Spray Painter

Base salary up to £51k and On-Target Earnings of around £75,000 with uncapped earning potential. In addition to the above, you will receive a 9% employer contributed pension - regardless of whether you contribute into your pension or not! Other benefits associated with this role are outlined below.

DLG is evolving. Across every facet of our business, our teams are embracing new opportunities and putting customers at the heart of everything they do. By joining our Auto Services team, you’ll become a part of a network of repair centres with one simple mission: to deliver high-quality repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible for our more than 100,000 customers. As we look to the future, you can look to yours too. From technical capability to customer relations, here you’ll find a place where you can really thrive.

What you’ll be doing

As a Paint Technician, we want you to bring your previous experience, skills and knowledge to the team. You’ll need to demonstrate your experience of painting small and large jobs on a wide variety of vehicles, be confident in all aspects of preparing vehicles including buffing, polishing and priming surfaces before spray painting, as well as working to meet our customer’s needs. If you love to stay busy, this role is really for you. You will work within a team of painters, panel beaters and MET fitters reporting to your workshop controller.

What you’ll need

The future is exciting now the technologies used in Body Shops are evolving every day, which is really helping us re-shape the vehicle repair industry. That’s why we’re excited to grow our teams and looking for people to join us. All roles are at the heart of our Auto Services business, and you’ll need to be enthusiastic, upbeat and committed to delivering the best repair service.

As you can imagine, Health and Safety and working to industry standards is important to us. We always ensure our teams and customers' safety at each stage of the repair process, ensuring tasks are carried out in compliance with Health and Safety as well as in line with Audatex estimates, observing DLGAS ways of working and BS10125 procedures. This is a permanent onsite role. 40 or 45 hour a week contracts are available.

We recognise we wouldn’t be where we are today without our colleagues, that’s why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:

• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback

We want everyone to get the most out of their time at DLG. Which is why we’ve looked beyond the financial rewards and created an offer that takes your whole life into account. Supporting our people to work at their best – whatever that looks like – and offering real choice, flexibility, and a greater work-life balance that means our people have time to focus on the things that matter most to them. Our benefits are about more than just the money you earn. They’re about recognising who you are and the life you live.

Be yourself

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We’re delighted to feature as one of the UK’s Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers. We know you’re more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.