Paint Shop Supervisor

Are you an experienced Paint Shop Supervisor, or Coatings Supervisor with a strong background in industrial painting or protective coatings?

We are recruiting for an experienced Paint Shop Supervisor to lead a busy workshop-based coating operation in South Lanarkshire.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will be responsible for coordinating people, materials and production activity to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.

• Plan daily and forward workloads to ensure the team has clear priorities.
• Allocate work according to production requirements and individual skills.
• Manage labour, materials and equipment to maintain production flow.
• Coordinate material movements with other workshop teams.
• Monitor team performance, productivity and downtime.
• Ensure coating work is completed to specification and quality requirements.
• Monitor coating and consumable usage and minimise unnecessary waste.
• Coordinate inspections and ensure defects or damaged work are rectified.
• Ensure production records and tracking systems are accurately maintained.
• Maintain high standards of Health & Safety, PPE, COSHH and risk assessment compliance.
• Ensure painting equipment, tools and consumables are available and fit for use.
• Maintain excellent housekeeping and workshop organisation.
• Lead, motivate and develop the team, including trainees and apprentices.
• Address performance issues appropriately and escape where required.
• Provide regular updates to management regarding workload, progress, quality, bottlenecks and delivery priorities.

• Previous supervisory, team leader or foreman experience within manufacturing, fabrication or industrial coatings.
• Strong experience within protective or industrial coatings.
• Experience managing a team within a production/workshop environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• The confidence to make decisions and solve problems under pressure.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• A proactive approach to achieving production targets without compromising safety or quality.

• Key supervisory role within a growing business.
• Private healthcare and additional benefits.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Full-time, permanent, workshop-based position.

Opportunity to take ownership of a busy production area and develop a team.

If you have strong industrial coatings experience and are ready to take the next step into a key supervisory position, we'd be keen to hear from you.