Job Description

Artist - Field
COST of Wisconsin, Inc.
United States (traveling role)

About Us
The COST of Wisconsin, Inc. team creates award-winning construction for zoos, theme parks, casinos, resorts, museums, botanical gardens, residential communities, golf courses, family entertainment centers, theme retail stores, and restaurants.

Our Core Competencies

Impact of the Role
A theme construction artist is responsible for creating and installing high-quality 3-D themed elements for various exhibits and displays, including sculptures, rockwork, and specialty finishes for museums, theme parks, water parks, aquariums, zoological exhibits, and other unique projects. This role combines artistic craftmanship with construction execution in the field environment, requiring strong sculpting, painting, and fabrication skills. All work is performed efficiently, safely, and according to specifications and guidelines. This hands-on role requires travel throughout the US, and is nonexempt.

What the Role Does
1. Create sculptures, rockwork, textures, and other three-dimensional themed elements in the field environment.
2.Apply specialty paint finishes, coatings, and artistic renderings to achieve desired visual outcomes.
3. Collaborate with designers, superintendents, engineers, and other team members to achieve project goals.
4. Use a variety of tools and techniques to weld, cut, grind, sand, carve, sculpt, texture, spray, brush and mix materials.
5. Develop and refine forms, molds, parts, and structural components to ensure accuracy and durability of project installations.
6. Work on projects from surface preparation through final detailing and finishing touches.
7. Interpret blueprints, rendering, and field direction to ensure proper execution of artistic scope.
8. Track progress and details via written and verbal documents.
9. Utilize tools such as sculpting, painting, and texturing tools; tape measure, hammer, pliers, shovel, rake, drills, saws, and handheld grinders.
10. Mentor less experienced artists to help develop their abilities.
11. Operate person lifting equipment such as scissors lifts and boom lifts.

What You Bring
Knowledge, Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: artistic fabrication of fiberglass, steel, concrete, art, and carpentry in construction; blueprint reading and comprehension
• OSHA-10 certification

Experience

• One year in a related position
• Combined experience and education will be considered
• Familiar and experienced with hand tools and artistic materials/tools
• Preferred: forklift and light equipment operation

Skills, Abilities

• Must demonstrate COST’s Core Competencies
• Strong reading comprehension, common sense, and listening skills, to understand and follow detailed and/or standardized instructions
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
• Solid team skills and ability to work independently
• Critical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a safe manner; preferred: OSHA safety experience/training/awareness
• Proven ability to sculpt, paint, and fabricate theme construction projects

Physical

• Strength and stamina, including regularly using hands to handle, or feel; regularly walk, stand, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Able to work outside in varied weather conditions
• Must have close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must lift 70 lbs. from floor to waist, 90 lbs. from waist to chest, and 25 lbs. chest to above head. Must carry 50 lbs. for 50 ft., push a 100 lb. wheeled cart for 100 ft., and drag 50 lbs. for 100 ft.
• Must pass a respirator medical evaluation

Work Environment/Schedule

• Standard production environment includes exposure to odors, fumes, or airborne particles, and typical machinery noise (moderate to loud)
• Outdoor environment
• Overtime may be required, depending on the project deadline

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