REQ ID: 122706
JOB TITLE: Vehicle Painter - Special Vehicle Operations
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 26/03/2024
LOCATION: Ryton

HIRING MANAGER: Tyrone Wood

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

For more than 70 years, JLR has challenged what’s possible. At Special Vehicle Operations, we push the boundaries further still. Here we amplify our engineering excellence and iconic craftsmanship to create the most unique expressions of JLR luxury and performance. Combining a state of the art process with generations of British craftmanship, SV Bespoke Paint is our most exclusive colour spectrum ever. For dramatic depth and impeccable hand-finished quality, nothing comes close. Featuring 14 specially developed hues, the SV Bespoke Premium Palette utilises cutting-edge pigment technologies to deliver eye-catching looks that last. If you have a specific colour in mind for your vehicle, the SV Bespoke Match to Sample service delivers an almost infinite capability to match any colour. Whatever palette you choose from, every vehicle adorned with SV Bespoke paint is scrutinised in minute detail and finished by hand. This process ensures the surface texture never drops below perfection. Augmenting the depth and durability of your paintwork, our choice of luxury finishes are specifically designed to work in harmony with the iconic lines of your JLR vehicles. 

The successful applicant will join a highly skilled team responsible for preparing and painting vehicles to a world class standard, supporting high profile vehicles up to and including one off vehicles for new models reveals at international motor shows and Global media launch events by achieving world class workmanship that meet the premium requirements of JLR brands.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

•    Full cleaning of panels prior to the paint process
•    Machine and hand flatting panels and plastics
•    Tinting
•    Colouring
•    Spraying
•    Flat and polish of lacquer to a mirror finish
•    Start and complete tasks within the build history book.  
•    Contribute towards ensuring the Paint team adhere to the planned schedule.
 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

•    City and Guilds or NVQ Level 3 in automotive / engineering discipline (Accident Repair etc), Indentured advanced apprenticeship or Armed Forces equivalent

•    Knowledge of repair/application techniques
•    Experience of wet spraying
•    Experience of applying an even, wet film thicknesses
•    Experience of taking dry film thickness and gloss level readings
•    Experience of working to vehicle grey book standards  
•    Must recognise safe working practices, including Health & Safety and environmental regulations
•    A good level of IT skills
•    Full UK driving licence required (6 points maximum)
 

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career working with a world-class team in state-of-the-art facilities.  We offer a competetive salary and a performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.  

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.