Paint Sprayer

Mane Contract Services; Denham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9% non-contributory pension scheme

4x salary Life Assurance

Personalized training and development plan

Healthcare Cash Plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Opportunity to purchase additional leave

Workplace Nursery Benefit

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised Canteen

Discounts Platform

Job summary

Mane Contract Services is recruiting a Finishing Operative for their Denham site, where you will work on applying various painted finishes to components for ejector seats. Your role involves preparation, spraying, and quality inspection, ensuring the highest standards in a manufacturing environment.

This is a double day shift position offering a 22.5% shift uplift, along with a competitive pension scheme, life assurance, personalized training, and generous annual leave.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in paint spraying and surface preparation processes.
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Full understanding of health and safety and COSHH regulations.

Responsibilities

• Check and clean surfaces prior to applying sprayed finishes.
• Set and operate ovens for coating processes.
• Mask and unmask components according to specifications.
• Inspect painted finishes for quality control.

Skills

Paint spraying experience

Surface preparation processes

Reading engineering drawings

Health and safety knowledge

Experience in manufacturing

Job description

Join us on this mission as a Finishing Operative at our Denham site. We have an impressive finishing plant at our Denham site and this role will be focused with Paint Prepping and Spraying tasks. You'll be undertaking applying paint, trimagard, lacquered and dry film lubricant finishes using various spraying equipment to a variety of components. You'll have the opportunity to be fully involved with the painting strategy, the team is proud of quality levels involved with their finishing processes which contribute to the success of ejector seats produced onsite, to ultimately save lives.

Aspects of the role

• Checking and cleaning surfaces before applying a variety of sprayed finishes i.e. gloss, matt, primer and topcoats to components using a hand spray gun ensuring that coatings are applied to the technical specification.
• Setting and operating ovens to the required temperature and durations. Ensure batch traceability of paint etc.
• Masking detail components to drawing / specifications using tapes, plastic plugs and bungs as required.
• Unmasking components, checking paint surfaces for damage or omissions removing all tapes, plugs and bungs with scalpels and probes and touching in any damage as required.
• Inspecting painted finish by visual and automated techniques. Measure paint thickness, gloss level to ensure conformance.

Characteristics & Skills

• Demonstrable experience paint spraying and surface preparation processes.
• Experience of reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Full understanding of health and safety and COSHH regulations relating to hazardous substances.
• Experience of working in manufacturing organisations.

You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experts who will help you to obtain a wide understanding of an engineering business, and you’ll develop new skills and gain a strong industry experience.

This position is a double day shift which gives 22.5% shift uplift.

Your benefits in detail

• Highly competitive 9% non-contributory pension scheme
• 4x salary Life Assurance (18+)
• Personalised training and development plan.
• Healthcare Cash Plan.
• 25-days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Workplace Nursery Benefit.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Subsidised Canteen.
• Discounts Platform