Paint Technician

ACTIVATE GROUP LIMITED; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading automotive company in Glasgow as a Paint Technician. In this role, you'll be responsible for painting and prepping vehicles, ensuring high standards of safety and quality are met. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible hours, comprehensive training, and various wellness benefits.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

Flexible hours

Paid training

Healthshield Cash Plan

Life assurance at three times your basic salary

Free breakfast

Annual Summer and Christmas parties

Qualifications

• Time served as a repair technician is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Painting and prepping motor vehicles.
• Accurately use paint mixing schemes and drying equipment.
• Ensure vehicles meet safety standards upon return to customers.

Skills

Good H&S knowledge/awareness

Relevant industry experience

Job description

Location: AAR Glasgow, Radial Point, Cardonald Business Park, Glasgow, G51 4GA

We’re looking for a Paint Technician to be part of our success story.

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

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

• 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 for medical costs and same-day doctors appointments
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary
• Free breakfast
• Birthday and Christmas surprises for everyone
• Annual Summer and Christmas parties

About the role

Painting and prepping of motor vehicles.

Key responsibilities

• Accurately use paint mixing schemes and drying equipment.
• Ensure vehicles meet safety standards upon return to customers, report faults, and note on job cards.
• Estimate repair and paint times according to manufacturers' guidelines.
• Report any faults or defects noticed during vehicle work.
• Take care of equipment, special tools, and personal tools.

Skills and experience

• Good H&S knowledge/awareness.
• Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician.

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, supporting our team members is a top priority. Whether at our Halifax or Peterborough offices, one of our AAR sites, or working from home, we provide all the support needed for success.

Enjoy benefits that prioritize your health and wellbeing, rewards for employee recognition, and perks like free fruit and cereal. We truly appreciate our team members.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ over 800 staff nationwide.

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

We manage 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.

Interested in working with us? Explore our purpose and values, which define who we are and how we work with team members, customers, and suppliers:

Purpose: Make someone's bad day better

Values:

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take initiative, work efficiently, and deliver quality.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge norms and make continuous improvements.
• Win together – Be a team player. Collaborate, learn, and respect each other.

What we're all about

Nobody wants or expects a road incident, and we understand how stressful it can be. Our purpose is to make someone's bad day better.

We achieve this through our core values: make it happen, win together, and strive for better.