Panel Beater
Dartford
Up to £58,000 basic OTE £70,000
Monday to Friday only
- New enhanced bonus scheme paid on both personal and site performance
- Access up to 30% of your wages in advance each month
- 29 days annual leave, increasing with service
- Genuine career progression within a growing business
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent company benefits package
We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Panel Beater to join a leading accident repair centre in Dartford.
Working alongside a supportive and experienced Bodyshop Manager, you'll become part of a highly skilled and stable team within a business that genuinely values quality workmanship and its employees.
The Job: ATA Panel Beater
- Repair or replace as necessary bodywork panels of damaged vehicles according to the instructions received or details on the job card. This will include chassis and framework.
- Stripping and fitting panels and bodywork
- You will be required to efficiently repair vehicles checking on completion ensuring there are no defects including changing quarter panels, filler work, stripping a vehicle down and rebuilding it.
- Panel straightening and filler to repair dents
- Replacement of panels
- Welding and bonding of vehicle structure
- Removing & replacing complete body shell
- Adhere to the manufacturer's literature and modification bulletins as appropriate to the repair and to the replacement of chassis and panel work.
- To ensure that all equipment used, to include jigs, fixtures and welding equipment, is operated in accordance with defined safety requirements.
- The role is to carry out all panel beater repair work on all makes of vehicles and to be able demonstrate a full range of vehicle body repairs including jig work.
- Repair and replace body components to damaged vehicles to pre-accident condition and to Kitemark BS10125 and manufacturer's standards
Job Experience - Panel Beater
- A working and demonstrable knowledge of vehicle panel repairs
- Relevant panel qualifications - IMI 3, NVQ 3 or ATA Panel Beater Accreditation desirable but not essential
- Panel beater Experience is required
We are also looking for candidates with the following skill sets:
- Panel Beater
- Panel Technician
- MET Technician
- Bodyshop Mechanic
- Vehicle Painter
- Vehicle Paint Sprayer
- Vehicle Prepper
- Paint Prepper
- Bodyshop Technicians
- Accident Repair
- Vehicle body repair
- coach builder
- VDA
- Vehicle Damage Assessor
- Bodyshop Estimator
- Production Manager
- Vehicle Technician
- Workshop Controller
- Bodyshop Controller
- SMART Repairer
- Bodyshop Manager
- Regional Manager
- General Manager
- Service Advisor
- Service Manager
- Parts Advisor
- Parts Manager