Our client based in the Fareham area is looking to recruit an experienced Paint Sprayer.
Purpose of the role:
The Painter is accountable for producing a high quality paint finish to a variety of aerospace components and assemblies which meet the required aerospace standards. The role works within structured routines using reference materials
Specific Responsibilities:
- Responsible for following written instructions and procedures, and interpreting specifications to achieve the correct standards (including all preparation and finishing)
- Application of chromate conversion coatings, paint-stripping, refurbishment and remedial work including hand masking
- Operate low bake curing oven
- Active involvement in improvement initiatives
- Ensuring production output is achieved with minimal supervision
- Ensuring supervision is aware of any quality problems or equipment failure
- Participate and contribute to daily start up meetings with local team and supervision
Prep work
- Ensure the spraying equipment is correctly prepared for the finishing operations
- Mask to drawing requirements to ensure that correct finish is achieved
- Ensure correct and effective application of pre-treatments and cleaning processes
- Ensure rubbing down and surface preparation on refurbishment and remedial work
- Ensure all paint materials are mixed correctly for colour and consistency and recorded for paint traceability in accordance with work instruction sheets
- Preparation for materials ready for paint
Inspection
- Responsible for inspecting and certifying that the quality of work is to the required specification and workmanship standards.
- Carrying out viscosity checks
- Be able to perform paint thickness and adhesion checks and record information in accordance with required Standards.
- Quality check all finished jobs
Safety
Provide and maintain a safe working environment:
- Adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, COSHH, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to ensure a safe system of working
- Correct use of PPE including Air fed breathing apparatus.
House Keeping
- Clean and maintain all spray equipment, spray booths and associated equipment.
- Return all tools and equipment to the correct location on completion of the activities
- Leave the work area and components in a safe and appropriate condition, free from foreign objects / debris on completion of the activities
- Ensuring the standard of housekeeping in the paint shop is maintained to a high level.
Key Skills, Experience and Competencies required:
- Must be familiar with manual preparation and application of coatings to aerospace standards including pre-treatment, primer, undercoat and finish coats.
- Must be able to using various two-pack and air drying paint systems including: High and Low solids epoxy, polyurethane, water-based, acrylic and etch primers.