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Auto Painter

at Carvana

📍 Rocklin, CA Unknown 💰 $22 – $26 USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $22 – $26 USD / year
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 prime vehicles and perform final sanding before painting. The painter will also handle buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrush painting in a high-tech Inspection Center.

  • Prime vehicles and perform final sanding before the vehicle is painted
  • Buffing and touch-up after prep
  • Mix paint and apply using an airbrush
  • Prepare vehicles for cosmetic paintwork (sanding, masking, taping, bagging, unbagging/tear down) as applicable
  • Work mandatory overtime based on business needs

This is a hands-on automotive refinishing role focused on surface preparation and finishing quality. Work includes priming, final sanding, and detailed coating prep and application tasks such as buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrushing, with potential familiarity with water-based paint and paint-prep processes.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of professional automotive painting experience and can efficiently prime vehicles and perform final sanding before painting. They are skilled in buffing, touch-up work, paint mixing, and using an airbrush, with a strong ability to meet production needs that may include mandatory overtime.

Minimum of 1 year of professional automotive painting experiencePrime vehiclesPerform final sanding before the vehicle is paintedBuffingTouch-upPaint mixingAirbrush
State of the art toolsInspection Centers
Automotive painting experienceprime vehiclesfinal sandingbuffingtouch-uppaint mixingairbrushmaskingtapingsandingbaggingunbagging/tear downwater-based paint
Automotive painting experiencePrime vehiclesFinal sanding before paintingBuffingTouch-upPaint mixingAirbrushPaint prepper work (described for related roles): sandingmaskingtapingbaggingunbagging/tear downWater-based paint (described for mid-level painter)
Team playerAbility to work mandatory overtimeCustomer focusMission alignment

Preferred

ASE
Industry Retail
Job Function Prepare and paint vehicles to production and quality standards.
Role Subtype Not specified
Auto PainterPainterEntry-Level PainterPaint PrepperMid-Level Painterautomotive painting experienceminimum of 1 yearprime vehiclesfinal sandingbuffingtouch-uppaint mixingairbrushsandingmaskingtapingbaggingunbaggingtear downwater-based paintmandatory overtimeInspection CentersASEtool reimbursement programstuition reimbursement

Must have a minimum of 1 year of professional automotive painting experience, Must be able to prime vehicles and perform final sanding before painting, Must be able to perform buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and airbrush work

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