MPC Paint Technician

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

sabbatical option after two years

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking an experienced Paint Shop Technician to join our production team. You will follow detailed painting processes, perform at your station within takt, escalate issues to leadership as needed, and uphold 5S and safety standards across the line.

The role requires proven paint application experience and the ability to work under tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality finishes on our supercars. The department values teamwork and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• Understanding processes/work instructions to deliver a consistent process.
• Knowledge 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.

Responsibilities

• Understand and follow detailed process documents relating to the painting of vehicles.
• Ensure that station operations on each vehicle are completed within takt and to a high standard.
• Escalate to your leader any concerns affecting quality, cost or productivity.
• Maintain 5s in the work area in line with McLaren expectations.
• Maintain standards such as wearing provided uniform/clothing.
• Keep a safe working environment for yourself and team members.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and safety standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities as requested by your leader.
• Experience within paint application is essential.

Skills

Process knowledge

Safety risk assessments

Decision making

Working under pressure

Paint application experience

Job description

What to Expect

As a 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 Process areas, ensuring your paint process is delivered to a high standard. This may involve Load, unload, inspection of the panels or paint application.

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. Any concerns to the finish of the panels are quickly escalated to your line manager. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving our ambitious goals as a company.

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 **escalate 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.
• Experience within paint application is essential.

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

• 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.