- Surface Preparation and Painting: You will be tasked with applying various paints and coatings to sheet metal components, ensuring the highest level of adhesion and finish is achieved.
- Collaborative Workflow Management: You'll work closely with teams to uphold efficient processes and meet rigorous deadlines.
- Safety Protocol Adherence: You must follow stringent safety guidelines, utilise PPE effectively, and maintain an organised, hazard-free workspace.
- Quality Control: You will carry out meticulous inspections of the final products to ensure they conform to the specified quality standards in colour, texture, and thickness.
- Technical Compliance: Adhering to detailed technical instructions is crucial for paint applications to ensure they follow industry standards.
- Documentation: It's essential to maintain precise records of all painting jobs, detailing materials used and any issues that arise.
- Equipment Maintenance: Regular cleaning and maintenance of painting equipment is required to ensure it remains in optimal working condition.
- Continuous Improvement: You should remain abreast of industry developments and innovative painting techniques.
- Specialist Painting Knowledge: A minimum of two years’ experience in aerospace painting, showcasing a successful history within this specialism or a comparable field that demands precision.
- Productivity and Quality Focus: A proven capability in achieving production goals while delivering work of exceptional quality on intricate aerospace parts.
- Detail-Oriented Application: Proficiency in the application of various surface treatments, using an array of tools and methods to ensure the highest standards are met.
- Procedure and Safety Adherence: Knowledge of various painting and coating systems, including adherence to safety protocols and the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new painting techniques and processes.
- Efficiency and Organisation: Knowledge of efficient manufacturing principles, such as 5S, to enhance productivity and maintain order in the workplace.
- Technical Understanding: The ability to interpret and act on complex technical instructions and specifications, vital for applying treatments that comply with the rigorous standards of the aerospace sector.
- Professional Organisation: Strong organisational skills and adept time management, essential for meeting the fast-paced demands of production schedules.
- Communication Excellence: Outstanding communication capabilities, crucial for collaborating effectively with teams and documenting detailed painting processes accurately.
- Competitive starting salary £29,752.05 plus shift premium.
- The role is a 2-shift pattern during training (Mornings and afternoons) and includes a 12.5% shift premium, taking your salary to £33,471
- Once training is completed, you will move on to a 3 Shift Pattern and this will take your salary to £34,809 (Includes a 17% shift premium)
- Overtime is available and paid at time and a half.
- Free Parking.
- 185 hours holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
- Opportunity to buy an additional 37 hours or sell 37 hours of holiday every year.
- Christmas shutdown where no holiday leave needs to be used.
- Access to a 5% Pension-matched employer/employee scheme.
- YuLife© app to earn coins for every step/cycling/meditation minute you complete in a day which turns into vouchers for Amazon/all major supermarkets / Halfords / Argos / ASOS / IKEA / B&Q at the touch of a button.
- Access to a GP 24/7 through our YuLife© app.
- Bravo benefits offering discounts on things like gym membership and shopping.
- Westfield Health Scheme.
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric/Hybrid Cars/Critical Illness Cover.
- Annual bonus based on site/company performance.
- Free Vend Friday – on hot drinks in the canteen paid for by the company.
- Working for a fantastic forward-thinking engineering business who are fast-paced and forward-thinking with innovation at the forefront of everything they do.