Decorator jobs in Abbots Langley

About the company

Over the last 40 years, we've built a highly skilled team of craftspeople capable of providing a wide range of decorating services to clients with luxury properties.

Founded in 1985, in the years since we have restored and decorated some of the finest properties in the country. Our experience ranges from the historic to the contemporary; it includes royal palaces, luxury hotels, and the finest private residences.

Our success has been built upon the relationships we have nurtured with renowned designers, discerning clients and skilled contractors over the years, who have trusted our team of experienced craftspeople to achieve the very highest levels of quality.

We have extensive experience across a range of decorating services, from paperhanging, gilding, and paint restoration to specialist finishes and polished plaster.

Additionally, we are committed to the preservation of decorating as a trade, training our own apprentices, whilst we also directly employ as many of our own craftspeople as possible, in order to ensure the highest possible levels of quality and service.

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing the adjacent surfaces within a room including covering fixtures and furniture to prevent any damage from occurring whilst works are completed.
• Preparing surfaces prior to painting. This includes paint stripping (woodwork and walls), face filling, sanding, fine filling, and other associated painting preparatory works.
• Applying paint, varnishing and other decorative products to walls, ceilings, and woodwork. All works are conducted to the highest level of finish.
• Applying wallpaper, wallcoverings or lining paper to walls and ceilings. Wallpaper types will vary but include free / random match, straight match, drop / offset match.
• Cleaning and tidying up at the end of each day to ensure the clients property is left in a clean and orderly manner.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced construction project environment. Some of our work includes subcontracting for main contractors. These projects often require us to work efficiently and quickly, whilst still maintaining the highest standards and quality.
• Reviewing interior designers finishes / paint schedules and ensuring the correct paint colours or wallpaper is installed in the correct room within the property.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required and ordering the correct materials through the office team or site supervisor.
• Completing a timesheet at the end of each week to detail what hours you have worked and on what project.
• Keeping records of additional works and site requests /instructions and sending details to site supervisor.
• Attending site meetings with site supervisors to review progress of works on site and plan for future / upcoming works.
• Understanding the importance of long-term relationship building through providing the highest quality service. We strive to provide a faultless experience to our clients from always being on time, to being polite and tidy and always providing best in class decoration finishes.
• Always keeping uniform clean and presentable. All painters are provided with new branded uniforms and these must be worn at all times whilst on site.

Skills and Qualifications:

• High level painting and decorating ability including experience in high end residential sector. Skills must include preparatory works and finishing works to the highest standards.
• Paperhanging / installation of wallcovering.
• Thoroughness and attention to detail.
• Good time management.
• Effective communication skills
• Good customer service skills.
• Fluent in English
• Ability to complete basic paperwork and fill out basic forms.
• CSCS Card (Compulsory)
• Level 1, 2 or 3 NVQ / Diploma in painting and decorating or similar qualifications (Preferable not compulsory)
• First aid trained (Preferable not compulsory)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £150.00-£170.00 per day

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• painting: 2 year minimum

Licence/Certification:

• CSCS (preferred)
• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 28/11/2024

Reference ID: Painter and Decorator

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £150.00-£170.00 per day

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• painting: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• CSCS (preferred)
• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/01/2025
Reference ID: Painter and Decorator