Vehicle Prepper

Motability Operations Ltd; Coalville; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension 15%

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance 4x salary

Health screening for over 50s

Employee discount app

Job summary

Motability Operations are recruiting an experienced Vehicle Prepper to join our refurbishment centre in Coalville on a permanent basis. The role involves panel preparation for primer and paint, masking, minor repairs, and supporting the paint process. You will work on-site five days a week in Coalville.

The package includes up to £37,000 basic salary, a bonus up to 15%, and a 15% pension contribution. Hours are 45 per week with 9-hour shifts from 06:30 to 18:00.

Qualifications

• Panel/vehicle preparation experience required.
• Masking and sheeting experience.
• Primer experience.
• Accident repair experience.
• Full UK driving licence (manual).

Responsibilities

• Prepare panels for primer and paint.
• Mask vehicles to a high standard.
• Carry out panel preparation and minor repairs.
• Apply primer and support the paint process.
• Deliver right-first-time prep to reconditioning standards.

Skills

Panel prep

Masking & sheeting

Primer

Accident repair

Full UK driving licence

Job description

About The Role

Motability Operations are currently recruiting for an experienced Vehicle Prepper to join our busy, state-of-the-art refurbishment centre in Coalville on a permanent basis.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Preparing panels ready for primer and paint
• Masking and sheeting vehicles to a high standard
• Carrying out panel preparation and minor repairs
• Applying primer and supporting the paint process
• Delivering right-first-time prep work to reconditioning standards

Due to the nature of this role we will require you on-site in Coalville 5-days per week.

Package

• Up to £37,000 basic salary
• Bonus up to 15%
• 15% pension contribution

Hours

• 45 hours per week
• 9-hour shifts between 06:30 - 18:00
• Shift patterns discussed at interview

Minimum criteria:

• Panel / vehicle preparation experience
• Masking and sheeting experienc
• Primer experienc
• Accident repair experience
• Full UK driving licence (manual)

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 (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold 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. They Represent Ambition, And We Look For Our People To Live And Breathe Them Every Day

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

• 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 to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
• 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.

Please note, Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.