Senior Livery and Paint Technician

Motorsport Network, LLC; Wantage; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reasonable job adjustments

Job summary

Williams F1 Team in the UK seeks a Senior Livery and Paint Technician to set quality standards for livery and paint production. This role leads high-demand work, mentors junior technicians, and collaborates with the Livery Shop Team Leader and Head of Graphics and Paint to ensure top-tier finishes on race cars and transporter assets.

The role emphasizes quality, process adherence, and continuous improvement, with travel to races and events, including international duties.

Qualifications

• Several years' experience in livery, graphics, and paint preparation and application.
• Advanced vinyl wrap preparation and application skills to complex F1 car bodywork, with high attention to detail.
• Advanced Roland print/cut and lamination knowledge.
• Proven ability to deliver flawless finishes under pressure.
• Experience guiding or mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the most technically demanding livery and paint work, including race-week critical jobs.
• Inspect and sign off quality on complex applications and finishes prior to QC release, including application quality, adherence to defined application processes, and weight recording.
• Mentor and upskill junior technicians on vinyl wrap application technique and equipment use, and light paintwork preparation and paint techniques.
• Manage priority workload via Jira Service Management, ensuring job target dates are met.
• Flag equipment/process issues to maintain output reliability.
• Monitor workshop stock control day to day, highlighting shortfalls to Heads of Department/Team Leader.
• Support department R&D activities where needed.

Skills

Technical mastery

Quality ownership

Mentoring and development

Practical problem-solving

Communication and collaboration

Continuous improvement mindset

Tools

Roland print/cut and lamination

Job description

Working Hours/Shift Pattern: 40 / Mon to Fri, plus race weekend and event support as required Regular travel to races and events, including internationally, is required (a valid passport is essential).

Role Purpose (Job Profile)

Senior Livery and Paint Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for setting the quality standard for livery and paint production, leading on the most technically demanding work, and mentoring, training and developing current and future junior team members.

Working closely with the Livery Shop Team Leader and Head of Graphics and Paint, the role maintains the highest standards of application quality, process adherence and finish across race cars, transporters and factory assets, while supporting stock control and departmental R&D activity.

This is an individual contributor role: the post holder does not carry formal line management responsibility but is expected to lead by example on the tools and act as a technical reference point for the wider team.

Main Duties

• Lead on the most technically demanding livery and paint work, including race-week critical jobs
• Inspect and sign off quality on complex applications and finishes prior to QC release, including application quality, adherence to defined application processes, and weight recording
• Mentor and upskill junior technicians on vinyl wrap application technique and equipment use, and light paintwork preparation and paint techniques
• Manage priority workload via Jira Service Management, ensuring job target dates are met
• Flag equipment/process issues to maintain output reliability
• Monitor workshop stock control day to day, highlighting shortfalls to the Head of Department/Team Leader
• Support department R&D activities where needed

Key Accountabilities

• Fulfil all organisational expectations, including but not limited to the following:
• Role model Williams Values & Behaviours, supporting and holding others accountable to do the same.
• Always ensure that health and safety is appropriately prioritised, leading by example and ensuring that others comply with health and safety obligations.
• Contribute to an elite team and high-performance culture. Maintain high standards of behaviour, conduct and personal wellbeing.
• Take ownership of personal performance and development, working with HoD Graphics and Paint to close any identified gaps in skills or knowledge.
• Support effective knowledge-sharing and succession planning within the Livery team.
• Ensure brand adherence and high standards of department presentation are upheld.
• Champion quality standards and continuous improvement across the business.
• Ensure cost cap requirements are understood and opportunities for efficiency are optimised.

Core Competencies

• Technical mastery and precision -advanced, hands-on expertise in livery and paint application, consistently delivering flawless finishes under pressure.
• Quality ownership -meticulous eye for detail, confident making final quality judgement calls on complex work.
• Mentoring and development -able to coach and upskill junior technicians on technique and best practice.
• Practical problem-solving -a hands-on, solutions-focused approach to equipment and process issues.
• Communication and collaboration -works closely with the Team Leader and wider department to keep production running smoothly.
• Continuous improvement mindset -supports R&D and process improvement activity to raise department standards.

Qualifications and Experience Level

• Several years' experience in livery, graphics, and paint preparation and application, ideally within motorsport or a comparable high-precision environment
• Advanced vinyl wrap preparation and application skills to complex F1 car bodywork, with high attention to detail
• Advanced Roland print/cut and lamination knowledge
• Proven ability to deliver flawless finishes under pressure
• Experience guiding or mentoring others

Additional Information

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.