Automotive Painter

The Automotive Painter prepares, finishes, and refinishes vehicle exteriors to a high-quality standard. This role focuses on sanding, priming, painting, and buffing painted surfaces, while ensuring all work meets quality, safety, and environmental requirements. You will work with a variety of tools and materials in an industrial paint booth environment and collaborate closely with a team to deliver consistent, professional results on every vehicle.

• Prepare vehicles for painting by sanding, buffing, and performing detailed paint prep on exterior panels.
• Tape and mask off non-painted surfaces or parts around areas to be painted to protect them from overspray.
• Seal body seams with epoxy seam sealer and smooth them properly to ensure a clean and uniform final paint finish.
• Grind and fill welds, dents, and gouges in exterior panels with properly mixed body filler, then sand to a smooth, finished surface.
• Sand and shape body filler around transitions and body lines to maintain the vehicles original contours and design.
• Spray primer on all areas where body filler was applied to prepare surfaces for final paint application.
• Wipe down all areas to be painted with grease and wax remover to ensure proper adhesion and a clean finish.
• Sand down painted surfaces to remove orange peel texture and other imperfections prior to final finishing.
• Operate a buffer and follow the required steps to buff paint to a proper, high-quality finish.
• Use spray guns, paint sprayers, and related equipment to apply automotive paint and industrial coatings in a paint booth.
• Mix primers and other paint products according to specifications and quality standards once trained.
• Follow OSHA and EPA standards and internal quality requirements to produce an acceptable finish paint on all vehicles.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area, including proper handling and storage of tools, materials, and equipment.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment, communicating professionally and following directions from supervisors and team leads.
• Climb onto vehicles when necessary to access work areas and wear required fall protection and other safety equipment.
• Perform tasks within established time standards while maintaining consistent quality and meeting production goals.

• Preferred 1-year experience in automotive paint preparation and body repair.
• Preferred high school diploma or GED.
• Ability to run dual action sanders, grinders, and miscellaneous hand tools used in auto body and industrial painting work.
• Full knowledge of quality requirements needed to produce an acceptable finish paint on vehicles.
• Ability to communicate professionally and follow written and verbal directions.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and support collaborative workflows.
• Ability to learn how to mix primers and other paint products and apply them correctly.
• Ability to perform tasks within defined time standards while maintaining quality standards.
• General knowledge of OSHA and EPA standards related to industrial painting and automotive refinishing.
• Capability to climb on vehicles and use required fall protection when working at height.
• Competence in sanding, priming, buffing, and polishing painted surfaces to a professional finish.
• Experience using spray guns, paint sprayers, and working in a paint booth environment.

• Experience with automotive painting and industrial painting processes.
• Experience in auto body work, paint prep, and finishing.
• Familiarity with paint mixing for automotive and industrial coatings.
• Skill in priming, sanding, and buffing to correct defects such as orange peel texture.
• Ability to use…