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Auto Painter

at Carvana

📍 Chesterfield, VA Unknown Posted April 17, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience entry
Exp. Years minimum of 1 year
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

Carvana is hiring an Auto Painter to prepare vehicles and perform key painting prep steps. The role focuses on priming and final sanding, along with buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrush work to get vehicles ready for customers.

  • Prime vehicles and perform final sanding before the vehicle is painted
  • Perform buffing and touch-up work
  • Mix paint and prepare for painting tasks
  • Use airbrush for painting/finishing
  • Support vehicle preparation workflows in inspection centers

This is a hands-on automotive refinishing role involving vehicle surface prep (priming and final sanding) and finishing tasks (buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrushing). Responsibilities are centered on producing a consistent paint-ready surface for inspection center workflows.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of professional automotive painting experience and can independently prime vehicles and complete final sanding prior to painting. They are skilled with buffing, touch-up work, paint mixing, and using an airbrush, and they are comfortable working mandatory overtime when business needs require it.

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team playersability to work mandatory overtime based on business needsmission alignment

Preferred

ASE and tool reimbursement programs (ASE implied by posting)
Industry Retail
Job Function Prepare and finish vehicles for painting to meet Carvana inspection and delivery standards
Role Subtype Auto Painter
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Less than 1 year of professional automotive painting experience, Unable to perform prime vehicles and final sanding before painting, Unwilling to work mandatory overtime when required

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