MPC Paint Senior Technician

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Sabbatical opportunity

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd is seeking a Senior Technician for the paint shop within production. You will ensure smooth and efficient operations, following detailed process documents and safety guidelines to deliver a high-quality paint finish on supercars.

You will learn multiple processes to cover for absent teammates while maintaining strict 5S standards. You'll work under pressure to meet tight deadlines, escalate finish concerns to your line manager, and contribute to continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Understand and follow detailed process documents for vehicle painting.
• Be aware of workplace safety risk assessments and their meaning.
• Able to make sound, logical decisions under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Follow paint process (PES) guidance to ensure consistent finish.
• Complete station operations on each vehicle within takt and high standard.
• Escalate concerns to leader about quality, cost or productivity.
• Maintain 5S in the work area per McLaren expectations.
• Keep uniform and PPE in line with company standards.
• Preserve a safe working environment for yourself and teammates.
• Adhere to all safety regulations and protocols.
• Engage in continuous improvement activities as directed.

Skills

Process understanding

Safety awareness

Decision making

Working under pressure

Paint application

Job description

What to Expect

As a senior technician within production, specifically the paint shop, reporting to the Team Leader/Group Leader at McLaren Automotive, you will take on a role in ensuring the seamless and efficient operation within one of our paint zonal areas, ensuring production continue a consistent paint application process to a high standard. Flexibility is key.

Your primary responsibility will be to ensure all health and safety guidelines are adhered to, the paint process (PES) is followed to ensure a smooth finish to our supercars and the desired standard is achieved through our built-in quality stations. Any concerns to the finish of the panels are quickly escalated to your line manager. You can learn all processes within your zone to ensure coverage of any absence.

What You'll Do

• Understand and follow detailed process documents relating to the painting of vehicles.
• Ensure that your station operations on each vehicle are completed within takt and to a high standard.
• Ability to escape to your leader any concerns that may be affecting the quality, cost or productivity of the panels being painted.
• Ensure 5s within your work area in line with McLaren expectations.
• Maintain standards set such as, using the uniform/ clothing provided.
• Maintain a safe working environment for yourself and team members.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and safety standards is essential. The technician must always adhere to safety protocols.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities as requested by your leader.
• Flexibility with the ability to learn is essential to ensure coverage within the zone as you would be expected to learn multiple processes.

What You'll Bring

Essential Functional / Technical Skills

• The understanding of processes/work instructions to deliver a consistent process.
• The understanding of workplace safety risk assessments and their meaning.
• Ability to make sound and logical decisions.
• Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Proven experience and knowledge within paint application is essential.

Personal Attributes / Competencies

• High attention to detail and quality standards
• Confident and professional always
• Able to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought
• Flexible approach to the working day if or when circumstances dictate
• Good communicator
• Punctual
• Willing to learn and train others “can do attitude”

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath‑taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special.

Join us on our journey.