Turn your skills into a career within R&D!
Life at Crown Paints Darwen Head Office is full of energy, collaboration and heart. It’s where heritage meets innovation. From brainstorming new colours to driving big projects, no two days are the same. And with a close-knit, friendly atmosphere (plus plenty of brews and biscuits shared along the way!), it’s a place where great ideas and great people come together.
Technical Consultant – Painting & Decorating
- Based at Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Permanent – Full-time
- Closing date: 22/04/2026
- Job reference: JR8277
You’ve put the years in as a Painter & Decorator – now it’s time to get more out of it!
This is your opportunity to take everything you have learned on the tools and turn it into a long term career that offers more variety, less physical strain, and genuine progression. You will still be close to the work, the products, and the challenges, but in a way that uses your expertise differently, within our Research and Development team.
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Technical Consultant – Newly qualified decorator
- Based at Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Permanent – Full-time
- Closing date: 22/04/2026
- Job reference: JR8276
Just finished studying Painting & Decorating at college and wondering what’s next? This is where things get interesting!
At Crown Paints, this is not about standing still or doing the same thing every day. This is your chance to take what you have learned and turn it into something real, hands on, and full of opportunity.
You will be joining our wider R&D team, right at the heart of where ideas become products, and where your work genuinely makes a difference.