Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Paint

<p><strong>Lotus Cars is renowned for crafting world-class, high-performance, and lightweight sports cars that are celebrated across the globe.</strong></p><p>Lotus Cars Limited serves as the company’s manufacturing HQ in the UK, where we proudly produce iconic models such as the Emira and the all-electric Evija. As we continue to elevate our capabilities and global presence, we are seeking a <strong>Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Paint </strong>to join our dynamic <strong>Paint </strong>team at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hethel.</p><p><strong>Summary:</strong></p><p>The Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Paint is responsible for developing, optimising and maintaining robust paint manufacturing processes that deliver world-class quality, safety, cost and delivery performance. Working within a high-volume automotive OEM environment, the role provides technical leadership across paint operations, supporting current production, new model introductions and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with customer, industry and environmental standards.</p><p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Lead the development, optimisation and continuous improvement of paint manufacturing processes to maximise quality, efficiency, throughput and equipment reliability.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Provide technical ownership of paint application processes, including pretreatment, e-coat, primer, basecoat, clearcoat and associated curing systems where applicable.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Support new model introductions, engineering changes and product launches, ensuring paint processes are…

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