About this role
Proforce Industries Limited in Ogun is hiring a Painter for its Defence and automotive production facility. The role involves preparing surfaces, priming, spray painting, applying protective coatings, and refinishing vehicle bodies and components to military-grade and automotive standards. The position is based at No. 1 Akaka Road, Ode Remo, Ogun, and is full-time. The employer focuses on defence and protective mobility products for government, corporate, diplomatic, and private clients in Nigeria and Africa.
What you would do
- Prepare metal, composite and armored steel surfaces through cleaning, degreasing, sanding, masking and chemical treatment.
- Mix and apply primers, basecoats, clearcoats, anti-corrosion barriers, CARC coatings and military camouflage patterns using pneumatic spray equipment.
- Set up, calibrate, operate and maintain HVLP spray guns, paint mixing equipment, pressure tanks, air compressors and heat-curing booths.
- Accurately mix paints, hardeners, thinners and resins to specified viscosity and colour codes.
- Inspect finished surfaces for coating thickness, adhesion, gloss and defects; perform precise touch-ups.
- Follow occupational health and safety protocols and manage hazardous waste; use appropriate PPE including respirators.
- Adhere to standard operating procedures for automotive and defense coating processes.
- Maintain cleanliness and order in the spray booth and related equipment.
- Collaborate with production team to meet quality and production targets.
- Document coating processes and outcomes as required.
What they are asking for
- Education: NABTEB, Trade Test Class 1, OND or HND/BSc in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Automotive Engineering or related technical discipline.
- Experience: 2–5 years in automotive or industrial spray painting in vehicle manufacturing, body shop or heavy equipment coating facility.
- Skills: Good hand-eye coordination, sharp colour perception, high attention to detail, experience with pneumatic spray tools.
- Technical knowledge: Automotive paint chemistry and coatings (polyurethane, epoxy, acrylic, CARC, anti-corrosion primers); surface preparation and corrosion protection; application physics (viscosity, atomisation, spray patterns); ability to read engineering specifications and coating schematics; familiarity with quality tests and defect analysis.
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