and doors and/or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.
Polishes final coats to specified finishes. May work on site or in a paint booth located in a shop. Complies with OSHA regulations and trade safety practices.
A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual rate credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience.
The amount of service credit will be based on specialized experience or qualifying experience that is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important that you provide a work history that lists all directly related positions held, and it must include the dates of employment (month/day/year).
The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
Paulette.Dixon-Ellis@aoc.gov · 202.615.4203
This position is with Architect of the Capitol, Legislative Branch.
The posted pay range is $38.21 – $44.55/hr.
Applications close on 2026-11-12.
This is a This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Status position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-28 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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