Job Description

33 days holiday & Competitive time-saved bonus

Job title: Panel Beater / MET Technician

Department: Activate Accident Repair

Location: Wayfarer Rd, Southwick, Sunderland SR5 3XA

We’re looking for a Panel Beater / MET Technician to be part of our success story.

Activate Group is a growing UK business approaching 1,000+ team members nationwide. This is an exciting opportunity to build a long-term career with a company that values its people and offers genuine development and progression opportunities.

Benefits

· Competitive salary and time-saved bonus scheme

· 33 days annual leave including bank holidays

· Holiday buy and sell

· Flexible hours to suit your needs

· Paid training

· Healthshield Cash Plan to claim back medical costs and get same day doctors appointments

· Life assurance at three times your basic salary

· Free breakfast

· Birthday and Christmas surprises for everybody

· Annual Summer and Christmas parties

About the role

To complete all body work, including stripping and refitting trim and panel interior. Refitting new / repaired panels and repairing small dents and minor body work for accident damaged vehicles.

Key responsibilities

• Repair and panel damaged vehicles to pre-accident condition in accordance with approved Repair Methodology and manufacturers standards.
• Use specialist body repair equipment – measuring equipment, body jigs, welding equipment and smart repair tools.
• Ensure that vehicles comply with safety standards when returned to customers, or that faults have been reported and noted on job card.

Skills and experience

· ATA / NVQ level 3

· Good Communication skills.

· Good Decision Making/Problem solving skills.

· Good H&S knowledge/awareness.

· Good Time management skills

· Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician.

A bit about us

Activate Group is a fast-growing business approaching 1,000 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK’s largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in road incidents through our contact centres in Halifax, Peterborough and Huddersfield.

We manage every step of the repair journey - repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair (AAR) body shops, as well as through a UK-wide network of trusted independent repair partners.

We also work with the UK’s largest vehicle manufacturers, supporting their approved repair programmes, and deliver innovative technology solutions to fleets, vehicle repair centres and dealerships.

Our purpose & values

Our purpose underpins everything we do: Make someone’s bad day better

Our values define how we work with our team members, customers and suppliers:

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm - make small improvements often.
• Win together – Be a team player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.