Vehicle Paint Technician

Babcock International Group; Walsall; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Walsall is seeking a Vehicle Paint Technician. This full-time role involves preparing and painting automotive components to high standards. Candidates should have experience in automotive refinishing, understand paint processes, and be detail-oriented. The role offers a competitive benefits package and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in automotive refinishing industry.
• Ability to demonstrate high level of engineering industrial standards.
• Ability to follow paint processes along with mixing fillers, primers, and paint.

Responsibilities

• Prepare components for final paint finish.
• Perform full vehicle re-sprays.
• Fault finding and rectification of paint defects.
• Cleaning of spray guns, mixing room, and spray booths.
• Prepare vehicles for painting including masking, sanding.

Skills

Knowledge of water based / solvent paints

Automotive refinishing experience

High level of engineering industrial standards

Ability to follow paint processes

Job description

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At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Paint Technician at our Walsall site.

The role

As a Vehicle Paint Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join Babcock’s Vehicle Engineering division as a key member of the production team, working as a Vehicle Paint Technician.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for preparing and painting automotive components as well as complete vehicles to a high standard. You’ll also:

• Prepare components for final paint finish
• Full vehicle re-sprays
• Fault finding and rectification of paint defects.
• Responsible for cleaning of spray guns, mixing room and spray booths
• Prepare vehicles fully before painting to include masking, sanding and other necessary preparation work

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall. Typically working 7am-4pm Monday – Thursday and 7am-1pm Friday (early finish every Friday)

Essential experience of the Vehicle Paint Technician:

• Knowledge of water based / solvent paints, painting techniques and tools
• Proven experience in automotive refinishing industry
• Ability to demonstrate high level of engineering industrial standards
• Ability to follow paint processes along with mixing fillers, primers and paint

Qualifications for the Vehicle Paint Technician:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing