Polish Technician

Motability Operations Ltd; Coalville; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vehicle leasing company is looking for a polish technician in Coalville, Leicestershire. The role involves ensuring vehicles meet reconditioning standards through paintwork enhancement. Candidates must have experience in panel block and polishing, paint rectification, and be able to drive a manual vehicle legally in the UK. This position offers hybrid working and various employee benefits, including a competitive reward package and a generous pension plan.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

15% non-contributory pension

28 days annual leave

Free fresh fruit and snacks

Paid volunteering day

Private Medical Insurance

Life assurance at 4 times salary

Free access to healthcare apps

Generous family leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in panel block and polishing.
• Ability to legally drive a manual vehicle in the UK.
• Skills in smart repair techniques.

Responsibilities

• Prepare vehicles to Motability reconditioning standards by blocking and polishing panels.
• De-nibble paint defects and complete final machine polish using state-of-the-art equipment.

Skills

Panel block and polishing experience

Paint rectification experience

Able to legally drive a manual vehicle in the UK

Smart repair techniques

Job description

Overview

Joining Vehicle Solutions, part of Motability Operations Limited, the UK’s largest vehicle leasing company. We are seeking a polish technician to join our vehicle reconditioning team in Coalville, Leicestershire. Reporting into the cosmetic team leads, the principal objective of this role is to ensure that vehicles are prepared in accordance with the required reconditioning standards.

Our polish technicians play a crucial role, ensuring that vehicles meet Motability Operations specific performance and quality standards by enhancing the appearance of our vehicle’s paintwork. Using the technical skills you have developed and accessing our state-of-the-art equipment and products, the key areas are to repair and enhance paint by blocking and polishing panels, de-nibbing paint defects and completing final machine polish.

Responsibilities

• Prepare vehicles to Motability reconditioning standards by blocking and polishing panels
• De-nibble paint defects and complete final machine polish using state-of-the-art equipment and products
• Work as part of the cosmetic team to ensure consistent quality and appearance of paintwork

Qualifications

Minimum criteria:

• Able to legally drive a manual vehicle in the UK
• Panel block and polishing experience
• Paint rectification experience
• Smart repair techniques

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. We look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

Benefits

• Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
• 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
• 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
• Free fresh fruit and snacks in the office
• 1 day for volunteering
• Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
• Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary
• Funded health screening for over 50s
• Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
• Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
• Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
• Generous family leave policies

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.