Evening Shift - Vehicle Paint Technician

Activate Group Limited; Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday (including bankhols)

Personal health cash plan

Enhanced family pay

Life assurance at three times your pay

Free breakfasts and fresh fruit

Birthday surprise

Job summary

Activate Group is seeking a Vehicle Paint Technician for the Evening Shift at our Tunbridge Wells site to paint and prep motor vehicles to high standards.

You will work Monday to Thursday, 12pm–11:30pm, ensuring safety, accuracy and quality while following paint mixing schemes and procedures, contributing to a supportive, career-focused team with development opportunities.

Qualifications

• ATA or NVQ Level 3 qualification.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Strong Health and Safety knowledge.
• Good time management and reliability.
• Relevant experience as a vehicle repair technician.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer satisfaction in repair and painting of motor vehicles.
• Carry out all work in a safe and economical manner.
• Observe, recognise and report on vehicle structure and paintwork.
• Interpret and implement technical instruction data.
• Accurately use paint mixing schemes and drying areas/equipment.
• Ensure vehicles meet safety standards before return to customers or record faults.
• Meet manufacturer and/or estimated repair and paint times.
• Report faults and defects noticed while working on vehicles.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Health and safety

Time management

Vehicle repair experience

Education

ATA or NVQ Level 3

Job description

EVENING SHIFT - VEHICLE PAINT TECHNICIAN

Activate Accident Repair - Tunbridge Wells

3 Stag Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3BQ

Evening Shift - Monday - Thursday 12pm - 11.30pm

We're looking for a Vehicle Paint Sprayer to join our team and play a key role in Activate Accident Repair, painting and prepping motor vehicles to the high standards our customers expect.

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.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Personal health cash plan, so you can claim back the cost of everyday healthcare such as dental and optical check-ups
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fresh fruit
• A birthday surprise for everyone

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Ensuring customer satisfaction in the repair and painting of motor vehicles of all types
• Carrying out all work in a safe and economical manner
• Observing, recognising and reporting on vehicle structure and paintwork
• Interpreting and implementing technical instruction data
• Accurately using paint mixing schemes and drying areas and equipment
• Making sure vehicles meet safety standards before they're returned to customers, or reporting and noting any faults on the job card
• Achieving manufacturer and/or estimated repair and paint times
• Reporting all faults and defects noticed while working on vehicles

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• ATA or NVQ Level 3
• Good communication skills
• Good decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Good Health and Safety knowledge and awareness
• Good time management skills
• Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician

WHAT WE OFFER

• A competitive salary
• A time-saved bonus scheme, to reward efficiency
• A supportive, professional working environment
• The opportunity to grow with a dynamic and ambitious company
• Genuine career development and progression opportunities, with regular feedback and career planning

ABOUT ACTIVATE GROUP

Every role at Activate Group is aligned to our wider vision and purpose: making someone's bad day better. Activate Group is a fast-growing business approaching 1,000 team members nationwide, working with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies to support drivers 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) bodyshops 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 schemes, and deliver fully-automated solutions to fleets, vehicle repair centres and dealerships.

OUR PURPOSE AND VALUES

Our purpose underpins everything we do: to 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