Painter

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role:

The Painter is responsible for carrying out high-quality paint touch-ups and detailed finishing work on manufactured containers, ensuring products meet defined quality, durability, and appearance standards. The role supports overall manufacturing output by maintaining finish integrity and supporting rework and rectification activities where required.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary manufacturing team, the Painter ensures all work is carried out to the highest professional and technical standards while maintaining a strong focus on safety and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities in this role include:

• Prepping, sanding, applying body filler, priming and painting shelters and component parts.
• Must have the ability to mix, primer and paint, by weight and volume, in accordance with paint manufacturer’s specifications.
• Prepare parts and shelters to time, cost and quality.
• Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environment policies and procedures.
• Work in accordance with Paint shop procedures (Housekeeping and good working practices).
• Due to projected manufacturing demands, shift work and overtime may be required.
• Clean and maintain spray equipment.
• Apply undercoat to deployable shelters.
• Other duties as assigned.

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Experience working in a manufacturing, assembly, or vehicle build environment.
• Experience working within a regulated or quality-controlled manufacturing environment.

Technical skills/education

• Proven experience in a professional paint spraying role.
• Ability to use HVLP gravity spray guns, as well as pressure pot
• Knowledge of sandblasting, desirable
• Able to work well within a team and follow training with minimal supervision.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow processes and instructions.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with other stakeholders.
• Red Seal Painter preferred but not required. (Will consider equivalent of 5,400 hours of practical experience in an automotive painter occupation).

Additional local needs:

• Full time working onsite would be required
• Successful candidate would be required to obtain BPSS

The benefits of this role include:

• Opportunity to work on specialist deployable shelter and defence-related products
• Development of advanced paint preparation, coating, and finishing techniques
• Exposure to industry-standard paint systems, equipment, and manufacturing processes
• Opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary manufacturing team
• Involvement in continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and operational excellence initiatives
• Experience working within a regulated and quality-focused manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to broaden skills across manufacturing, assembly, and production activities

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.

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