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Painter (Automotive & Manufacturing)
About this role
Proforce Limited is hiring a Painter for its Ode Remo, Ogun State facility. The role involves chemical surface preparation, priming, spray painting, protective coatings, and refinishing on commercial, tactical, and armored vehicle bodies and components in line with military-grade and automotive standards. The painter will work as part of the production and finishing team, operating spray equipment and maintaining finishing quality. The employer specialises in defence and protective mobility products for government, corporate, diplomatic, and private clients in Nigeria and Africa. The position targets candidates with hands-on automotive or industrial spray painting experience and relevant technical qualifications.
What you would do
- Prepare surfaces by cleaning, degreasing, sanding, masking and chemical treatment.
- Mix and apply primers, basecoats, clearcoats, anti-corrosion barriers, CARC and camouflage coatings.
- Set up, calibrate, operate and maintain HVLP spray guns and related equipment.
- Mix paints, hardeners, thinners, and resins to exact specifications.
- Inspect finished surfaces for coating thickness, adhesion, gloss and defects; perform touch-ups as needed.
- Operate and monitor spray booths and curing equipment.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and hazardous waste procedures.
- Maintain accuracy in colour matching and coating application standards.
- Follow engineering specifications for layer thickness and masking lines.
- Adhere to PPE requirements and safety protocols during painting processes.
What they are asking for
- NABTEB, Trade Test Class 1, OND, or HND/BSc in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Automotive Engineering or related technical field.
- 2 to 5 years of hands-on automotive or industrial spray painting experience in vehicle manufacturing, body shop or heavy equipment coating facility.
- Strong hand-eye coordination and colour perception.
- Attention to detail and ability to follow exact viscosity and colour code specifications.
- Experience with pneumatic spray tools and spray booth operation.
- Knowledge of polyurethane, epoxy, acrylic and CARC coatings and their cure dynamics is preferred.
- Understanding of surface preparation standards and corrosion protection is desirable.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications and coating schematics.
- Familiarity with quality assurance tests for paint applications (adhesion, gloss, DFT) is a plus.
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