Paint Sprayer in Catterick Garrison

As a Vehicle Paint Sprayer, you'll play a vital role in supporting the refurbishment of military vehicles and equipment that help protect national security. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your specialist paint spraying skills in a unique engineering environment, where your work is highly visible and directly contributes to the quality, performance, and presentation of critical defence assets. You'll be part of a skilled team, developing your expertise while supporting projects that make a real difference.

Responsibilities

• Prepare vehicle and equipment surfaces through masking, washing, blasting, filling, and sanding activities
• Clean surfaces using degreasers and other appropriate agents to ensure paint readiness
• Apply coatings through spray painting techniques to meet quality and finish standards
• Complete patch painting and rolling activities where required
• Maintain high standards of workmanship, safety, and quality throughout the refurbishment process

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Catterick, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Requirements

• Experience in spray painting, industrial painting, surface preparation or coating application
• Valid Full UK Driving Licence, We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. No formal paint spraying qualification is required. Training and certification will be provided for the successful candidate, The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
• At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Paint Sprayer at Bovington, near Richmond, North Yorkshire., We’re Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity