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Decorative Plasterer (Painter) Leader

Architect of the Capitol · Posted 1 days ago

On-site Washington, DC $40.2 – $46.9/hr Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Painting INFPISFP EngineeringTrades
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About the Role

Our work inspires a nation. We are the artisans, historians, and craftspeople who preserve and maintain the landmark buildings, monuments, art and grounds of the Capitol campus. This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings & Grounds, Tenant Services Division, Projects Branch, Painting Night Section. The Decorative Plasterer (Painter) Leader will perform Decorative Plasterer and Decorative Painter duties in an extraordinary artistic and historical environment.

What You'll Do

  • Tour of Duty: Sunday evening to Thursday morning, 6:00 pm through 4:30 am As a working leader, you will lead and motivate journey-level painters performing painting throughout the Library Buildings and Grounds.
  • Duties include: Relaying supervisors' instructions to employees and initiating work by assigning specific tasks to each team member.
  • Working along with other workers and setting the pace; demonstrating proper work methods.
  • 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.
  • Ensuring the workload is evenly distributed and balanced among workers.
  • Reporting to supervisors on status and progress of work and causes of work delays.
  • Using brushes, spray guns, rollers or other equipment to apply paint, varnish, wallpaper and other elaborate finishes (i.e. stenciling, color glazing, gilding, marbling, lettering, striping, stippling and graining) to walls, doors, windows, baseboards, floor, trim and other surfaces of buildings.
  • Performing maintenance and repair on unique and historically significant plaster walls, ceilings, cornices and moldings, taking care to avoid damaging architectural features.
  • Performing decorative and protective finishing work on walls, doors, windows, trim, floors, and other building surfaces to shield them from damage, uphold their condition, garnish their appearance, and refurbish worn or deteriorated finishes.

Requirements

  • There are no educational requirements for this position.
  • You must be able to pass a drug test.
  • Your resume and question responses must demonstrate job-related elements.
  • You must be a U.S.
  • Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.

Benefits

  • 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)

Personality Fit

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