Job Description
Join us on this mission as a Finishing Operative at our Denham site. We have an impressive finishing plant at our Denham site and this role will be focused with Paint Prepping and Spraying tasks. You'll be undertaking applying paint, trimagard, lacquered and dry film lubricant finishes using various spraying equipment to a variety of components. You'll have the opportunity to be fully involved with the painting strategy, the team is proud of quality levels involved with their finishing processes which contribute to the success of ejector seats produced onsite, to ultimately save lives.
Aspects of the role include to:
- Checking and cleaning surfaces before applying a variety of sprayed finishes i.e. gloss, matt, primer and topcoats to components using a hand spray gun ensuring that coatings are applied to the technical specification
- Setting and operating ovens to the required temperature and durations. Ensure batch traceability of paint etc.
- Masking detail components to drawing / specifications using tapes, plastic plugs and bungs as required.
- Unmasking components, checking paint surfaces for damage or omissions removing all tapes, plugs and bungs with scalpels and probes and touching in any damage as required.
- Inspecting painted finish by visual and automated techniques. Measure paint thickness, gloss level to ensure conformance.
Characteristics & Skills
- Demonstrable experience paint spraying and surface preparation processes.
- Experience of reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
- Full understanding of health and safety and COSHH regulations relating to hazardous substances.
- Experience of working in manufacturing organisations.
You'll have the opportunity to work alongside experts who will help you to obtain a wide understanding of an engineering business, and you'll develop new skills and gain a strong industry experience.
Your benefits in detail
Highly competitive 9% non-contributory pension scheme
4x salary Life Assurance (18+)
Personalised training and development plan.
Healthcare Cash Plan.
25-days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
Workplace Nursery Benefit.
Cycle to work scheme.
Subsidised Canteen.
Discounts Platform
