Painter (Automotive & Manufacturing)

​Position Overview

​Proforce Defence is seeking a skilled, precision-driven Painter to join our production and finishing team at our manufacturing facility in Ode Remo, Ogun State. The successful candidate will be responsible for chemical surface preparation, priming, spray painting, protective coating, and refinishing operations across commercial, tactical, and specialized armored vehicle bodies and components in line with strict military-grade and automotive industry standards.

​Key Responsibilities

• ​Surface Preparation & Chemical Treatment: Clean, degrease, sand, mask, and chemically treat metal, composite, and armored steel surfaces prior to coating application.
• ​Paint & Coating Application: Mix and apply primers, basecoats, clearcoats, anti-corrosion barriers, chemical agent resistant coatings (CARC), and military-grade camouflage patterns using pneumatic spray equipment.
• ​Spray Booth & Equipment Operation: Set up, calibrate, operate, and maintain high-volume low-pressure (HVLP) spray guns, paint mixing equipment, pressure tanks, air compressors, and heat-curing booths.
• ​Color Matching & Paint Mixing: Accurately mix paints, hardeners, thinners, and resins according to exact viscosity, color code, and ratio specifications.
• ​Quality & Finish Inspection: Inspect finished vehicle surfaces for coating thickness, adhesion, gloss level, and surface defects (e.g., orange peel, runs, sags, pinholes) and execute precision touch-ups.
• ​Safety & Hazard Compliance: Adhere strictly to occupational health and safety protocols, managing hazardous waste disposal and utilizing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) including air-supplied respirators.

​Key Engineering & Technical Knowledge Requirements

• ​Automotive Paint Chemistry & Coating Technology: In-depth knowledge of polyurethane, epoxy, acrylic, and Specialized Protective Coatings (including CARC and anti-corrosion primers) and their cure dynamics.
• ​Surface Engineering & Corrosion Protection: Understanding of substrate preparation standards, phosphate treatments, shot blasting effects, and electrochemical corrosion prevention.
• ​Application Physics & Fluid Dynamics: Practical grasp of atomization pressures, viscosity measurement (Ford cup), fan spray patterns, and dry film thickness (DFT) gauge usage.
• ​Technical Blueprint & Coating Schematics: Ability to interpret engineering specifications regarding layer thickness, masking lines, color schemes, and coating standards.
• ​Quality Assurance & Defect Analysis: Familiarity with cross-hatch adhesion testing, glossmeter readings, and root-cause analysis for paint application failures.

​Qualifications & Experience

• ​Education: NABTEB, Trade Test Class 1, OND, or HND/B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• ​Experience: Minimum of 2–5 years of hands-on automotive or industrial spray painting experience within a vehicle manufacturing plant, commercial body shop, or heavy equipment coating facility.
• ​Skills: Excellent hand-eye coordination, keen color perception, high attention to detail, and expertise in operating pneumatic spray tools.

​Location: No. 1 Akaka Road, Ode Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.