Experienced Auto Painter - $6,000 Bonus!

About the role

We’re looking for Auto Painters with a minimum of 5 years of professional automotive painting experience to join Carvana, the fastest-growing used automotive retailer in U.S. history and one of the four fastest companies to make the Fortune 500. As an Experienced Painter, you’ll be expected to be highly skilled in painting (base coats, tri-coats, solid, metallic, and clear coats), blending adjacent panels, and paint correcting vehicles.

At Carvana, you’ll work in one of our high-tech Inspection Centers using state-of-the-art tools. If you’re joining us in an entry-level position, we offer training programs to ensure your skills and pay progress along with the company.

Responsibilities

• Painting vehicles using base coats, tri-coats, solid, metallic, and clear coats
• Blending adjacent panels
• Paint correcting vehicles

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional automotive painting experience
• Ability to physically operate vehicle equipment and tools; must be able to lift up to 60 pounds independently
• Must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license (some positions may require a Motor Vehicle Records check)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing production environment, sometimes exposed to excessive weather conditions (heat/cold)
• Use of safety equipment, including but not limited to face shield or goggles, non-slip shoes, gloves, mask, and other protective garments and equipment
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English

Benefits

• 100% company-paid healthcare premiums
• Generous paid-time off, and your birthday is a holiday
• 401(k) with Carvana match
• Vehicle purchase discount
• ASE and tool reimbursement programs
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment

Schedule

We prioritize delivering an exceptional customer experience, which includes delivering great vehicles on time. To meet business needs, mandatory overtime may be required.

About Carvana

At Carvana, we sell cars but we aren’t car salesmen. Our promise is simple: we won’t sell a car to a customer that we wouldn’t sell to our own Mom. To ensure our cars are in first-rate condition, we’ve built multiple vehicle Reconditioning Centers around the country, where our cars are inspected, perfected, and photographed before reaching the Carvana website.

Other available roles

Depending on your experience, we have a variety of paint roles available to help prepare our low-mileage, late-model cars for customers:

• Paint Prepper (min 6 months professional experience): Prepare vehicles for cosmetic paintwork, including sanding, masking, taping, bagging, unbagging/tear down, and buffing
• Entry-Level Painter (min 1 year professional experience): Prime vehicles, perform final sanding, buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrush
• Mid-Level Painter (min 3 years professional experience): Match/mix paint color and use water-based paint to paint vehicles inside our paint booths
• Experienced Painter (min 5 years professional experience): Painting (base coats, tri-coats, solid, metallic, and clear coats), blending adjacent panels, and paint correcting vehicles

We also have a variety of other automotive roles available in one of our 18 locations across the country, including:

• Auto Body roles: Paint, Prep/Body work, Wheel Repair, Airbrush, Interior Repair, Glass Repair, and PDR (Paintless Dent Repair)
• Auto Technician/Mechanic roles: Lube and Oil, Inspection, Brake and Tire, Mechanical Repair/Build, and Master Technician
• Entry-Level roles: Detailing, Inventory Associate (Car Porters), Photo, Parts Associate, Inspection, and Coordinator/Administrator