Spray Painter

Landells Signs; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Landells Signs in Australia is seeking an experienced Spray Painter to prep, prime and spray signage components to a showroom-grade, automotive finish. You will match colours against brand charts across multiple store rollouts, mix and tint paints for 2-pack and polyurethane systems, and operate spray booths and bake ovens. Maintain equipment, ensure quality, and uphold OH&S in a busy production bay.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in vehicle painting or equivalent spray painting experience
• 5+ years spraying 2-pack and polyurethane to showroom quality
• Sharp eye for colour matching and surface defects
• Able to read a job sheet and work to spec in own bay

Responsibilities

• Prepping, priming and spraying signage components to a 2-pack, automotive-grade finish
• Colour matching to brand standards for rollout across dozens of stores
• Mixing and tinting paint to formula; working with 2-pack, polyurethane and specialty coatings
• Running the spray booth and bake/oven finishes, maintaining guns, booth and equipment

Skills

Colour matching

Spraying 2-pack & PU

Spray booth operation

Gun setup & maintenance

Read job sheets

Education

Trade qualification in vehicle painting (Cert III Automotive Refinishing)

Tools

Forklift license

Job description

Spray Painter for automotive-grade finishes at Landells Signs, Australia's oldest signage company. You'll prep, prime and spray signage components – aluminium, steel, ACM, acrylic and timber – to a 2-pack, automotive-grade finish. Your work goes up on shopfronts, pylons and buildings where every run, dry spray or colour mismatch is on display at full scale.

Key responsibilities

• Prepping, priming and spraying signage components – aluminium, steel, ACM, acrylic and timber – to a 2-pack, automotive-grade finish
• Colour matching to brand standards and colour charts, and keeping it consistent across a rollout of dozens of stores
• Mixing and tinting paint to formula; working with 2-pack, polyurethane and specialty coatings
• Running the spray booth and bake/oven finishes, and keeping guns, booth and equipment in top condition
• Quality checking your own work and pulling non-conforming parts before they leave the paint bay
• Keeping the paint bay safe, clean and compliant – OH&S, environmental controls and stock levels
• Pitching in elsewhere on the factory floor when the paint bay is quiet

About you

• Trade qualification in vehicle painting (Cert III Automotive Refinishing) or equivalent commercial spray painting experience
• 5+ years' spraying 2-pack and polyurethane to a showroom-quality finish
• A sharp eye for colour matching and surface defects
• Hands-on with spray booths, bake ovens and gun setup and maintenance
• Able to read a job sheet, work to spec and manage your own bay without being chased
• Forklift licence an advantage
• Full, unrestricted working rights in Australia

About us

Landells Signs has been making signs since 1903. Today we run a modern production plant in Sunshine West and build signage for some of the country's biggest retailers, shopping centres, builders and events.

Modern plant, modern gear – we invest in equipment and methods that make the work easier and the finish better

Variety – one week it's a national retail rollout, the next a one-off architectural piece or event signage

Your work on show – signage for household-name brands, not hidden under a bonnet

Regular day-shift hours, no weekend work, overtime paid when it's there

Ongoing training and support, and we promote from within – real opportunity to step up into senior production or supervisory roles

A friendly, long-serving team and monthly social events on the company

Stable, full-time work with a company that has been trading for over 120 years