Paint Sprayer - A1 Personnel Employment Agency Ltd : Job Details

Paint Sprayer – Day Shift

Location: Basildon

39 hours per week | Mon–Thurs 7:00am–4:00pm (30 min unpaid lunch) | Fri 7:30am–12:30pm

A1 Personnel are recruiting for a skilled Paint Sprayer with an eye for detail and a passion for precision?

We’re looking for a dedicated Paint Sprayer to join our day shift team, working on high-quality aerospace components where every detail counts.

Why join them?

• Overtime available
• Company pension
• Generous holiday allowance
• Life assurance for peace of mind
• Long service awards – we value loyalty and dedication

The Role:

As a Paint Sprayer, you’ll be applying wet paint to aerospace machined and sheet metal aluminium components, ensuring the highest possible standards are achieved. Experience with 2K and 3K paint systems is an advantage, but not essential – we’ll provide full training to help you meet aircraft industry specifications.

You’ll use manual spray equipment to apply coatings accurately, following job-specific instructions while maintaining excellent quality control.

What you will be doing

• Mix paint materials correctly for colour and consistency, recording details for traceability
• Prepare and prime pre-treated aluminium surfaces
• Apply primers and topcoats following work instruction sheets
• Carry out paint thickness and adhesion checks, recording results to British and European standards
• Set up spray equipment and ensure proper maintenance
• Inspect all finished jobs to guarantee quality
• Clean and maintain spray guns, booths, and associated equipment

What we are looking for:

• Computer literate with the ability to follow written instructions
• Strong attention to detail and focus to achieve a flawless finish
• Good practical skills and excellent hand–eye coordination
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Commitment to working safely and responsibly
• Normal colour vision

Be a part of something bigger

This is more than just a paint sprayer job – it’s an opportunity to contribute to the aerospace industry, working on components that are part of something extraordinary. If you have the skills, drive, and passion to succeed, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

We are looking for a Paint Sprayer on our day shift. 39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 7am to 4pm (30 minutes unpaid for lunch), Friday 7.30am to 12.30pm

- Overtime available

- Pension

- Holidays

- Life Assurance

- Long service awards

Purpose of role and key accountabilities:

As a paint sprayer you should be able to apply wet paint to Aerospace machined and sheet metal Aluminium components. If you are familiar with 2K and 3K paint systems and manually apply them to meet Aircraft specifications this would be an advantage. Training will be given to achieve this standard.

You will use a manual spray gun to apply coatings in line with the job's instructions.

Tasks

• Ensure all paint materials are mixed correctly for colour and consistency and recorded for paint traceability in accordance with work instruction sheets

• Prepare pre-treated aluminium

• Apply primer to work instruction sheets

• Apply topcoats to work instruction sheets

• Be trained to be able to perform paint thickness and adhesion checks and record information in accordance with British and European Standards

• Setting up the spray equipment

• Prepare surfaces to be covered

• Quality check all finished jobs

• Clean and maintain all spray equipment, spray booths and associated equipment.

Core skills/attributes needed:

• Computer literate

• Be able to concentrate to enable quality finish to painted components

• Ability to pay attention to detail

• Able to apply good practical skills

• Ability to follow written instructions

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

• Able to work safely

• Excellent hand-to-eye coordination

• Normal colour vision

Apply today and take the next step in your career!