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Job title: Contract Paint Technician (Late Shift)

Location: Leighton Buzzard

Rate: £20.24 24.04ph (PAYE)

Duration: 6 Months +

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed and appropriately skilled paint sprayer to work within our Aerospace Manufacturing facility. As a paint sprayer you should be able to prepare and apply wet paint to Aerospace machined, sheet metal Aluminium and composite components. Initially this will be working Days 7:00 - 16:00 then moving onto the Late Shift 15:00-00:00 Mon - Thu, 12:00-17:00 Fri.

As a paint sprayer you are required to perform all operations from preparing and masking a component to applying the paint.

* Prepare surfaces to be covered using various hand tools

* Setting up the spray equipment

* Prepare pre-treated aluminium

* Masking where appropriate

* You will use a manual spray gun to apply coatings in line with the jobs instructions.

* Prepare pre-treated aluminium

* Apply primer to work instruction sheets

* Apply topcoats to work instruction sheets

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

* Quality check all finished jobs

* Supporting the Business in the implementation of Continuous Improvement and Health and safety initiatives

* Reporting any defects to supervision

* Ensuring that they have adequate information to complete their task

* Any other reasonable duties

Responsibilities

* You will need to work well in a team environment, have a flexible approach and a desire to learn new processes and meet strict delivery schedules, whilst working to exacting quality standards.

* Working to a schedule of work to meet on-time delivery and to the required quality requirements.

* Painting Aerospace metallic and composite manufactured parts, including sub-assemblies

* Application of paints to be applied in accordance with internal OEM approvals

* The ability to accurately follow detailed engineering drawings, work instructions and specifications

* Demonstrate a commitment to the highest standards of quality at work Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills

* The operative must have good attention to detail and be able to work to a high standard with an excellent focus on Health and Safety.

Education

Minimum of GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Minimum of 5 years of spraying small component work

Hours of Work Day shift 39 hours per week:

Mon-Thurs: 07:00-16:00

Fri: 07:00-12:00

Hours of Work Late Shift

Mon-Thurs: 15:00-00:00

Fri: 12:00-17:00

For more information about the role or to enquire about any other positions we may have please contact Peter Davies on (phone number removed) or (phone number removed)