Apprentice Auto-care Technician

M Group Highways; Newton Abbot; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to creating lasting social value through essential infrastructure services. As part of the vehicle maintenance team, you will develop practical, technical, and soft skills while ensuring health and safety standards are met. This apprenticeship offers a pathway to a Level 2 Auto-care Technician qualification and a rewarding long-term career. With a commitment to employee development and a supportive work environment, you’ll thrive in a role that contributes to the safe transportation of people across the UK. Be part of a team that values responsibility, openness, and ambition.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Retail discounts portal

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Reward and recognition scheme

21 days annual leave

Holiday purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK for 3+ years.
• Valid UK driving license or on track to achieve it.

Responsibilities

• Conduct vehicle safety inspections and routine maintenance.
• Use specialist tools for fault identification and repair.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Education

Functional Skills equivalent to GCSE Maths and English

Tools

Mechanical measuring tools

Electrical measuring tools

Diagnostic equipment

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Start date: September 2025

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways in Devon

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK including highway maintenance services with Devon Highways.

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our vehicle maintenance team that underpins our Devon Highways highway maintenance contract, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

Starting your employment in September 2025, this programme will develop your practical, technical and soft-skills, with Health & Safety at the heart of everything you do. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you’ll gain a Level 2 Auto-care Technician qualification and a permanent, long-term career with M Group Highways!

You’ll carry out tasks such as:

• Vehicle safety inspections and routine maintenance in line with manufacturers specifications
• Maintenance of key equipment that supports the delivery of highway maintenance
• Use a range of specialist tools & equipment, mechanical & electrical measuring tools and diagnostic equipment to support fault identification and repair
• Looking at vehicle technical data to make judgements on wear and serviceability

What you’ll bring:

• The Right to Work in the UK (you must have lived in the UK for 3+ years)
• Valid UK driving licence (or be on track to achieve this within a year)
• Willingness to learn new skills and work as part of a team
• Physical fitness and willingness to work outside in all weather conditions
• Functional Skills requirements equivalent to Maths and English GCSE at grade 4 or above. If you do not currently have these qualifications, the training provider will help you achieve them as part of the apprenticeship

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Standby / Overtime / Call out
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’reresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’reopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’retogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’reambitiousand embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:

It is a condition of your employment that you hold a current valid driving license. If you do not, it is a condition that you obtain a driving license, at your own expense, within the first 12 months of your appointment date or within 12 months of your 17th birthday, whichever is the latter.

Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.

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