Industrial Spray Painter & Finishing Technician

Responsibilities:

• Prepare metal and other door components for coating through cleaning, sanding, grinding, filling, degreasing, and other appropriate surface preparation processes.
• Apply primers, paints, protective coatings, and finishing materials using appropriate spray painting techniques.
• Carry out wet spray painting and powder coating to required specifications.
• Operate spray guns, compressors, powder coating equipment, curing equipment, and other finishing machinery safely and effectively.
• Mix paints, coatings, and other finishing materials according to specified ratios and manufacturer requirements.
• Perform colour matching and maintain consistency across production batches.
• Ensure proper coating thickness, adhesion, curing, drying, and overall finish.
• Inspect finished products for imperfections, including runs, sagging, uneven coating, orange peel, poor adhesion, scratches, colour inconsistencies, and other defects.
• Maintain finishing equipment, spray guns, booths, compressors, and related tools in good working condition.
• Work closely with the production and quality control teams to ensure finished products meet established company standards.
• Deliver consistently smooth, uniform, and premium-quality finishes across the company's products.
• Demonstrate proficiency in both wet spray painting and powder coating.
• Maintain consistent colour, texture, coating thickness, adhesion, and overall finish.
• Ensure proper surface preparation before every coating application.
• Minimise defects, rejected products, rework, and material wastage.
• Identify and correct finishing defects before products proceed to final quality inspection.
• Meet assigned production schedules without compromising finishing quality.
• Maintain proper operation, cleaning, and maintenance of all finishing equipment.
• Comply strictly with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Work effectively with production and quality control teams to maintain the company's finishing standards.

Requirements:

• Minimum of SSCE Trade Test, or equivalent technical/vocational qualification.
• Minimum of 2 years' hands-on experience in industrial spray painting, metal finishing, automotive finishing, manufacturing, or a related production environment.
• Proven practical experience in both wet spray painting and powder coating is required.
• Strong knowledge of metal surface preparation and coating processes.
• Experience operating and maintaining spray painting and powder coating equipment.
• Good knowledge of paint and coating preparation, mixing, application, drying, and curing processes.
• Ability to work efficiently within a production environment and meet production targets.
• Strong understanding of workplace health and safety requirements.