Night Shift Vehicle Panel Beater

ACTIVATE GROUP LIMITED; Kings Langley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a forward-thinking company known for its rapid growth and commitment to employee well-being. Join a dynamic team as a Night Shift Panel Beater, where your skills in vehicle body repair will shine. Enjoy a competitive salary, substantial shift allowance, and a range of perks including annual leave, paid training, and health plans. With flexible working patterns and a supportive environment, you’ll thrive in a state-of-the-art body shop. Be part of a company that values teamwork, innovation, and fun, while making a real impact in the automotive repair industry.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme

33 days annual leave including 8 bank holidays

Substantial night shift allowance

Annual pay reviews

Paid training

Healthshield Cash Plan

Life assurance at three times basic salary

Enhanced parental pay

Free breakfast cereals, fruit and pastries

Annual Summer and Christmas parties

Qualifications

• ATA / NVQ level 3 Panel Technician required for vehicle body repairs.
• Relevant industry experience and good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Repair and panel damaged vehicles to pre-accident condition.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and compliance with safety standards.

Skills

ATA / NVQ level 3 Panel Technician

Good Communication skills

Decision Making/Problem solving skills

H&S knowledge/awareness

Time management skills

Relevant industry experience

Tools

Body repair equipment

Welding equipment

Measuring equipment

Smart repair tools

Job description

Job title: Night Shift Panel Beater

Department: Activate Accident Repair

Location: AAR Kings Langley

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

**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain’s fastest-growing private companies.
**Great career development opportunities – grow with us.

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.

Various flexible attended hours and working patterns to suit you!

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing group of body shops! If you want to become part of the Activate Group family working in a state of the art, modern and technology led body shop then get in touch.

We're actively recruiting for a Body Shop Technician to join our team as a Panel Beater.

Our night shift roles receive a substantial shift allowance and also work just four nights, giving you three days off each week!

What can you expect when you join our team?

We know how hard you work, and that's why we work hard to make sure you'll be fairly rewarded in your career with Activate Group. Some of the benefits you can expect to receive are:

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• 33 days annual leave including 8 bank holidays (Pro rata)
• Substantial night shift allowance
• Annual pay reviews
• Paid training
• Healthshield Cash Plan to claim back medical costs and get same day doctors appointments
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary
• Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parental pay
• Free breakfast cereals, fruit and pastries
• Birthday and Christmas surprises for everybody
• Annual Summer and Christmas parties

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure customer satisfaction in the repair of motor vehicles of all types.
• Carry out such work in a safe and economical manner.
• Employ such knowledge and skills as may be required to restore vehicles to an acceptable standard.
• Observe, recognise and report on vehicle body damage.
• Interpret and implement technical instruction data.
• Indent for replacement parts and record usage.
• 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.
• Keep work area clean and tidy and free from hazards.
• Liaise with estimating, parts and line manager to discuss repair process and completion dates.
• Attain manufacturers' and/or estimated repair/paint times.
• Report all faults, defects noticed whilst working on vehicles.
• Accurately report all components, materials and consumables used.
• Protect customers vehicles with covers and dust sheets etc.
• Safeguard the customers' vehicle and contents whilst being repaired.
• Ensure that all work carried out meets acceptable safety and quality standards.
• All company repair/paint times to be achieved.
• All hours, components, materials and consumables used recorded.
• Wastage of materials not to exceed target set by Manager for period.
• No customer vehicle or contents to be damaged/lost while vehicles under repair.

Skills and Experience:

• ATA / NVQ level 3 Panel Technician.
• Good Communication skills.
• Good Decision Making/Problem solving skills.
• Good H&S knowledge/awareness and compliance.
• Time served repair technician.
• Good time management skills.
• Relevant industry experience.

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority, and we'll make sure you have all the support you need to succeed.

From little perks like free fruit and breakfast cereals to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, we'll go out of our way to show how much we appreciate the effort you put in.

We also love to have fun together, and our whole company summer and Christmas parties are pretty legendary!

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK's 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road accident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough.

We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Want to know what it's like to work with us? Take a look at our values. They define who we are, and how we work with 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.