Senior Polish Technician

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Senior Technician in production, specifically the paint shop, in Woking. You will ensure the paint process is applied to a high standard, escalate finish concerns, and learn multiple processes to cover absences while maintaining strict safety and 5S standards.

Reporting to the Team Leader/Group Leader, you will support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to delivering world-class finish on our supercars.

Qualifications

• Experience in paint application and finishing processes.
• Ability to follow detailed process documents and safety guidelines.
• Capable of working under pressure and meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Understand and follow painting process documents for vehicles.
• Complete station tasks within takt and to high standards.
• Escalate quality, cost or productivity concerns to leadership.
• Maintain 5s in the work area and wear provided uniform.
• Ensure a safe working environment and comply with regulations.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and learn multiple processes.

Skills

Paint application

Process documentation

Safety compliance

Decision making

Teamwork / communication

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 too, 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. 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 escalated 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 product.
• 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"

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?

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.