Spray Painter

Tailormade Solution; Heidelberg; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Tailormade Solution in Heidelberg, Gauteng is seeking a Spray Painter to prepare surfaces, apply primer, paint and finish coats to tanks and components.

The role requires mixing paints, reading specs, maintaining equipment, and working shifts as needed in a manufacturing setting. Candidates should have Matric with Maths and strong communication, instruction-following, and teamwork skills, with willingness to learn new paint types and work overtime.

Qualifications

• Matric with Maths required and reading/writing skills.
• Crane licence an advantage.
• Knowledge of paints like Sigma, Zinc paint, epoxy paints.
• Knowledge of paint specs in transformer industry is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare surfaces and apply primer and final coats.
• Mix paints, hardener and thinner in correct ratios.
• Read specs to ensure correct colour and paint type.
• Clean tanks and maintain painting equipment.
• Record paint thickness and operate painting equipment.

Skills

Communication

Follow instructions

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Work under pressure

Education

Matric with Maths

Job description

Summary

Our client is looking for a Spray Painter who will be responsible for preparing the surface, apply primer, paint and final coat paint to all tanks and tank components

Duties and Responsibilities

• Be able to mix different types and standards of paints.
• Ability to mix the paints, hardener and thinner (when and if required) in the correct ratio’s with the correct consistency (density).
• Clean tanks and prepare the surface until suitable for painting.
• Read specs and ensure that the correct colour and type of paint is used.
• Mark and paint required areas as instructed or as per instructions.
• Able to measure and record paint thickness.
• Remove and refit identification tags to the original components.
• Clean and maintain painting equipment.
• Check airlines for water and regularly drain water from traps and air reservoirs.
• Start and stop the compressors.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Ability to repair thin paint and/or tear drops of thick paint.
• Ability to paint an even and consistent thickness of paint coat.
• Paint all kinds of shapes and styles of surfaces.

Qualifications and Experience

• Matric with Maths
• Writing and reading skills shall be a definite requirement.
• Crane licence shall be an advantage.
• Knowledge of different types of paints like Sigma, Zinc paint, Glass particle, Epoxy paints.
• Knowledge of paint specs and standards of the Transformer industry shall be an advantage.

Requirements

• Must be able to communicate with the supervisors.
• Must be able to follow instructions.
• Must have the ability to work with manufacturing terminology.
• Must be able to assist with collecting materials from stores.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm as well as the willingness to assist with applying difficult type of paints.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and co-ordinate various painting activities simultaneously.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• A keen sense of urgency and a willingness to learn additional paint types.
• Be able to work night shift, overtime and at times unsupervised.
• Living within the area or own transport is a requirement.

Working Conditions

• Working in a factory during the day or night.
• Required to work beyond normal working hours, evenings, weekends and holidays.