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Employment Opportunities

BRIDGE PAINTER

The New York Division has vacancies at the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Duties

The successful candidate would, under general supervision, perform painting and rigging operations on high-level bridges; use necessary hand and power tools to clean, scrape, prime and apply paint to all steel members and parts of high-level bridges; maintain painting equipment; inspect for points of damage, corrosion and wear and brings to supervisor's attention; paint Authority buildings, equipment or fixtures when bridge painting operations are suspended by cold or inclement weather.

Qualifications

The candidate must have at least four (4) years of satisfactory experience working under a journey-level painter which would provide training equivalent to that gained in an apprenticeship program. At least one year of this experience must have been spent in painting high level structural steel. A CDL-B drivers’ license must be obtained prior to completion of the probationary period.

Salary ranges from $16.83 to $23.88 per hour plus location pay.

Benefits include:

  • Year round employment
  • 12 paid Holidays
  • 16 paid Vacation and Personal Days, plus 13 paid Sick Days
  • Generous health, dental and optical benefits
  • Free E-ZPass from home to work, work to home
  • Participation in the New York State Employees Retirement System

Submit resumes to:

Karen Parchment
New York State Thruway Authority
4 Executive Blvd.
Suffern, NY 10901

For additional information, please call (845) 918-2564.

PDF Download Employment Application (PDF, 4 pages/166 Kb).

This application must be printed and mailed. Data will not transfer if this form is attached to an e-mail.

Please contact the office below in the area closest to your employment preference.

Employment Contact Information
Contact Area Phone EMail
Albany Area: 518-436-2998 albrecruiter@thruway.state.ny.us
Syracuse Area: 315-438-2386 syrrecruiter@thruway.state.ny.us
Buffalo Area: 716-631-9017 buffrecruiter@thruway.state.ny.us
Downstate NY Area: 845-918-2564 nyrecruiter@thruway.state.ny.us


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