Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Banff, AB

Job details
Full-time
4 hours ago
Benefits
Employee assistance program
Skills
Drywall
Construction painting
Customer service
Maintenance
Research
Team management
Customer service orientation
Construction surface preparation for finishes
Painting and coating experience
Visual arts painting
Ordering supplies
Sanding
Painting and decorating experience
Communication skills
Full job description
Painter
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential.

We acknowledge, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minhrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rocky view District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

The Opportunity
Each year, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity attracts thousands of artists, faculty, and community leaders from around the world by offering unique and specialized professional development programs. Banff Centre is deeply committed to, and has a globally respected track record of, advancing artists and leaders of all kinds and at all stages of their careers, showcasing their work to audiences, and inspiring them to make unique contributions which enrich the world.

Our Physical Facilities department helps keep our campus running! The Painter responds to requests for the preparation, patching, finishing, and maintaining of all interior/exterior surfaces including wood, plaster, drywall, concrete, brick, etc. by recognized procedures and techniques of the painting trade. The Painter mixes colours, orders supplies and necessary tools and maintains records. The Painter also installs drywall, tapes, sands, finishes drywall material, and finishes or refinishes new or old wood furniture.

Roles and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Manager, Facilities Maintenance, below are some key accountabilities:

Apply coatings by brush, roller and spray to surfaces of wood, metal, brick, concrete, plaster, stucco and stone for decorative and protective purposes.
Apply wall coverings to surfaces.
Perform surface preparation on new and existing surfaces.
Be competent and proficient in the safe use of hand tools, power equipment and precision-built machinery.
Perform assigned tasks in accordance with safety, quality, environmental and production standards required by industry.
Calculate areas and relate these calculations to required material. Research products and associated costs, determine requirements and place orders.
Set up scaffolding.
Provide direction and coordinate projects for the painter’s helper/apprentice.
Ensure that proper health and safety documents are obtained for all hazardous goods purchased.
Qualifications and Educational Requirements
The Painter must possess specialized knowledge of the painting trade
At least five years of painting experience
Expertise in painting with a brush, a roller, and spraying equipment.
Excellent customer service and communication skills
Demonstrated track record of effective problem solving
Able to work independently, with minimal supervision
Strong team player
Able to perform strenuous physical work.
Able to work independently, with minimal supervision
Class “5” Alberta driver’s license.
Special Requirements
Work may be interior or exterior.
The Painter works from ladders and scaffolding and must be able to stand for long periods of time, often doing work with arms raised over head.
Required to be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Comfortable working with hazardous materials such as paint thinners and removers.
Able to use motorized lifts that are used often for high to reach areas.
Physically fit and capable of working in physically demanding work including confined spaces, high temperatures, and loud noises.
Due to the nature of the job, this position may be required to work a flexible, irregular schedule and weekends.
Employment Terms & Benefits
In accordance with CUPE 4318, this is a unionized, salaried support staff position, subject to a 6-month probationary period.
The annual salary for this position is between $47,833.50 and $50,212.50, depending on experience, based on working 37.5 hours per week.
The successful candidate will have access to a range of benefits through Alberta Blue Cross and will be eligible to participate in our defined benefit pension plan.
A compressed work schedule to allow for an additional day off every 2 weeks will be considered after completing the probation period.
Benefits of working at Banff Centre are:
Professional development
Employee Assistance Program
Health care spending account
Staff cafeteria and restaurant discounts
Onsite fitness facility at a discounted rate – first month free for new staff!
Application Process
We are accepting applications for the Painter position until a suitable candidate is found.
Candidates offered a position with Banff Centre, in this capacity, will be required to obtain a criminal record check verifying a clear record before a final job offer can be finalized.
Visa Requirements: Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Banff Centre is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
Commitment to Diversity

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive campus for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Guided by our values, Banff Centre is rooted in Alberta with provincial, national and global impact. Our strength arises from inclusion; the diversity of people, ideas, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds in our work and team. We encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression to apply.

Privacy Statement

Banff Centre is a public body pursuant to the Protection of Privacy Act (Alberta) (“POPA”) and the Access to Information Act (“ATIA”). All of your personal information collected by Banff Centre, including personal information collected through third-party contractors or platforms, in relation to the creation of your candidate profile and submission of a job application, is collected pursuant to section 4(c) of POPA for the purpose of administering your candidate profile, evaluating your eligibility for a position(s) at Banff Centre, and communicating with you about your application. Your personal information may be disclosed, as required, pursuant to ATIA or other applicable law, to satisfy reporting requirements, or for statistical, funding, planning or research purposes.

If you have any questions about the collection, use or protection of this information, please contact the Privacy Coordinator at privacy@banffcentre.ca, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, Box 1200, Banff Alberta, T1L 1H5, 403.762.6100.