Vehicle Spray Painter

Connexus International Limited

Job Location:

Magherafelt - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client is looking for a skilled Vehicle Spray Painter to join their bodyshop team. This role involves preparing painting and refinishing vehicles applying primers basecoats topcoats and ensuring a high-quality finish colour match and a presentation standard that meets manufacturer or client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare vehicle surfaces for painting: sanding masking priming filling and ensuring surfaces are clean smooth and ready for paint.
Mix paint to match manufacturer colour codes and specifications; use spray-guns and painting systems (booth work) to apply primer basecoat and final coats.
Perform finishing operations: polishing buffing quality checks and final inspections to ensure paintwork is smooth even and meets quality standards.
Operate and maintain paint shop equipment (spray booths spray guns mixers) ensuring all tools and work environments meet health & safety regulations.
Work collaboratively with panel beaters/body technicians to coordinate repair and paint schedules ensuring timely completion of vehicle repair & refinishing jobs.

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Spray Painter / Vehicle Painter / Paint Technician within a bodyshop or accident repair environment.
Good knowledge of paint types refinishing products paint mixing colour matching and vehicle paint techniques.
Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work consistently.
Ability to work with minimal supervision as part of a team and handle a varied workload under time constraints.
Awareness of health & safety practices and safe handling of paint materials and equipment.

Desirable Qualifications / Attributes

Previous experience across a range of vehicle makes/models (cars vans possibly light commercial vehicles) to handle diverse workloads.

Essential Language / Immigration Requirement

Must already hold or be willing to obtain a UKVI-recognised IELTS certificate (or equivalent proof of English language proficiency acceptable for UK work eligibility).

Key Responsibilities

Prepare vehicle surfaces for painting: sanding masking priming filling and ensuring surfaces are clean smooth and ready for paint.
Mix paint to match manufacturer colour codes and specifications; use spray-guns and painting systems (booth work) to apply primer basecoat and final coats.
Perform finishing operations: polishing buffing quality checks and final inspections to ensure paintwork is smooth even and meets quality standards.
Operate and maintain paint shop equipment (spray booths spray guns mixers) ensuring all tools and work environments meet health & safety regulations.
Work collaboratively with panel beaters/body technicians to coordinate repair and paint schedules ensuring timely completion of vehicle repair & refinishing jobs.

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Spray Painter / Vehicle Painter / Paint Technician within a bodyshop or accident repair environment.
Good knowledge of paint types refinishing products paint mixing colour matching and vehicle paint techniques.
Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work consistently.
Ability to work with minimal supervision as part of a team and handle a varied workload under time constraints.
Awareness of health & safety practices and safe handling of paint materials and equipment.

Desirable Qualifications / Attributes

Previous experience across a range of vehicle makes/models (cars vans possibly light commercial vehicles) to handle diverse workloads.

Essential Language / Immigration Requirement

Must already hold or be willing to obtain a UKVI-recognised IELTS certificate (or equivalent proof of English language proficiency acceptable for UK work eligibility).