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ROLE: Painter
HOURS: Permanent / Contract (as applicable)
LOCATION: Sellafield Site, Cumbria
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Painter who will be responsible for carrying out a wide range of painting and industrial coating tasks across the Sellafield site, ensuring all work is completed safely, to a high standard of quality, and in full compliance with site-specific nuclear, safety, and regulatory requirements.
· Carry out painting and industrial coatings on various tasks including office setting, pipe bridges, structural steel, concrete structures, masonry, tanks, bunds, roof areas
· Read and interpret paint method statements, and specifications
· Work within live and controlled environments, following strict permit-to-work systems
· Ensure all work meets required quality, safety, and nuclear site standards
· Comply with Sellafield Ltd policies, site rules, and behavioural expectations
· Use hand and power tools safely and appropriately
· Maintain good housekeeping standards at all times
· Identify and report defects, hazards, and near misses
· Work collaboratively with other trades, supervisors, and site teams
· Support site inspections and quality checks when required
· Adhere to all Health & Safety at Work regulations and Sellafield Life Saving Rules
· Follow RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements) at all times
· Participate in toolbox talks, safety briefings, and site inductions
· Maintain a strong nuclear safety culture and human performance standards
· NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Painting & Decorating
· CSCS Skilled Worker (Blue) card
· Proven experience as a painter on commercial or industrial sites
· Ability to work accurately from method statements and specifications
· Strong understanding of health & safety requirements
· Good communication and teamwork skills
· Attention to detail and pride in workmanship
· Ability to pass security clearance and site vetting
· Previous experience working at Sellafield or another COMAH / nuclear / regulated site
· Experience working under permit systems
· Awareness of nuclear safety culture or high-hazard environments
· Experience of working with industrial coatings
· Security clearance (SC or DV)
· Current P4 pass holder
· Monitored or Classified worker
· Safety-conscious and reliable
· Flexible and adaptable to changing site requirements
· Professional attitude and strong work ethic
· Willingness to undertake site-specific training – Confined Space, MEWP etc
· Subject to Security Clearance and Drug & Alcohol testing
· May require working within restricted or controlled area
· PPE provided and mandatory
· CIJC WRA
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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