Painter

weServed; Catterick Garrison; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists: 10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading

Job summary

Babcock seeks a skilled Painter to refurbish military vehicles and equipment, delivering high-quality finishes and durable coatings. You will join a team ensuring surface preparation, masking, and paint application meet strict standards at the Catterick site.

The role requires experience in spray painting, surface prep, and a commitment to safety. A Level 3 qualification in paint spraying is essential, with a UK driving license and SC security clearance likely required.

Qualifications

• Experience spray painting heavy commercial vehicles.
• Experience preparing surfaces for coating and finishing.
• Ability to work to high quality and safety standards.
• Ability to deliver workmanship within agreed timescales.
• Experience in workshop/defence/engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare surfaces for painting by masking, washing, blasting, filling and sanding.
• Carry out spray, patch and rolling painting to required quality standards.
• Inspect finished work for finish, durability and compliance with specs.
• Work safely and collaboratively to refurbish military vehicles and equipment.

Skills

Spray painting

Surface prep

Quality standards

Time management

Defence/engineering experience

Education

Level 3 Paint Spraying (RQF/NVQ)

Job description

Job Title: Painter

Location: Richmond, North Yorkshire

Compensation: £29,729 - £31,809 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75462

Bring military vehicles back to life and make a visible impact every day

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Painter at Catterick, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.

The role

As a Painter, you'll play a vital role in the refurbishment and preparation of military vehicles and equipment that support the UK's defence capability. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your craftsmanship in a role where the quality of your work is visible on every project. You'll be part of a skilled team delivering high standards of finish and durability, helping to ensure critical assets are maintained and ready for service. Alongside meaningful work, you'll have the opportunity to develop your skills and build a long-term career within a leading defence, aerospace, and engineering organisation.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Prepare surfaces for painting through masking, washing, blasting, filling, and sanding activities.


• Apply cleaning agents and degreasers to remove contaminants and ensure surfaces are coating-ready.


• Carry out spray painting, patch painting, and rolling activities to required quality standards.


• Inspect completed work to ensure excellent finish, durability, and compliance with specifications.


• Work safely and collaboratively to support the refurbishment of military vehicles and equipment.

The role is based onsite at Catterick, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Painter:

• Experience of spray painting heavy commercial vehicles.


• Experience preparing surfaces for coating and finishing activities.


• Experience working to high quality and safety standards.


• Ability to deliver consistent workmanship within agreed timescales.


• Experience working within a workshop, manufacturing, automotive, defence, or engineering environment.

Qualifications for the Painter

• Level 3 qualification in Paint Spraying, Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) or National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) minimum.


• Valid UK driving licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.


• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 09/09/2026