Commercial Spray Painter

Commercial Spray Painters are required to work on a long term contract with Alstom based at their new Rail Technology Centre in Widnes. This is an excellent opportunity to gain rail experience, whilst adding to your existing skills.

Information on Alstom:

Alstom know that success is all about People. That's why they're committed to supporting careers and contractors that foster innovative thinking and offer fantastic opportunities for personal and professional development.
Their corporate values: Trust, Team and Action, define your Alstom experience. Every day, their team of 2,000 UK employees apply these principles - in partnership with colleagues in about 60 countries - to deliver next generation, technological innovations that are helping to address the UK's transport infrastructure challenges.

Alstom provides:

* Local and global opportunities;
* Experience in an industry-leading company;
* Opportunities to work with innovative and world-class specialists

Hours

90 hours per every 2 weeks. This will average as 45 hours per week.

The hours will be working a mixture of day and night shifts and includes working weekends.

The hours for days are 07:00 - 16:30 and nights are 19: <phone number removed>

Rate

£15.24 per hour for all hours worked, through a limited company.

Location

Preferably candidates will live in Merseyside or a commutable distance from Widnes.

Start Dates

My client is looking for people to start in these roles immediately.

Duties:

* Work as directed by and in co-operation with the Operations Manager.
* Operate as a member of a work team, as the role of that work team requires
* Clean, prepare vehicles e.g. sanding, masking, filling, mixing of paint and painting to correct specification
* Clean, prepare and paint components off train
* Finishing, including peer group finished work inspection.
* Complete real time documentation
* Participate in Company Initiatives, in particular to be engaged in Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) 5S activities
* Submit problem sheets (including evaluation sheets) with issues that are encountered on work being undertaken
* Maintain good housekeeping within the working area
* Comply with Alstom Procedures and Code of Ethics
* To comply with all depot protection procedures
* Understand and abide to safety notices, rules and regulations and follow safe working practices, H&SAW and COSHH
* Be capable of accepting training in other skills and carry out duties e.g. forklift and operational duties which could include movement of rail vehicles.
* Provide on the job training to less experienced colleagues as requested
* Carry out final work and process inspections as required
* Use IT systems that are work related
* Able to act as a member of a multi-disciplined team (flexibility around team roles)
* Good interpersonal skills
* Able to work on own initiative where required
* Good judgement and decision-making capability

Qualifications Required:

Associated technical qualifications in Industrial Painting Occupations (City & Guilds, SVQ, NVQ Level 2) and/or equivalent experience.

Experience Required:

* Experience of painting large surface areas e.g. trains / aircraft / large commercial vehicles
* Experience of repairing GRP (Glass Reinforced Phenolic) Components/Body Work
* 2K solvent based paints

Please note that my client operates a strict drugs and alcohol policy.

Rullion is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.